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Frank Biden, younger sibling of former Vice President Joe Biden, reportedly said that some members of the family “felt slighted” by 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and instead decided to cast their ballots for Donald Trump.
The former U.S. leader’s brother took aim at the Clinton team’s campaign strategy during an interview with The Palm Beach Post. Frank told the outlet, in the report posted Monday that he believed if his brother had run at the time, he would’ve secured states that Clinton lost.
“We never would have lost Pennsylvania, and all my relatives — the Finnegan family — who voted for Donald Trump because they felt slighted by Hillary and her campaign,” Biden said. “We never would have not gone to Michigan as the campaign decided not to do because they felt entitled to the votes of those people.
Great post, Trix.Joe Biden’s brother says family members voted for Trump, ‘felt slighted’ by Clinton: report
Though I didn't vote for Trump, but as a former lifelong Democrat, I can totally empathize as to how Biden's family members felt about Hillary Clinton and her "assumptive politics." The woman felt entitled to win because it was "her turn." Sorry, but that's not what my generation of women fought for. We fought for equal opportunity, not entitlement.
What I like about Biden, besides his folksy nature and working-man appeal, is he comes-off as a moderate Dem. Not quite, but similar to the old JFK Dems. If we had more of those moderate JFK Dems around today, and their old-school moderate "Rockefeller Republicans" counterpart, we'd once again be legislating from the middle, which has always been the way to move the country forward.
If you want government to vacillate & yo-yo to no effect, have Presidents that cater to the minorities with Executive Orders. If you want to move the country forward as a whole, legislate from the middle.
MFA? What's that?Bit of an aside, but I have to admit, this is legitimately curious coming from someone who presumably supports MFA (so far as I've gathered) which is considered a 'far left' idea in the States, and actively despised by the so-called 'centre/moderates', despite SP being staple, settled and successful policy in the rest of the developed world.
MFA? What's that?
(I assume SP = Single-Payer)
Ah, well I guess I might have a bit of an incongruity there. I call 'em like I see 'em, though. And I see national health-care as perfectly normal & rational mainstream idea. My Canadian relatives had it for as long as I can remember. But for some reason, conservative Americans just seem to have problems with it.You're correct. By MFA I meant Medicare for All.
Bit of an aside, but I have to admit, this is legitimately curious coming from someone who presumably supports MFA (so far as I've gathered) which is considered a 'far left' idea in the States, and actively despised by the so-called 'centre/moderates', despite SP being staple, settled and successful policy in the rest of the developed world.
Ah, well I guess I might have a bit of an incongruity there.
Single-payer bills in both houses of Congress accrued record support in 2017, including a majority of House Democrats and more than a third of Democratic senators.
Less incongruity than you might think... Medicare for all is NOT the "far" left idea anymore:
I find this story hard to believe. Joe had to know Trump was a Russian spy. He must of told his family that they could not vote for Trump under any circumstances.Joe Biden’s brother says family members voted for Trump, ‘felt slighted’ by Clinton: report
Though I didn't vote for Trump, but as a former lifelong Democrat, I can totally empathize as to how Biden's family members felt about Hillary Clinton and her "assumptive politics." The woman felt entitled to win because it was "her turn." Sorry, but that's not what my generation of women fought for. We fought for equal opportunity, not entitlement.
Ah, well I guess I might have a bit of an incongruity there. I call 'em like I see 'em, though. And I see national health-care as perfectly normal & rational mainstream idea. My Canadian relatives had it for as long as I can remember. But for some reason, conservative Americans just seem to have problems with it.
But as to the concept of "legislate from the middle", yeah I do really believe that. That's how we move forward as a country, even if my personal desires occasionally bounce around the center-point.
Less incongruity than you might think... Medicare for all is NOT the "far" left idea anymore:
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