Onwards President Harris

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Time for the Democrats to quickly coalesce around Vice-President Harris.

After an extraordinary three weeks in American politics, President Joe Biden has decided to refuse the nomination of the Democratic Party as a candidate for the 2024 Presidential Election.

History in the making. It is the right decision and gives the Democrats the initiative to fight back against Donald Trump and his ultra-right-wing running mate.

First and foremost, the day belongs to President Joe Biden. He has demonstrated his statesmanship, human qualities, and love of country. He will go down in history as one of the greatest Presidents in US history at a pivotal time, a couple of years before the semi-quincentennial.

Unfortunately, the news cycle commands the moment, and given the tight time frame before the Democratic Convention, the focus will immediately turn to Vice President Harris, particularly following President Biden's wholehearted endorsement. The Democrats have the opportunity to turn the tables on the Republicans and change the dynamic and fundamental basics of the campaign in one fell swoop. VP Harris is the antithesis of everything Trump represents and will be a tremendous asset to the campaign, in particular regarding women's rights. She will be able to represent the future and mark a clear contrast with the macho, freedom-denying proto-fascist Trump Republican Party. Hope has changed side.

In this singular moment, the defence of democracy needed a true American hero, and the country found one in President Biden. Trump may pretend that he has taken a bullet for democracy in an obscene and glaringly narcissistic comment, but the genuine hero of the times is not Trump and never will be Trump. It is President Biden, and we must never forget it.