While addressing the NAACP’s annual convention, President Joe Biden hinted that Vice President Kamala Harris “could be president of the United States,” amid growing calls for him to withdraw from the race.
“She’s not only a great vice president, she could be president of the United States,” said Biden, 81. If Biden were to step aside, Harris would be the most obvious presidential pick. However, she has faced criticism for her performance in the Biden administration and suffers from poor approval ratings. Despite these challenges, Harris remains well-positioned to replace Biden should he choose to resign.
Biden, however, gave no indication of plans to drop out. He informed the crowd that he has already made plans for the first 100 days of a second term, including signing voting-rights legislation “come hell or high water.” In his remarks, Biden repeatedly attacked former President Donald Trump, who recently survived an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally. Following the attack, Biden had called for Americans to “lower the temperature” of the campaign in a rare Oval Office address.
“Donald Trump’s presidency was hell for black America,” Biden stated during his recent address. He also criticized the National Guard’s response to the 2020 riots after George Floyd’s murder, asking, “What the hell’s the matter with this man?” Biden mocked Trump’s focus on growing “black jobs” and accused him of “lying like hell” about their respective black unemployment records.
“I love this phrase, ‘black jobs.’ It tells us a lot about the man and about his character,” Biden remarked. “Folks, I know what a black job is. It’s the vice president of the United States. I know what a black job is: the first black president in American history, Barack Obama,” he continued.
Biden also pointed out Trump’s role in spreading the birtherism lie about Obama, claiming he wasn’t born in America and wasn’t a US citizen. He warned that Republicans would “undo everything the NAACP stands for.”
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