With a 2024 election rematch of Biden [in May, 2024] and Trump, we know for sure what we will be getting:
President Biden was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972 and worked tirelessly to serve the American people. Despite relentless obstruction by extremists in Congress, he still believes in bipartisan compromise. He had a middle-class upbringing and then lost his first wife and daughter in a tragic accident. His sons survived, but Beau died of brain cancer, and Hunter overcame drug addiction. He knows about middle class struggles and personal tragedy.
Donald Trump was born into a wealthy family and inherited a fortune, but his companies declared bankruptcy six times (Washington Post, September 26, 2016). Shareholders, contractors, and employees all lost millions. He was elected president in 2016 with no prior experience in governance, but many saw that as an asset because, as an outsider, he promised to “drain the swamp” and said he would have “only the best” people in his administration. Instead, five members of his cabinet were forced to resign in disgrace under investigations of corruption or ethics violations. Eight of Trump’s former associates have been sentenced to prison; two others, Michael Flynn, and Elliot Brody, pled guilty to crimes but were pardoned by Trump.
Trump has been indicted in four criminal cases. In the separate New York Civil Fraud case, he was judged to be liable on claims of falsifying business records and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud (New York v. Trump). In the E. Jean Carroll case he was found liable for sexual abuse, and defamation (US District Court, SDNY, E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump). Trump claims all of these charges are part of a vast conspiracy directed by President Biden, but no evidence or whistleblower has come forward.
The question often asked of voters before an election is: “Are you better off now than you were four years ago”. Maybe what we should be asking is if we would be better off after four more years of Trump crime and chaos.
It’s not a partisan choice. Stop Trump and Project 2025: Vote for Harris/Walz for President/Vice-President; vote for Democrats up and down the ballot.