Andrew Yang, a Democrat who ran for president in 2020, criticized President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party on Saturday, citing differences in their statements and actions regarding the health of American democracy.
Yang pointed to Biden's Friday speech in which he suggested former President Donald Trump and his supporters were a potential authoritarian threat to the nation's institutions, as well as potential challengers to Biden. He cited the Democratic Party's ongoing efforts to exclude the Democratic Party from the primary ballot. At this point, Biden is the only certified candidate on the primary ballot in his three states, and perhaps the most prominent non-Republican opponent of Biden, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has argued that the Democratic primary process will be he argued.Fraudulent” before running for president as an independent.
“Look, I greatly prefer Biden and would never vote for Trump. But defending democracy while suppressing your own party's primaries is ridiculous,” Yang wrote. Ta. post X, formerly known as Twitter. “Joe Biden mentioned George Washington multiple times in his speech at Valley Forge yesterday. Above all, George Washington knew when to stand back,” he wrote in another article. Stated. post. (Related: Joe Biden faces another rebellion, this time within his campaign staff)
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Biden is expected to be the only candidate remaining on the primary ballot in North Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee, states where many candidates participated in the 2020 Democratic primaries.
But other states appear to be holding competitive primaries that include several of Biden's challengers. Marianne Williamson and Democratic Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips represent South Carolina, Michigan, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Vermont and Virginia. , certified in Georgia.
Furthermore, the Democratic Party approved Mr. Biden plans to reshuffle the primaries in February 2023, resulting in South Carolina overtaking New Hampshire on the calendar.Supporters of Mr. Biden's plan argue that the shift is aimed at better representing and better serving the party's diverse electorate, while others was suggested The move is seen as a strategic move to boost Biden's campaign, as he is expected to do better in South Carolina than in Iowa and New Hampshire, where primaries usually begin. claims.
The rearrangement has infuriated many officials in Iowa and New Hampshire, and although Biden will not appear on the ballot in the New Hampshire primary, there is still a chance he could win with a write-in campaign.
“Whether democracy remains America's sacred cause is at stake,” Biden said Friday in a speech in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, marking the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol. , all about the 2024 election.” , 2021. “The choice is clear: Donald Trump’s campaign is about him, not America or you. Donald Trump’s campaign is obsessed with the past, not the future. Our campaign is different.”
In the absence of a viable challenger, the incumbent, despite numerous recent polls showing Americans have no confidence in the economy or in Mr. Biden's mental stamina for another four years in office. Biden appears poised to advance toward winning his party's nomination, barring any unforeseen developments. Other polls show that Mr. Biden is losing support from voting blocs that are usually strong Democratic strongholds, with Mr. Biden trailing Mr. Trump in terms of public support. There are also predictions that it will take .
So far, Biden and his campaign have relied heavily on rhetoric portraying Trump's possible return to the Oval Office as a threat to the country's democratic traditions as a key selling point for his candidacy.
“Democrats are suppressing competition, suppressing voters and suppressing debate,” said Phillips, another candidate. I have written In a Tuesday post about X, he said, “In America, by crowning unelected candidates and disenfranchising voters, democracy itself is being eroded.”
Neither the White House nor the Biden campaign immediately responded to requests for comment.
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