Are unable to afford the care in that hospital. Louise brown and all of us stand for guaranteed highquality universal health care for every single american meeting their stories with our action and our commitment. And then in buford with queen ket who described the challenge they face in the low country every time that it rains, it floods. They are burying the brunt of Climate Change, not caused by god or mother nature, but you was a, our emissions, our inkhakis in the face of the facts. So when she tells us her story, let us meet that with our commitment to free ourselves from a dependence on fossil fuels, to embrace renewable
energy technology and keep this planet from warming so much that it is uninhabitable for the generations that follow. [ cheers ] and then right here in columbia, walking the grounds of the state house with the House Minority leader who tells me that if we cannot pull down the statue that honors ben tillman, a White Nationalist terrorist, then we should at least
The two sides of Joe Biden: Ambition combined with empathy make for an uncommon politician
Marc Fisher, The Washington Post
Jan. 13, 2021
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Joe Biden, like any president, is a man of great ambition. This is a guy who started developing a detailed plan for a presidential campaign when he was in college. Actually, trace it back even further: Biden once visited his old Catholic school, and a student asked whether he d always wanted to become president. Biden demurred, but a nun who d taught him years before stepped in with a reminder - it turned out young Joey had written a paper about his desire to be chief executive.
we have five days until the first democratic debate, the biggest evept is happening this weekend. the legendary, world s famous fish fry in south carolina, which is the third state to hold the primary election in the democrating primary. it is also the really genuinely diverse multiracial state which matters a ton because the democratingic party is a diverse party in a multiracial coalition. nearly every democratic candidate will be there and so will some of our colleagues. live tomorrow from the south carolina democratic party convention. senator kamala harris talks with joy live on a.m. joy tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern. and former vice president joe biden joins reverend sharpton live on politics nation. and joining me live from south carolina is joy reed. it s great to see your face, joy. what s the atmosphere like? what are you expecting? well, the music is great.
very dangerous territory. and when they do that it is happening more and more. accusing trump of forcing himself on her at a new york luxury department store in late 1990s at least 15 women now have accused now president trump of unwanted sexual conduct. most of the 2020 democratic presidential candidates got some time in spotlight today at the south carolina democratic party convention. this comes ahead of the first democratic primary debate, front runner joe biden address the crowd moments ago after criticism over his comments about working with segregationist senators in the past. peter dow city is live in columbia, south carolina with more. peter. it is quiet in this convention now but day started with a drumline accompanying senator kamala harris through the convention center hallways up on to the stage. she passed on an a opportunity to directly call out joe
president who can better protect reproductive health issues. across the street right now, shaquille brewster is talking with voters. take it away. we re right in between where garrett and ali are. on my left is the state party convention. i ve been talking to voters all day, and what you re getting the sense is, this idea that there s some unfamiliarity with candidates. people who aren t plugged in, aren t tuned in to the process yes. you see the signage behind me, but there are dozens of volunteers from each campaign, chanting and holding clipboards, trying to pull more people into their ranks. this is a state where it matters. people need to know what candidates are running, need to be familiar with their candy dates and their positions. cory booker stopped at a barber shop earlier today, went to a church, got questions from them, and one thing that stuck out to me is one voter who said, he