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Presidential contender Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) told reporters former Vice President Joe Biden would make a “great running mate” because he knows how to do the job. “If people want to speculate about running mates, I encourage that because I think Joe Biden would be a great running mate,” she said. -- “As vice president, he’s proven that he knows how to do the job and there are certainly a lot of other candidates that would make—for me—a very viable and interesting vice president.”
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Subject: Re: Joe Biden. Fri Dec 06, 2019 9:38 am
Gaffe: Joe Biden Claims He was Vice President in 1976 HARIS ALIC, Dec.5, 2019
Former Vice President Joe Biden inaccurately stated on Thursday that the Obama-Biden administration was in office in 1976.
Biden, who has shown an inability to recollect dates and places to the chagrin of even his staunches allies, made the claim while discussing immigration during a stop on his “No Malarkey” bus tour of Iowa.
In particular, the 77-year-old Biden tried to create a contrast between President Donald Trump’s record on immigration and that of the Obama-Biden administration. To do so, the former vice president invoked the creation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which granted legal protections to nearly 800,000 illegal migrants brought to the U.S. as children, and other signature Obama-era policies.
“There’s the Dreamers program, there’s also a program that said we’re not going to separate families, we’re going to allow families to stay together while they go through the process, and the court said you can’t,” Biden said, before adding, “We did that in 1976.”
“And, I mean, I’m sorry, excuse me,” the former vice president said immediately afterwards, seeming to catch himself. “Backing up here, 2014.”
It is unclear how Biden seemed to make the mistake, particularly since he and President Barack Obama took office in 2009 and served until 2017. In comparison, the former vice president was serving his first term in the U.S. Senate in 1976, while his future running mate was a 15-year-old high school student in Hawaii.
Biden’s gaffe was also not the first of the day. At the same event, Biden told a group of Iowa school children they were living in the “state of Ohio.”
Such lapses have become frequent for the vice president on the campaign trail. Earlier this summer, Biden shocked the media establishment when he claimed to be vice president at the time of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
“Those kids in Parkland came up to see me when I was vice president,” Biden said during a huddle with reporters in Iowa, before claiming that when the survivors visited Congress, lawmakers were “basically cowering, not wanting to see them. They did not want to face it on camera.”
The statement was quickly disproved, as the shooting, which resulted in 17 fatalities and over a dozen injuries, actually occurred on February 14, 2018 — more than a year after Biden left office. In response, Biden’s team claimed the candidate had simply misspoken and pivoted to attacking the media for pushing it’s own “narrative” around the gaffes.
“This is a press narrative, not a voter narrative,” Biden’s spokeswoman, Symone Sanders, asserted during an appearance on MSNBC. Sanders even went to the extent of lecturing the media on what it should and should not prioritize to “elevate the conversation” surrounding the election.
“We cannot allow this election to devolve in a tit for tat over name-calling and ‘gaffes,’ something that does not matter,” she said.
That argument, however, did not appear to sway many, including some of the left’s most venerated journalists. Some, like Jamil Smith, a senior writer for Rolling Stone magazine, have even called on the former vice president’s campaign to “step forward” and explain “what is going on with him.” To date, Biden’s campaign has offered no such explanation.
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Subject: Re: Joe Biden. Wed Dec 11, 2019 6:22 am
Joe Biden’s Tax Returns Show More Than $15 Million in Income After 2016 By Steve Eder and Katie Glueck | The New York Times
Over his long career in politics, Joseph R. Biden Jr. established his everyman bona fides by citing his status as the poorest member of the Senate and referring to himself as “Middle-Class Joe.” But in the first two years after leaving office, Mr. Biden substantially improved his financial fortunes, earning more than $15 million, according to tax returns his campaign released Tuesday.
Thanks to six-figure speaking engagements and a lucrative deal to write a set of books, Mr. Biden and his wife, Jill, reported an adjusted gross income of about $11 million in 2017 and $4.6 million in 2018 — far more than any of his major Democratic primary opponents. Senator Kamala Harris of California and her husband reported the next-highest income, earning $3.4 million over those two years.
On a separate financial disclosure report, also made public Tuesday, the Bidens reported current assets worth between $2.2 million and $8 million, up from the range of $303,000 to just over $1 million that he reported when his second term as vice president ended in January 2017.
In a crowded field of Democratic rivals, many of whom are rolling out policies to address income inequality and channeling anger toward corporate America, being ranked among the millionaires amounts to an unwanted title. And for Mr. Biden, 76, it could be a particularly thorny issue.
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He has spent decades carefully crafting his image as a relatable figure, often referring to his hardscrabble roots in Scranton, Pa., and working-class childhood in Delaware, and seeming at home with union voters in the industrial Midwest. Now a millionaire himself, Mr. Biden is likely to face the uncomfortable claim that he is suddenly out of step with the voters he covets.
Certainly, Mr. Biden is not alone: His three closest rivals in the polls — Ms. Harris, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts — are all millionaires, too. The latest Democrat to enter the race, Tom Steyer, is a billionaire former hedge fund investor. And President Trump openly discusses his wealth, yet he still enjoyed support from blue-collar and union workers in 2016.
Since leaving office, Mr. Biden has worked with advisers to create nonprofits and academic centers while holding a paid professorship at the University of Pennsylvania. His campaign said in a statement on Tuesday that Mr. Biden had worked to “generate ideas on how we can help rebuild the American middle class, strengthen global leadership and end cancer as we know it.”
Mr. Biden has also given dozens of paid speeches, including to universities and business leaders, with fees as high as $234,820. And in 2017, he and his wife signed a three-book deal with Flatiron Books, which was reported to be worth $8 million. After the announcement, they purchased a six-bedroom vacation house in Rehoboth Beach, Del., for $2.7 million.
The Bidens’ income increased sharply after he left office. On their 2016 tax return, the Bidens reported an adjusted gross income of $396,456. At the time, their income included Mr. Biden’s annual salary as vice president and his government pension, Dr. Biden’s income as a community college professor, and social security benefits.
Mr. Biden’s newfound wealth has not changed his message. In his first remarks during last month’s Democratic debate, Mr. Biden spoke of “enormous income inequality” and promised to eliminate Mr. Trump’s “tax cuts for the wealthy.”
“Ordinary middle-class Americans built America,” Mr. Biden said. “My dad used to have an expression — he said, ‘Joe, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck; it’s about your dignity, it’s about respect, it’s being able to look your kid in the eye and say everything’s going to be O.K.’”
But in contrast to some of his more progressive rivals, who have sought distance from wealthy donors — or have at least played down their reliance on them — Mr. Biden is open about his frequent high-dollar fund-raising events, which are covered by the news media. He raised $21.5 million since entering the race at the end of April, his campaign said last week — less than Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., raised in the second quarter of the year, but still outpacing other top rivals.
According to the campaign, which sought to emphasize Mr. Biden’s appeal to small-dollar donors, the average donation was $49.
As Mr. Biden grew his personal wealth during his time away from elective office, he saw how Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid faced withering attacks over claims that she and her husband had cashed in on their public service as they made tens of millions of dollars giving speeches, consulting and writing books.
Mr. Biden tried to toe the line of making money off his celebrity while also not damaging a future presidential bid.
On his disclosure, Mr. Biden listed honorariums for roughly 50 public appearances beginning in late 2017, including book tour events and speaking engagements. Mr. Biden also made unpaid speaking appearances during that time, his campaign said when asked about engagements that were not listed on the disclosure. (The disclosure only included honorariums paid in 2018 or later.)
In January, Mr. Biden visited the battleground state of Florida for a speaking engagement in Fort Lauderdale, where he was paid an honorarium of $134,933 from the Performing Arts Center Authority. During a November swing through the Bay Area of California, an important Super Tuesday state that is also home to Ms. Harris, Mr. Biden gave four speeches, receiving about $500,000 in fees.
Most of Mr. Biden’s paid speeches have been in conjunction with a tour to promote “Promise Me, Dad,” a best-selling 2017 book about the final year of his son Beau’s life, Mr. Biden’s spokesman told The New York Times for an article this year. His campaign said that “every one of his speaking engagements was public, and more than half were also open to the press.”
Dr. Biden also listed over a dozen speaking engagements that had associated honorariums ranging from $25,367 to $66,400.
In releasing his tax returns for the past three years, Mr. Biden’s campaign noted that he had now released 21 years of returns. Other Democrats in the field have also shared their recent returns, while chiding Mr. Trump, who has refused to make his taxes public.
The Bidens’ effective tax rate has increased as they have earned more money — and paid more federal taxes — in recent years. In 2018, they paid an effective federal tax rate of 33 percent, compared with the 24 percent they paid in 2016. The Bidens reported charitable donations of $1 million in 2017 and $276,000 in 2018, up from $5,889 in 2016.
Presidential candidates are required to file financial disclosure reports with the government, giving voters a view into their assets, income and debts. Some of Mr. Biden’s rivals have also disclosed considerable wealth, including book deals, in their filings.
According to recent figures from the Center for Responsive Politics, Ms. Warren reported a net worth between $4.9 million and $11 million; Ms. Harris reported a range of $1.9 million to $6 million; and Mr. Sanders disclosed a range between $729,030 and $1.8 million. (Mr. Sanders also acknowledged in April that he was a millionaire.)
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Subject: Re: Joe Biden. Wed Dec 11, 2019 6:49 pm
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Subject: Re: Joe Biden. Fri Dec 27, 2019 11:00 pm
Published 2 hours ago Biden says he won't comply with Senate subpoena in Trump's impeachment trial By Louis Casiano | Fox News
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that he would not comply with a subpoena to testify in the Senate impeachment trial against President Trump, should one be issued to him.
Any testimony from the 2020 Democratic contender for the White House before the Senate would draw attention away from Trump's alleged wrongdoing and would effectively let the president off the hook, Biden claimed in an interview with the editorial board of the De Moines Register in Iowa.
"What are you going to cover?” Biden said to Register Executive Editor Carol Hunter in response to a question about the possibility of his participation in the trial. “You guys are going to cover for three weeks anything that I said. And (Trump’s) going to get away."
"You guys buy into it all the time. Not a joke …" he added. "Think what it’s about. It's all about what he does all the time, his entire career. Take the focus off. This guy violated the Constitution. He said it in the driveway of the White House. He acknowledged he asked for help.”
The Democrat-controlled House impeached Trump earlier this month for "abuse of power" and "obstruction of Congress" related to his dealings with Ukraine. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has yet to deliver the articles of impeachment to the Senate.
Democrats have accused Trump of planning to withhold military aid from Ukraine until he could secure the promise of a public announcement from the country that it would investigate the business dealings there of Biden and his son Hunter Biden. Trump has denied that his July phone conversation with Ukraine's president involved any such quid pro quo.
Trump and the Republicans, meanwhile, have asserted that Biden and his son have largely escaped scrutiny for their past involvement in Ukraine, and have accused the American media of downplaying the Bidens' story.
Biden rejected that argument during a public appearance last weekend.
"No one’s taken as much heat and as many lies thrown at them as I have," Biden said during a campaign stop in Ottumwa on Dec. 20, "but again, this is not about me. It’s not about my family. It’s about the nation. And we have to reach out and unify this country."
Biden said any attempts to subpoena him would be on “specious” grounds, adding that he expected it wouldn't happen.
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Subject: Re: Joe Biden. Sat Dec 28, 2019 1:33 pm
Backpedal, Published 1 hour ago Biden clarifies remark that he will not comply with Senate subpoena
EXETER, N.H. – Former Vice President Joe Biden said Monday he would be willing to name a Republican running mate in his bid for president.
However, the top-tier Democrat added, “I can’t think of one right now.”
Nearing the end of a town hall in Exeter, New Hampshire, a member of the audience remarked that “our 21-year-old son said the other night, ‘I wonder if Joe Biden would consider choosing a Republican as a running mate.’”
“The answer is, I would,” Biden answered before adding that he couldn’t think of one right now, which drew laughter from the crowd inside Exeter’s historic town hall building.
“No, I'm serious. No. Here's what I mean. Let me finish. You know, there's some really decent Republicans that are out there still, but here's the problem right now with the well-known ones: they've got to step up,” Biden added, which sparked laughter from the audience.
“I'm not being a wise guy,” he added.
The former vice president noted that it was “presumptuous” to discuss running mates before winning the nomination.
“I'm going to get clobbered by the press. ‘Biden was talking about vice-presidential candidates and he doesn’t have the nomination,’ which is totally legitimate,” he said.
But, Biden – who served eight years as vice president in the Obama administration – did expand on running mates, saying, “Whomever I would pick for vice president, and there's a lot of qualified women, there's a lot of qualified African-Americans, there really, truly are. There's a plus, a plethora of really qualified people.”
Explaining what he’d look for in a running mate, Biden said, “Whomever I would pick, were I fortunate enough to be your nominee, I'd pick someone who was simpatico with me, who knew... what my priorities were and knew what I wanted to do. We could disagree on tactic, but strategically we'd have to be on the exact same page.”
Earlier Monday, Biden sat down in nearby Portsmouth for a meeting with the Seacoast Media Group’s editorial board. The meeting came a day after 2020 top-tier rival Pete Buttigieg called the then-senator from Delaware’s 2002 vote to authorize the Iraq War part of the nation’s “worst foreign policy decision” of the 37-year old South Bend, Ind., mayor’s lifetime.
Buttigieg was responding to a question about how his foreign policy experience measured up some of his rivals – especially Biden, who sat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when the U.S. went to war in Iraq.
“This is an example of why years in Washington is not always the same thing as judgment,” Buttigieg highlighted.
Given a chance to respond on Monday, Biden said, “God love Pete. I respect the fact of his service and his willingness to go,” as he noted Buttigieg’s service in the War in Afghanistan as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve.
Paul Steinhauser @steinhauserNH1 NEW-Asked by @seacoastonline about @PeteButtigieg criticism of his Iraq War vote, @JoeBiden tells @seacoastonline I tell you what. I’d put my foreign policy record against anybody in the country right now." #NHPolitics#FITN #JoeBiden #PeteButtigieg #2020Election
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But, he added, “I’m the guy – that’s pointed out repeatedly – that thought we should not be going into Afghanistan.”
And, Biden stressed, “I’d put my foreign policy experience against anyone in the country right now.”
“I believe that my judgment on how to proceed in everywhere from Afghanistan to Libya and how to deal with Syria, etc., will stand the test of time,” he predicted. “I’m very proud of my record... and I’m delighted to debate foreign policy with my friend.”
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Subject: Re: Joe Biden. Fri Jan 03, 2020 1:27 am
Joe Biden Slips Up On Live TV Rally – Tells Teenage Girl And Anyone Under 15 He Has “Something Special” For Them By Adam Casalino | December 31, 2019
Joe Biden Has ANOTHER Meltdown When Confronted by Voter •Jan 28, 2020
ahaa You have seen trumps meltdowns on twitter, daily. crazy stuff.. he gets so upset that he slurs his crazy meltdown shit.. trump is the king of Snowflakes a thinned skinned doltart.
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Subject: Re: Joe Biden. Wed Jan 29, 2020 12:56 am
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Joe Biden Has ANOTHER Meltdown When Confronted by Voter •Jan 28, 2020
ahaa You have seen trumps meltdowns on twitter, daily. crazy stuff.. he gets so upset that he slurs his crazy meltdown shit.. trump is the king of Snowflakes a thinned skinned doltart.
This thread is about Joe Biden, not Trump.
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Subject: Re: Joe Biden. Thu Jan 30, 2020 1:38 am
Joe Biden’s Sister Valerie Sent Millions of Joe’s Campaign Dollars to Her Own Consulting Firm 28 Jan 202010,955
Valerie Biden Owens, the sister of former vice president Joe Biden (D), who served as the campaign manager for his past presidential campaigns, directed $2.5 million from “Citizens for Biden” and “Biden for President Inc.” to her own consulting firm during her brother’s 2008 presidential bid alone, Breitbart senior contributor and Government Accountability Institute (GAI) President Peter Schweizer’s investigative blockbuster Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America’s Progressive Elite reveals.
Joe Biden Has ANOTHER Meltdown When Confronted by Voter •Jan 28, 2020
ahaa You have seen trumps meltdowns on twitter, daily. crazy stuff.. he gets so upset that he slurs his crazy meltdown shit.. trump is the king of Snowflakes a thinned skinned doltart.
This thread is about Joe Biden, not Trump.
No, it's a Youtube thread,, that only Grack clicks on em. 'cus he has time to kill watching junk.
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Subject: Re: Joe Biden. Wed Mar 04, 2020 5:48 pm
MARCH 4, 2020 / 11:36 AM / UPDATED 18 MINUTES AGO After Biden speech disrupted, U.S. lawmakers want Secret Service to protect candidates Trevor Hunnicutt, Mark Hosenball
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday sought Secret Service protection for Democratic presidential candidates after Joe Biden’s wife and a senior staffer shielded the former vice president from protesters during a victory speech on Super Tuesday.
Biden’s remarks in Los Angeles were briefly interrupted on Tuesday night when a pair of protesters leapt onto the stage, Jill Biden and senior adviser Symone Sanders charged them and ushered them away from the candidate.
The activists opposed the dairy industry, and protesters with the same agenda have disrupted events with Biden’s presidential rival Senator Bernie Sanders.
“We’re OK,” Biden said after the incident, which highlighted a glaring hole in security for him and other top contenders seeking the Democratic nomination to take on Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 election.
A Secret Service spokeswoman confirmed that no Democratic candidate was currently being protected. Any decision to provide protection would be made by Chad Wolf, acting secretary of homeland security, in consultation with congressional authorities.
No Democratic candidate has begun the multi-step process to obtain Secret Service protection, DHS spokeswoman Heather Swift said in a statement.
A new procedure was established by former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson, which requires that a candidate make a formal request, Swift said.
“The Democratic Congress is worried,” Representative Cedric Richmond, a Biden supporter, told reporters on a conference call. The U.S. House of Representatives’ Homeland Security Committee requested Secret Service protection for both Biden and Sanders.
The Secret Service provides security for the president and his family, including lifetime support for former occupants of the Oval Office. Major presidential candidates are also provided with protection on a case-by-case basis.
Federal law authorizes Secret Service protection for vice presidents and their families for up to six months after they leave office.
There have been a number of serious attacks on presidential candidates in the past. Senator Robert Kennedy was fatally shot in Los Angeles in 1968 after his victory in the California Democratic primary and Alabama Governor George Wallace was left paralyzed from the waist down after being shot at a campaign appearance in Maryland in 1972.
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