Quote:Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) may only be the vice presidential nominee on the Democrat ticket, but she is already promising that a “Harris administration with Joe Biden” will be a boon to voters.
The California lawmaker, whom the former vice president said he chose as his running mate last month because of her readiness “to lead on day one,” told a group of Latino small business owners from Arizona on Saturday that it was vital they made the right choice this November.
“As part of our Build Back Better agenda, we will need to make sure you have a president in the White House who actually sees you, who understands your needs, who understands the dignity of your work, and who has your back,” Harris said in a five-minute virtual address to the group, according to the Arizona Republic.
“A Harris administration together with Joe Biden as the president of the United States, the Biden-Haris administration will provide access to 100 billion dollars in low-interest loans and investments for minority-business owners,” she added:
Harris’ remarks come as some Democrat strategists continue to express concerns over Biden’s fitness and stamina for the presidency. Since jumping into the 2020 race, the former vice president has flummoxed many with his frequent gaffes and misstatements on the campaign trail.
The issue came to a head last week when a one-time White House stenographer, who worked exclusively with Biden during the Obama administration, told the Washington Free Beacon that the former vice president had deteriorated since leaving office.
“It is a complete difference from what he was in 2017,” the stenographer said. “He’s lost a step and he doesn’t seem to have the same mental acuity as he did four years ago.”
“He doesn’t have the energy, he doesn’t have the pace of his speaking,” they added. “He’s a different guy.
A Harris administratio--oh yeah, with Joe Biden. Almost forgot about him.
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Quote:Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar said she is supporting Joe Biden for president in the 2020 election because she believes he is “going to be responsive to the policy positions we are advocating for.”
Omar said she represents one of the most progressive districts in Minneapolis and the voters she serves in Congress want a president who is willing to advance their policy agenda.
“What most of the progressives that I represent feel like is that this is our time to make sure we get rid of Trump, and we elect someone who’s going to be responsive to the policy positions we are advocating for,” Omar told MSNBC in an interview Sunday.
“Biden’s economic package is one that gets us a step closer to addressing the economic and social neglects that have went unaddressed for so long,” said Omar, a member of the progressive “Squad” along with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts.
Biden, in an interview on CNN earlier this month, said one of the first things he would do if elected is raise the corporate tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent.
“I’d make the changes on the corporate taxes on day one,” he told host Jake Tapper, even if unemployment remains high because of the coronavirus pandemic.
President Trump cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
“And the reason I’d make the changes to corporate taxes, it can raise $1.3 trillion if they just started paying 28 percent instead of 21 percent,” Biden said. “What are they doing? They’re not hiring more people.”
Following passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017, the unemployment rate had gone from 4.1% to 3.5% in February 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Freudian Slip.... A Freudian slip, also called parapraxis, is an error in speech, memory, or physical action that occurs due to the interference of an unconscious subdued wish or internal train of thought. The concept is part of classical psychoanalysis.