@aaron.rupar
Heat related deaths being up 117% (over 25 years) is a great reason to say #ThankYouBiden for taking action. And an even better reason to vote #Harris2024 and #VoteBlueAllDownTheBallot to do more!

#NewWayForward
#BlueTrifecta

If you weren’t available to watch #POTUS #Biden selflessly pass #power to the #NextGeneration, those who will suffer the consequences of the government’s decisions made today, here’s a recorded link:

https://www.youtube.com/live/g7yNmNOuaWY?si=NvFxvJIxPM9odj9n

#grace #patriotism #bravery #love #selflessness #hero #awareness #law #democracy #Biden #POTUS #Harris2024

I couldn’t live post… I was crying too much to see my screen. (There’s stuff or as media types say “color” about that, but … yeah, not about me)

But then there’s this:

“To those who never wavered, to those who refused to doubt, to those who always believed, my heart is full of gratitude.

“Thank you for the trust you put in Joe—now it’s time to put that trust in Kamala.

“Love, Jill”

#ThankYouBiden #ThankYouBidens
#selfless #patriot #humble #selfless #empathy #love #sacrifice #bravery #love

[#Biden continued,] “'The name has changed on the top of the ticket. I’m not going anywhere We still need to save this #democracy. I will still be fully engaged, speaking out on the #guns, #childcare, bringing #hostages home, getting the #Gaza war to end. I have to keep our #alliances together for our safety. I’ll be doing whatever #Kamala asks me to do in addition.'”

“W/their #loyalty proven over the past few wks, #Biden came to see his immortality through the work of this next generation of leaders.

“A day after dropping out of the race, while suffering from #COVID19, President Biden called into a rally at his campaign HQ to support his successor VP #KamalaHarris, 'I know the news was hard, but it was the right thing to do. I know we made the right decision. I’ve been honored & humbled.

“Growing up as a child w/a bad stutter in a family w/uncertain income, he was used to rising above adversity & has learned to discount the cynicism of self-interested critics.

“Despite his #devoted, #patriotic #service & great successes in office, #Biden’s life & career have been punctuated by tragic personal losses, such as losing his wife & daughter soon after his election in 1972, the untimely death of his near-saintly son Beau, & the travails of his more troubled son Hunter.

“#Biden can also be credited w/the #economy’s rebound from the #COVID19 #pandemic, fortifying #health coverage, rebuilding the nation’s #infrastructure, reassuring global #alliances, & bringing back respect for the rule of #law.

“W/his remarkable resilience, Biden chafed at what he saw as short-term anxieties over his failed debate performance, certain that he would prove his #valor in the weeks ahead. He was never a quitter.

“Sadly, the #president of the #SouthernBaptist Convention’s #Ethics #ReligiousLiberty Commission was forced out until he rescinded a statement expressing #respect for Biden’s decision. 'We should all express our #appreciation that President #Biden has put the needs of the nation above his personal #ambition. Despite what some partisans will say, to walk away from power is a #selfless act—the kind that has become all too rare in our culture,' #BrentLeatherwood initially said.

“The ancient proclamation, 'Long live the King,' usually follows the news that the king is dead. It’s no wonder that this fear of ultimate insignificance typically takes hold of the leaders we’ve studied as they suspect the impending end of their reign. #AbrahamLincoln advised that a second term of office is an endorsement of the first. President #JoeBiden, a #leader who has much to be proud of,had to conquer such anxieties in his voluntary withdrawal from the re-election battle.

#StopProject2025 #LastTrainOutOfGilead #Harris2024 #ThankYouBiden

And then Biden pulls out of the race, bringing into focus the fears the #Democrats would fragment right before the election and allow #MAGA to take over.
But they didn't.
And now it looks like they have rallied behind #KamalaHarris and the required delegates may already be acquired...
I haven't donated to a campaign since #BernieSanders but today was a new day. #ActBlue got my money.
Do I dare hope? Anxiety has lifted a little.