"This is our mission. ", He said she is "a child of immigrants" who "knows personally how immigrant families enrich our country as well as the challenges of what it means to grow up Black and Indian-American in the United States of America. Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal. Biden supporters argue that his oratory skills are often discounted and that he’s delivered when he must, including during his vice presidential debates against Sarah Palin in 2008 and Paul Ryan in 2012, and the 1987 Senate hearing in which conservative judge Robert Bork was denied a Supreme Court seat.

Biden turned 50-year political career, which would make him the oldest American President ever inaugurated for a first term, into a strength. "You're not going to have law and order," Trump said. But his speech on Thursday was clipped, layered in short punchy sentences that underscored what he views as the urgency to turn Trump out of office so the nation can more forcefully confront the pandemic. During her speech, Sen. Kamala Harris discussed the importance of family in her life, referencing the nickname her kids have for her: "Momala", She said, "I've had a lot of titles over my career and certainly vice president will be great. Former Vice President Joe Biden said he asked Kamala Harris to always tell him the truth and "to be the last voice in the room.". I will be an ally of the light, not of the darkness. "The President keeps telling us the virus is going to disappear. As the US continues to struggle through the coronavirus pandemic, former Vice President Joe Biden offered words of solace for the more than 5 million Americans who have contracted the disease. “I think people feel him when he speaks. Throughout the night, Biden's friends and allies presented him as the opposite of Trumpism: a man of character and decency who tries to understand the story of everyone he meets, a stark contrast to a man known for a splenetic, vengeful personality. “It’s not a cavernous basketball arena filled with 20,000 people but it’s what you have to do in this era,” said Scott Mulhauser, who was deputy chief of staff to Biden during the 2012 presidential campaign. ", He continued: "And this morning, all across the nation, little girls woke up, especially little Black and brown girls that feel overlooked and undervalued in their communities, but today — today just maybe they’re seeing themselves for the first time in a new way as president and vice presidents.". the destiny of a man and his nation converged. Yet, although he’s a gaffe-prone politician who was largely overshadowed by the charisma of President Barack Obama during their eight years in the White House, Biden’s allies say they are confident he will rise to the moment.