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Related: About this forumSally Yates endorses Biden
Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, who was fired by President Trump, endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden's White House bid on Thursday.
Yates cited Bidens vast experience and said she had witnessed him grapple with some of the countrys greatest challenges in the Obama administration.
I trust him to always put the countrys interests before his own; to tell us the truth; to appeal to our best, not our worst, instincts; to unite rather than divide us; and to always treat the presidency as a privilege rather than an entitlement, she added.
The former deputy attorney general noted that she is not a political person, but our country needs Joe Biden.
But there is too much at stake now for any of us to sit on the sidelines, she said. This is indeed a battle for the soul of America who we are, or at least who we have always aspired to be.
While our country can survive four years of our current president, at the end of eight years, I fear that we will not recognize the nation that we have become, she added.
Trump fired Yates in 2017 after she refused to defend his travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries. Since then, she has been an outspoken critic of the president.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/487178-sally-yates-endorses-biden
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William769
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Celerity
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dansolo
(5,379 posts)I don't think she has any interest in politics.
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Celerity
(46,154 posts)is the strongest potential candidate left. She can still be AG if she loses.
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BidenBacker
(1,089 posts)Now that you've endorsed Joe it's time for you to start preparing your first case when you're the AG.
Prosecuting Bill Barr.
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peggysue2
(11,275 posts)Yates is a heroine in the eyes of many. Rightly so. Her voice counts.
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Cha
(302,847 posts)put that, Peggysue!
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Joe's on his way! Incredible two weeks. Today's speech? Pitch perfect. And now the Yates' endorsement.
Biden is riding that Big Blue Wave!
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Cha
(302,847 posts)TY, RSF!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden