The Democrat Party’s platform unveiled Sunday night offers an endorsement of President Joe Biden’s “second term” a month after the White House incumbent was pushed out of the contest for re-election.
The 91-page platform, released on the eve of the party’s nominating convention in Chicago, includes more than a dozen references to Biden’s “second term” despite the 81-year-old commander-in-chief retiring from the race in mid-July.
“In President Biden’s second term,” the official platform reads, “he will push Congress to pass legislation that is consistent with our values as a nation.”
The official DNC platform has been released and it makes at least five mentions of “Biden’s second term.”
Tough look for the Democrat copy editors. pic.twitter.com/6iiiE62fNS
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 19, 2024
By Thursday night, however, President Biden will be in California on a vacation with family while Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepts the party’s nomination.
The one-term president was pushed out of the November race this summer after a catastrophic debate performance in June when Biden’s cognitive decline was on clear display through the prime-time broadcast. The lame-duck president is scheduled to address the Democrats’ convention Monday night before flying off to the West Coast where he will remain the rest of the week.
“The Dems Are Delighted,” wrote New York Times opinion writer Maureen Dowd last weekend, “But a Coup Is Still a Coup.”
“We head to Chicago on a wave of euphoria, exuberance, exultation, excitement and even, you might say, ecstasy,” Dowd reported. But
