Well, as everyone knows, Joe Biden has announced that he is going to be running for re-election in 2024.
He and Kamala Harris made nice for the day, posed for pictures, and got Dems all fired up.
The list of people that Biden expects to enlist in his effort to win a second term has surfaced and I have to say, it is a great conversation piece.
The List
At the top of the list is Biden’s new campaign manager, and based on her past, this is going to get rather lively.
Biden is tapping activist and longtime Democrat operative Julia Chavez Rodriguez to run the campaign. She is the granddaughter of labor icon Cesar Chavez, reports Fox News.
How far back does her protesting go? Well, she was arrested at age of nine for the first time for a protest at a supermarket.
When her grandfather fasted for 36 days to support his union cause, at the age of 10, she joined him for three days of the fast.
Sidenote… she was involved in Kamala Harris’ failed presidential bid in 2020.
Biden announced, “To win this fight, we need strong leadership that can build and expand our broad, diverse coalition from 2020.
“Julie and Quentin are trusted, effective leaders that know the stakes of this election and will bring their knowledge and energy to managing a campaign that reaches all Americans.”
Quentin would be her principal deputy, Quentin Fulks.
On her grandfather, Rodriquez stated, “He was both a role model but also a hero. I feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity to get to grow up with him and see him in action, ride alongside him, and march alongside him in so many ways.”
Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, was very critical of the choice. He stated, “This is not a person who speaks about the future. This is a person that represents the past. It’s like they’re stuck in the late 60s.”
That actually makes a lot of sense because Biden is already seemingly trying to make himself out to the king of the unions, exactly the theme that was present in the 1960s when Chavez campaigned for JFK.
Gonzalez continued, “It’s a baffling choice in my opinion. It doesn’t answer any of the concerns that the Mexican-American voters in parts of Texas have about the direction of the Democratic Party. This is, well, we’re stuck in the 1960s … we’re stuck with Cesar Chavez and we’re going to give you more of it.”
Biden better tread this union line carefully, however, because he has screwed over several unions during his time in office and I am sure they are going to be more than happy to let him know about it.
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