Sharon Hall

When I cast my vote for President Biden, I wasn't expecting much. I just wanted trump out of office. I knew he was old. I knew he had a stutter. I knew he had a rep for "gaffes." I didn't care. Just wanted trump gone. Four years later, things are different. I wasn't expecting that President Biden would be the most legislatively successful President in my lifetime. I wasn't expecting him to help expand NATO. I wasn't expecting him to lower insulin & inhalers. I wasn't expecting him to create & recover 15m jobs. I wasn't expecting him to bring manufacturing back. I wasn't expecting him to forgive student debt. But he did ALL those things, and more. He surpassed my expectations by a lot. And he has more planned for 2025-2028. He's not a master orator, He doesn't move so smoothly But neither did FDR from his wheelchair. Meanwhile, trump is STILL a threat. He wants to be a dictator. He wants to stay out of prison. He wants revenge on his enemies. He wants to take away from the poor and middle class and give to the ultra wealthy. His Project 2025 will enable a national abortion ban to criminalize women seeking safe and legal abortions. His Project 2025 will take away the rights of our LGBTQ family and friends. His Project 2025 will transform the government into a loyalty pledge, not to America but to him ALONE. We might never have another free election. THAT is what is at stake in this election. We can continue to progress with Biden policies, or we can let trump destroy democracy as we know it. If you're looking for someone who's young and athletic, go watch a fucking movie. I'll take the old guy who needs a nap while saving democracy over the old guy trying to overthrow democracy who needs a legal team.

In 2020, one of the main reasons I voted for Joe Biden was because I wanted trump out of office. PERIOD. Don't get me wrong: I knew Joe was a good guy, and he had a ton of useful experience in politics as well as in the White House, but he wasn't my first choice, and I wasn't expecting much. But NOW I'm voting for Biden in November mainly because he blew my expectations of him all the way out of the damn water. He's already the most legislatively successful President in the modern era, having signed key consequential bills into law, like the Infrastructure bill, the PACT Act, the CHIPs Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act. Now, millions of Americans have insulin capped at $35/month. The infrastructure bill is so good that Republicans who voted against it are clamoring to take credit for the funds going into their states. He recovered and created a total of 15 million jobs. The last time unemployment was under 4% this long, we put a man on the moon for the first time. Here's a new one, that not a lot of people are talking about, but it's a BFD: if you've ever had a flight delayed for hours or canceled, or lost your luggage, you'll love this: automatic compensation, within 20 days, and you don't even have to spend hours on the phone to make it happen. He's gone after bullshit junk fees that companies charge us, death by a thousand cuts of mystery, mounting fees. I prefer my President to be hard-working, compassionate, intelligent, and thoughtful. I prefer my President to respect our NATO alliances, and the role we play in the world. I prefer my President to respect our fallen soldiers, and not to see them as "suckers and losers." I prefer my President who wants to leave the world, and his office, in better shape than he found it. I prefer President Biden. 🙏💪