New York: Armed with the Democratic Party’s nomination, former US Vice President Joe Biden formally launched his battle against President Donald Trump in a “life-changing election”, asserting that he would lead the nation out of “this season of darkness”.
“Here and now, I give you my word: If you entrust me with the presidency, I will draw on the best of us, not the worst. I will be an ally of the light not of the darkness,” he said on Thursday night while accepting his party’s nomination.
“United we can, and will, overcome this season of darkness in America,” he said speaking to the party’s virtual convention from his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware.
Like every speaker before him during the four-day convention, Biden accused Trump of plunging the nation into the darkness of divisiveness, hatred and a health and economic crisis.
He said Trump was “a President who takes no responsibility, refuses to lead, blames others, cosies up to dictators, and fans the flames of hate and division”.
“He failed to protect America. And, my fellow Americans, that is unforgivable. “America is at an inflection point. A time of real peril, but of extraordinary possibilities,
“We can choose a different path, and together, take this chance to heal, to be reborn, to unite. A path of hope and light,” Biden added.
The country was facing a “perfect storm” of four historic crises: the coronavirus pandemic, the worst economic meltdown since the Great Depression, climate change and call for racial justice.
He said that he would unite the nation and face the crises, which he said Trump had mismanaged.
“I won’t have to do it alone. Because I will have a great Vice President at my side. Senator Kamala Harris. She is a powerful voice for this nation,” he said. (IANS)