Campaign 2024: Race for the Presidenc

by Will Espero

The candidates are selected, and the race for the presidency is heating up.

President Biden’s announcement rocked the political world with his departure from the 2024 campaign. Kamala Harris emerged to challenge the former president in what is being labeled a historic election year.

Voters will elect the first woman president or the first convicted felon in November.

Donald Trump doesn’t seem too happy that President Joe Biden has been replaced by Vice-President Kamala Harris, and now Trump is the older, unstable candidate.

Oddly, Trump still talks a lot about Biden even though Kamala Harris is the person he should be focused on. Many democrats don’t mind because Trump’s words show a man who is a bully, scattered, immature, afraid, and confused at times.

In one weird interview, Trump called the vice president a beautiful woman. Then Trump said he was better looking than Harris.

What the heck is going on in his mind? If he keeps up his rhetoric, propaganda, and offensive ways, Democrats should be elated.

He doesn’t sound like a man who should be president. Even Republicans have criticized Trump and told him to stick to the issues and stop the name-calling.

Trump isn’t listening.

Donald Trump’s penchant for name-calling and bullying is showing voters why he should not be elected president again. It seems like the assassination attempt against Trump did not make him a changed candidate or a unifier of a divided nation.

He is just as nasty as he’s ever been, and he’s a convicted felon.

Trump has called the vice-president a communist and comrade Kamala. He said she was a lunatic, a coward, and stupid. He has questioned her ethnicity and has shown great disrespect for the vice president.

This is sad and unfortunate because we voters expect better from our leaders.

Trump is showing everyone watching that he can still act like a child and be vindictive and berating. It’s embarrassing as the world watches.

If Trump continues his current tone and attitude, he will certainly turn off independents and undecideds leading to the election of the first woman president of the United States.

It is time for a qualified, capable woman to lead our nation, and Kamala Harris is the right person for America. She is intelligent, articulate, experienced in government, a former U.S. senator from California, and the current vice president.

Other countries have already broken the glass ceiling for women leaders such as Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom, Indira Gandhi of India, Mette Frederiksen of Denmark, Dina Boluarte of Peru, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo of Mexico, and Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar.

Kamala Harris can cement her place in U.S. history with a win over Trump.

The Biden/Harris administration and record are a legitimate target, but it must be remembered that Biden is calling the shots in his presidency.

The vice president does have constitutional duties although she advises the president, provides input and commentary when necessary, and assists when directed by the commander-in-chief.

Being number two is definitely different from being number one in the White House and on the world stage. As the campaign continues, she will roll out her agenda and preferred policies.

Early issues touched on include affordable housing for first-time buyers, tax cuts for many Americans, protecting reproductive rights, and price gouging by commercial businesses.

President Joe Biden is a true hero to many for removing himself from the race for president when he did. It must have been a difficult decision for a man who dedicated his life to public service.

If and when Harris is victorious, Biden will be seen as the man who saved democracy. He changed the energy level and momentum of the presidential race by his unselfish action.

Trump’s coziness and friendship with dictators Putin of Russia, Kim of North Korea, and Orban of Hungary foreshadow a closeness we do not want in the White House.

His connection to the controversial Project 2025 authored by Republicans indicates a willingness to go backward on policies and issues to the detriment of the American people.

The weakening and elimination of important rights and privileges via Project 2025 must never happen as Project 2025 is so bad that Trump has tried to distance himself from it.

A hidden camera interview shown on national television with a key supporter of Project 2025 implied Trump was lying and is still open to hurtful GOP changes.

But this shouldn’t surprise Americans as Trump is the most prolific liar to serve in the White House.

Yet another reason why the Harris-Walz ticket is the best choice for America in 2024.

WILL ESPERO retired from the Hawaii legislature after serving 19 years in the state House of Representatives and State Senate. He is currently a novelist, poet, and supporter of the arts. Lingering Thoughts provides a glimpse of his perspective on current events and issues.