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Pictured is former vice president Joe Biden, now a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for president in 2020
By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief Coleman is an experienced Black political reporter who covered the 2008 presidential election for the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio and the presidential elections in 2012 and 2016 at Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com
Clevelandurbannews.com , CLEVELAND, Ohio-Former vice president Joe Biden officially launched his bid for president on Thursday, joining a crowded field of hopefuls for the Democratic nomination in 2020.
A liberal Democrat Biden, 76, said, via his video announcement on Thursday, that the "core values of the nation... our very democracy, everything that has made America America, is at stake"
He added that "that's why today, I'm announcing my candidacy of president of the United States."
President Trump, 72, shot back, saying on Twitter, "welcome to the race sleepy Joe."
The president said he is ready to take on any Democratic challenger that comes his way.
"If you make it, I will see you at the starting gate," said Trump in response to Biden's much anticipated announcement.
Coming into the race in hopes of unseating Trump, a Republican real estate mogul and former television personality who beat Democrat Hillary Clinton in a close presidential election in 2016, the former U.S. senator from Delaware was the undisputed front-runner over all of the Democratic candidates, as well as Trump, polls reveal.
According to April 24 Politico and Morning Consult polls, if the 2020 presidential election were held today, Biden, would win 42 percent to Trump's 34 percent.
But every minute matters in politics and polls this week have moved away from his six point lead over Vermont Sen Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination for president.
Sanders lost the Democratic primary to Clinton in 2016, and is Biden's closet Democratic contender, followed by either former South Bend mayor Peter Buttigieg or Sen Kamala Harris, depending on the poll, and former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke
Sanders, however, says he is the front-runner, he and Biden neck and neck in some polls, including a Gravis poll released April 22 that has them both at 19 percent, followed by former Buttigieg at 14 percent, and Harris, a former California attorney general-turned U.S. senator, at six percent.
Biden served as vice president from 2009-2017 under former president Barack Obama, the nation's first Black president.
Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.
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