I voted Republican all my life until 2016, but I am proud to support Joe Biden in 2020.
I want to share who Joe is with the hope it encourages other disaffected Republicans to do the same. /thread
I want to share who Joe is with the hope it encourages other disaffected Republicans to do the same. /thread
Biden stuttered as a child. Classmates called him “Bye-Bye,” mocking the way he said his name. It taught Joe to "be mindful of ppl in situations where their difficulties do not define their character, their intellect... You can’t let it define you.”
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Joe married his wife Neilia in 1966. Their son Beau was born in 1969, followed by Hunter one year and one day later. Their daughter, Naomi, was born the following year. #MeetJoe 
A tractor-trailer struck the family’s station wagon as his wife & kids drove home from picking up a Christmas tree. Neilia and their 13-month-old daughter, Naomi, died before they reached the hospital. His two young sons, Beau and Hunter, were hospitalized with serious injuries.
Joe Biden was sworn into the Senate in his son Beau's hospital room. #MeetJoe
After the crash, he remained in his home in Wilmington, DE. He took the 4 hour Amtrak train to DC each day for 30+ years.
Joe Biden's life is marked with tragedy, grief, and loss. He knows the pain of so many Americans because he has felt it himself.
Empathy is necessary for leadership- a trait absent in the White House right now. Joe has the character to lead.
Empathy is necessary for leadership- a trait absent in the White House right now. Joe has the character to lead.
Biden remarried in 1977, to Jill Tracy Jacobs (@DrBiden), an English teacher who met Biden on a blind date arranged by his brother. Joe proposed to Jill 5 times before she said yes! Read why-and what made her change her mind- in Jill's own words. #MeetJoe time.com/longform/jill-…
And this is just cool. Biden owns a 1967 Corvette Stringray that his father (who worked at a car dealership) gave him as a wedding gift. #MeetJoe
"Biden grew up in a multigenerational Catholic home... He devotes the very first pages of his memoir... to illustrating his Catholic identity, noting that he spent every Sunday at mass where his attendance "was not optional." By CNN's
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.@JoeBiden: "My faith teaches me to love my neighbor as I would myself, while President Trump only seeks to divide us. My faith teaches me to care for the least among us, while President Trump seems to only be concerned about his gilded friends..."
.@JoeBiden: "...My faith teaches me to welcome the stranger, while President Trump tears families apart. My faith teaches me to walk humbly, while President Trump teargassed peaceful protestors so he could walk over to a church for a photo op."
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Joe Biden’s values are forged from a life believing in the dignity of all people. He has the character Republicans and Democrats alike want in the Oval Office. #MeetJoe
