2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We are in a battle for the soul of this nation. I believe history will look back on four years of this president — and all he embraces — as an aberrant moment in time. But if we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation. Who we are.
I cannot stand by and watch that happen.
The core values of this nation — our standing in the world, our very democracy and everything that has made us who we are — are at stake.
That’s why today I’m announcing my candidacy for President of the United States.”
-Joe Biden, “I’m Running for President of the United States.,” medium.com, Apr. 25, 2019