Biden’s first 2024 campaign ad highlights threats to US democracy

I remember watching V for Vendetta when Obama was president and I actually can't believe the US went from the Obama era to being on the brink of becoming a christofascist nation.

I'm sure they've focus tested this and yes it is the most important issue, I think they have too much faith in the American voter.

I can easily see Independents or frustrated Democrats thinking "we were warned ad nauseum about a fascist takeover by trump last time and it didn't happen and inflation is killing me..."

I think trump's threats to democracy is the most serious issue but I can't see this winning many new voters. Maybe the hope is to increase turnout on our side...

They don't have anything else, because the other platforms are related (don't genocide minorities) or anti-disaster-capitalist.
Actual liberal policies could fix some of the problems neoliberalism has created by going back to certain New Deal era policies and regulations but that simply will not happen in post Citizens United world.
What about climate change lol?
- Donald subverting democracy would be a much more immediate threat and make climate change almost impossible to deal with. One has to be avoided to deal with the other and is thus the higher priority.

I watched the ad and I saw Trump's name a lot more than Biden's. Other than that it feels like a bunch of stock footage trying to make me feel like being an American isn't shameful.

Not a good ad. But what I expected.

If you want to actually do something, help out with volunteer time and, if you can afford it, money.

Get involved with a close house or senate race too.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Joe Biden’s first campaign ad of the year focuses on threats to US democracy, timed for release on the anniversary of the 6 January insurrection at the US Capitol.

As footage of political violence and rioting shows on screen, the president notes that “there’s an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs in our democracy”.

Donald Trump is the overwhelming favorite to win the Republican nomination for November’s presidential election, despite his multitude of legal woes, which include charges linked to the Jan 6 attack.

The former president has also struck a notably more extremist tone during his campaign, raising fears he aims to deliberately erode US democratic institutions.

The Biden attack ad will run nationally and in local markets in swing states such as Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, as well as online.

The spot highlights how Trump and his followers are continually working to undermine elections, the Biden-Harris campaign manager, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, said in a news release.“Over the last three years, Maga Republicans haven’t shied away from the Big Lie – they’ve doubled down.

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This a lob ball for republicans who just have to point out democrats are the ones taking opposition off the ballots.

How do you mean? The people challenging Trump being on the ballots are Republicans with standing in those jurisdictions.
I am not offering my opinion on these cases, but I think it's important to make sure we understand who the plaintiffs are.
- the two states that have removed Trump from their ballots are Colorado and Maine, Colorado's entirely democrat appointed supreme court, and Maine's democratic secretary of state.

Everything Trump says and does is a campaign ad for Biden.

Removed, rules 3 and 6.