President Biden for the win

| 6:01 pm EDT May 16, 2022
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President Joe Biden has a great gift that few other politicians have. That is the gift of empathy. Empathy is what got him elected, in this writer’s opinion. Empathy glows in the dark. What I mean by that is — as dark as the days can sometimes be — when one is surrounded by empathy, it is slivers of light in the darkness.

The Buffalo, New York shooting is a tragedy. It’s a tragedy that will go down as one of many senseless gun-related tragedies. Sensible gun reform has eluded us. And that is mainly due to the GOP — and the NRA. Yet we will not give up. And President Biden offered beauty and stirring words.

“Any act of domestic terrorism, including an act perpetrated in the name of a repugnant white nationalist ideology, is antithetical to everything we stand for in America,” Biden said. “We must do everything in our power to end hate-fueled domestic terrorism.”

I love President Biden, readers, and friends. And I do not say that lightly. He represents the very best of America — the empathetic aspect. It is that quality — missing in so many — but blooming so freely within him – that will get him reelected in 2024.

And it is what has gotten him this far. Sure other qualities helped. Intelligence, experience — all were important. But his empathy is his crown jewel. It is that which is missing in so many politicians and humans as a whole.

So thank you, President Biden, for being who you are, for your poignant and empathetic words, and for always recognizing the good in America — while never giving up on the dream of bringing empathy back to this country.