President Biden’s debate performance drew a variety of reactions from Democrats, with some calling for him to step down, others saying that he should support another candidate, and some still insisting that Biden remains the best choice. Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court expanded presidential powers and criminal immunity in its Trump v. United States decision in favor of Donald Trump, creating what some Americans are calling an “imperial presidency” and dramatically raising the stakes for the November election.
Watch the above video as Straight Arrow News contributor Dr. Rashad Richey explains how the stakes are actually much higher than most Americans can imagine — and why the survival of U.S. democracy depends upon beating Trump in November, no matter who the Democrats run.
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The following is an excerpt of the above video:
Okay, I hear the rhetoric. Democrats are in trouble. Really? No, no, I think America is in trouble.
We have an individual who is currently the president, but in cognitive decline, according to many, and his electability argument has gone out the door. That was the argument that got him in the position of president in the first place. Most Democrats made him the nominee because of the electability argument, which I said back then, slippery slope.
Then you have a guy who wants to literally end democracy as you know it, create a world in his image and in his likeness, Donald Trump.
You have bad and you have worse here, okay. We do not select a president, we elect a president. The two companies provide the background to give us their selected candidate for us to elect in this thing called a presidential election.
But let’s be very clear, you don’t elect a president, you elect a president and a vice president. And if cognitive decline is your issue, that means that constitutionally, the vice president, Kamala Harris, would be able to take over, so one does create a constitutional crisis. And it’s not Biden.
I would vote for Biden on life support before I voted for Donald Trump. You see, with Biden, at least you have your vice president intact, no cognitive issue there. You may disagree with politics. That’s fine. That’s the political nature of partisan politics. But the reality is, it creates a constitutional remedy, a constitutional dynamic. Donald Trump is the one who creates a constitutional crisis on day one.
Interested in opposing perspectives? Have a look at how our other contributors view these issues from across the political spectrum:
Adrienne Lawrence: American democracy cannot survive if Trump wins.
Ben Weingarten: Clarence Thomas has it right on presidential immunity case.
David Pakman: Should Biden step aside or not?
