Biden for president | The Obama executive has launched his …

Former Vice President of Barack Obama's leadership, Joe Biden, has officially announced his candidacy for the 2020 presidential election "in the name of the core values ​​of the United States". At 76, Biden is leading the polls among the 20 candidates who aspire to be Donald Trump's successors.

"The fundamental values ​​of this nation … our position in the world … our democracy … all that America has done – America – is at stake, that's why today I announce my candidacy for the presidency of the United States. "Biden wrote on his Twitter account. The Democrat was already running in the presidential election in 1988 and 2008, although he lost in both races and then sided with Obama in his two elections and mandates (2009). -2017).

"Joe Biden to the presidency: America is an idea," says the video accompanying his release, the politician who had refused to be represented in the last election in order to avoid competing with the Democratic candidate for the Period, Hillary Clinton. "We believe that the truth is obvious: all men are created equal, endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights," Biden emphasizes, stressing that "the nation and its ideals have never been so threatened."

Biden was in the eye of the storm in recent weeks as four women said they were harbaded by her during public events throughout her political career. Biden admitted to being used to physical contact, but he understood that the times had changed social norms, especially after the birth of the #MeToo harbadment movement. That's why he promised to pay more attention, but he never apologized and quickly made jokes about it.

"Throughout my career, I have always tried to create a human connection (with people), because I believe this is my responsibility." "They can do it," said the now presidential candidate. Local media also recalled other controversies that Biden had exercised in his role as a senator during the 1990s.

In 1991, he presided over the Senate hearing, during which black lawyer Anita Hill charged Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court Supreme Court candidate, with badual harbadment. However, Biden testified before Hill in front of a panel composed exclusively of white men, a decision that he later regretted.

In 1994, he also vigorously defended an anti-crime law that filled American jails and hit hard the black population. Biden recently acknowledged that it was a mistake.

In 2003, he declared himself in favor of the invasion of Iraq, but then admitted his criticisms on the management of the conflict after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.