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Omaha Steve

(99,584 posts) Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:55 PM Jan 2020

Biden to Iowa Democrats: Trump, Republicans are 'trying to smear me to stop me'

By Aaron Sanderford / World-Herald staff writer 3 min ago

COUNCIL BLUFFS — Joe Biden, in the final stages of his Iowa caucus campaign, asked Iowa Democrats to stop and think about why Republicans are attacking him so fiercely.

The words and actions of President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans should tell Democrats which candidate the GOP fears the most, he said. Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst said Monday she was "really interested" to see how the Senate's impeachment proceedings might influence Iowa caucusgoers' feelings about Biden.

“They’re trying to smear me to stop me,” Biden told the crowd of more than 225 people at a rally in Council Bluffs on Wednesday. “They know if I’m the nominee, I’m going to beat Donald Trump.”

He told The World-Herald that his candidacy is a threat to Trump and the GOP because he can win several states Trump needs to hold, including North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

FULL story: https://www.omaha.com/news/local/biden-to-iowa-democrats-trump-republicans-are-trying-to-smear/article_f6c97677-c3e5-5f3b-b1dd-7301c011582b.html

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Biden to Iowa Democrats: Trump, Republicans are 'trying to smear me to stop me' (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jan 2020 OP

He's right democrattotheend Jan 2020 #1

i don't think their attempts worked. Many have tried, none of them have stuck Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #2

I get it, as that's why Bernie is being be smeared, even worse... to stop him!! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2020 #3

The smears will not work on Joe Biden. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #4

Actually, they're running ads against Bernie, not Biden... DanTex Jan 2020 #5

And they're writing articles attacking Bernie, not Biden... DanTex Jan 2020 #6

And Trump, in private, was recorded saying he was most afraid of Bernie in 2016 for VP. DanTex Jan 2020 #7

oh pooooooooooooooooor bernie nt msongs Jan 2020 #8

democrattotheend

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1. He's right

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 12:04 AM

Jan 2020

That's been my fear from the beginning of the impeachment proceedings - that it could end up dragging Biden down too, since Trump is very good at drawing false equivalences and the media lets him get away with it. People have been hearing about how corrupt Trump is for years, so the best he can hope for against someone like Biden is to muddy the waters and have people think both are equally corrupt. Which is obvious BS but unfortunately people fall for it.

To their credit, so far the MSM seems to mostly be avoiding giving any credibility to the theory that Biden did anything wrong with respect to Ukraine. And as far as I know none of Biden's opponents in the primary has gone there.