Sally Yates endorses Biden

[RandySF]

Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, who was fired by President Trump, endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden's White House bid on Thursday.

Yates cited Biden’s “vast experience” and said she had witnessed him “grapple with some of the country’s greatest challenges” in the Obama administration.

“I trust him to always put the country’s interests before his own; to tell us the truth; to appeal to our best, not our worst, instincts; to unite rather than divide us; and to always treat the presidency as a privilege rather than an entitlement,” she added.

The former deputy attorney general noted that she is “not a political person,” but “our country needs Joe Biden.”

“But there is too much at stake now for any of us to sit on the sidelines,” she said. “This is indeed a battle for the soul of America — who we are, or at least who we have always aspired to be.”

“While our country can survive four years of our current president, at the end of eight years, I fear that we will not recognize the nation that we have become,” she added.

Trump fired Yates in 2017 after she refused to defend his travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries. Since then, she has been an outspoken critic of the president.



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/487178-sally-yates-endorses-biden

[highplainsdem]

1. K&R! Great endorsement!

[William769]

2. Now there's an endorsement.

[Celerity]

3. run for Senate in the GA special election (the other one is covered) please, AG Yates nt

[dansolo]

10. I'd rather see her as Joe's AG

I don't think she has any interest in politics.

[Celerity]

11. I would rather win the Senate back and with Stacey Abrams declining to run, Yates

is the strongest potential candidate left. She can still be AG if she loses.

[BidenBacker]

4. OK, Sally

Now that you've endorsed Joe it's time for you to start preparing your first case when you're the AG.

Prosecuting Bill Barr.

[brer cat]

5. K&R

[peggysue2]

6. Mighty endorsement!

Yates is a heroine in the eyes of many. Rightly so. Her voice counts.

[Cha]

7. "Mighty endorsement!".. I like the way you

put that, Peggysue!

[peggysue2]

9. Hey, Cha!

Joe's on his way! Incredible two weeks. Today's speech? Pitch perfect. And now the Yates' endorsement.

Biden is riding that Big Blue Wave!

[Cha]

8. So much for "Biden basking in Pres Obama's glory.."

Yates cited Biden’s “vast experience” and said she had witnessed him “grapple with some of the country’s greatest challenges” in the Obama administration.

TY, RSF!