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Date: 2022-07-15

This is a red flag, people. This broke me.

I read the diary defending Jill’s breakfast tacos comment and wasn’t convinced but at what point does all of this just become too much?

Do people here have that breaking point where we stand up for our values? Is there anything Joe Biden could do where you wouldn’t support him? And if this isn’t it, then is this now a cult of neoliberal activists? Because our country is already filthy with cults. We don’t need another one.

A little less than three years after promising to make Saudi Arabia a "pariah state" over the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, President Joe Biden arrived in the kingdom Friday for meetings with Saudi leadership -- including sharing a fist bump with the man accused of ordering Khashoggi's murder. Biden arrived in Jeddah Friday and attended a formal meeting with Saudi King Salman, but -- given the king's deteriorating health -- the working session was conducted by Mohammed Bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto ruler. The White House did not acknowledge Biden will be meeting directly with MBS until publishing the schedule Thursday night. Upon arriving at the Al Salam Royal Palace Friday, Biden and bin Salman shared a fist bump and then went into a series of meetings -- a moment that neatly symbolized the change in Biden's attitude toward the Crown Prince since his campaign trail comments in November 2019. For weeks, Biden has been downplaying his meeting with the Crown, Prince whom the US has said sanctioned Khashoggi's murder. The Crown Prince has denied involvement. I'm not going to meet with MBS. I'm going to an international meeting, and he's going to be part of it," Biden told reporters last month.

Let’s face it. Joe Biden lied to all of us. He’s there to kiss the ring in the hopes of (most importantly) lowering gas prices and (secondly) helping Israel. The photo above would be the end of most politician’s careers. If people weren’t so traumatized by the Trump years and the fear of a DeSantis era, we would be speaking truth to power on this and like 64% of Democratic voters, talking openly about our desire for a new candidate. That trauma can’t prevent us from doing better than this.

Democratic voters must do better than this or we’ve already lost our country.

This is supposed to be a website for electing Democrats. Joe Biden isn’t the only Democrat and after seeing this photo, I’m now positive that he’s certainly not the one the world needs right now in the White House.

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