Joe Biden launches political action committee
1 Jun 2017 11:09 PM IST
Former US vice-president Joe Biden on Thursday launched a new political action committee amid speculation that the two-time Democratic presidential hopeful was eyeing the 2020 general elections. Biden, 74, named the new committee as "American Possibilities" and said the history of this nation is one of ordinary people doing extraordinary things and that it is time for big dreams. "The history of this nation is one of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. And that's who we still are. It's time for big dreams and American possibilities," Biden said in an email to his supporters announcing the launch of American Possibilities. The move triggered speculation that he could run for US president in 2020.
"If that's what you believe—and if you're ready to help elect folks who believe that, and to support groups and causes that embody that spirit — then I'm asking you to join me today.
"It's stamped into our DNA. We're the people who built the Hoover Dam and the Transcontinental Railroad, landed a man on the moon, cured polio, built the internet, and sequenced the human genome. And yes — soon we will be the people who will find a cure for cancer," Biden wrote. Biden said he believes that as much today as he did when he got elected to the US Senate as a 29-year-old kid. "But we have to remember who we are. At our best, America has always thought big. That's why the negativity, the pettiness, the small-mindedness of our politics drives me crazy. It's not who we are," said the former US vice president, according to whom, it is time to reach deep into the soul of this country and once again give everyone the opportunity to achieve the impossible.
"It's time to look beyond 24-hour news cycles and 140- character arguments. It's time to treat each other with dignity and respect. Not as opponents, but as fellow Americans. Because that's what we are," Biden said. Biden, the 47th US vice president from 2009 to 2017, unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 and
in 2008.
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