Irish Americans for Biden Harris

  “I’m a practicing Catholic. I believe faith is a gift. And the first obligation we all have is, ‘Love your God,’ the second one is, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ … ‘Treat people with dignity.’ Everyone’s entitled to dignity, that’s a basic tenet in my household.”  – Vice President Joe Biden  Vice President Joe Biden believes that in America, no matter where you start in life, everyone should be able to live up to their God-given potential. He knows that we need to rebuild the middle class, and this time make sure everybody comes along—regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or disability.  Build an economy where everyone comes along and we protect the “least of these” Respect the dignity of work and give workers back the power to earn what they’re worth Ensure that affordable, quality health care is a right for all Americans Pursue a humane immigration policy that keeps families together, strengthens our economy, and secures our border Read mo...

My fellow Americans — I am honored and humbled by the trust the American people have placed in me and in Vice President-elect Harris. In the face of unprecedented obstacles, a record number of Americans voted. Proving once again, that democracy beats deep in the heart of America. With the campaign over, it’s time to put the anger and the harsh rhetoric behind us and come together as a nation. It’s time for America to unite. And to heal. We are the United States of America. And there’s nothing we can’t do, if we do it together.

  US Senator John F. Kennedy, campaigning against Vice President Richard M. Nixon for the American presidency, spent the final week before the election in Pennsylvania. “Kennedy hit hard on unemployment, the problem of economically depressed areas, and the plight of the Iron Curtain countries.  He spent a day in northeastern Pennsylvania, traveling through steel and coal mining towns, which suffered from "chronic ills and unemployment," reported the Belvidere Daily Republican in Illinois. "By the time he reached Scranton Friday night Kennedy had a bruised, swollen and slightly scratched right hand that attested as he said, that coal miners “really know how to shake hands.” PA Governor David L. Lawrence traveled with Kennedy on the trip.  Earlier in the month, Kennedy's father, Joseph P. Kennedy, campaigned for his son in Bloomburg.   Learn more about President Kennedy's 1960 campaign by visiting the JFKlibrary.org in Boston. To follow the Biden Harris campaign ...

  Read Irish Echo article by Michael Quinlin entitled, Joe Biden and the Soul of America . 

  Some great Irish traditional musicians got together this month to release a new campaign song for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.  The group includes tin whistle play Joanie Madden, piano accordionist Mirella Murray, guitarist Mary Coogan, all members of the group Cherish the Ladies, and vocalist Bruce Foley. For more information about the campaign visit https://joebiden.com/ . Follow Irish Americans for Biden Harris on Facebook and Twitter . 

  Rolling Stone Magazine , the rock n roll lifestyle magazine founded in 1967, has endorsed Joe Biden as President of the United States in the 2020 Presidential Election. The editorial states that Biden "evinces competence, compassion, steadiness, integrity and restraint. Perhaps even more important in this moment, Biden holds a profound respect for the institutions of American democracy, as well as a deep respect for how our government - and our system of checks and balances - is meant to work; he aspires to lead the nation as its president, not its dictator." Read the Rolling Stone endorsement here.

  This weekend, US Presidential candidate Joe Biden's campaign issued a statement entitled Joe Biden, Irish-America and Ireland , which outlines his policies and promises the Irish Diaspora in the United States as well as foreign policy issues regarding Ireland and Northern Ireland. Biden reiterated his long-standing support for the 1998 Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement.  He promised to used "U.S. diplomatic engagement to advance the Northern Ireland peace process, and will ensure that there will be no US-UK trade deal if the implementation of Brexit imperils the Good Friday Agreement." On immigration policy, Biden restated his empathy and compassion for the plight of Irish immigrants who have been prevented from entering the United States due to the inadequacies of present day immigration policy.  On a broad scale, Biden promised to "prioritize legislation to create a roadmap to citizenship" for undocumented citizens waiting their turn for years on end....

 Photo by  Adam Schultz / Biden for President This week, nearly 200 tribal and Indian leaders across the United States have endorsed Joe Biden and the 2020 Democratic presidential ticket, according to a story in Indianz.com.   The endorsements came after the Biden Harris campaign released a 15 page Plan for Tribal Nations, which laid out in detail their commitment to strengthening the Nation-to-Nation relationship between the United States and Indian tribes.   The endorsement reads: I’M SUPPORTING JOE BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2020! I am proud to give my support for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. As Indian Country continues to face enormous challenges to protect the health, safety, and welfare of their nations, we need a leader who is willing to take bold action and make the investments that are needed to keep our tribal citizens safe. Throughout his tenure in the political arena, Joe Biden has demonstrated time and time again that he is a leader who...

  The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum in Boston, Massachusetts holds a virtual forum  from 6 - 7:30 on Monday, October 19, 2020 entitled The 2020 Elections: What's Next?  The forum includes Kimberly Atkins , senior opinion writer at  The Boston Globe ;   EJ Dionne ,  Washington Post  columnist and political commentator; and  Janet Hook , staff writer at  The Los Angeles Times.     Washington Post  columnist  Karen Tumulty is the moderator. Register for this free virtual  Kennedy Library Forum  to receive an email reminder with a viewing link before the event. Here is a schedule of upcoming Forum events hosted by the JFK Library. Read more about the Irish connections of the Kennedy family here.

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Here is the full statement by Jen O'Malley Dillon: Around noon on Thursday, October 15th, we learned – as part of our contact tracing of the crew member on Senator Harris’ plane that tested positive for COVID last night – that an administrative member of the Aviation company that charters Vice President Biden’s aircraft tested positive for COVID-19. Vice President Biden was not in close contact, as defined by the CDC, with this individual at any time. In fact, the Vice President did not even have passing contact: this individual was over 50 feet from VP Biden at all times, entered and exited the aircraft from a rear entrance, and both the individual and the Vice President wore masks for the entire flight. Given these facts, we have been advised by the Vice President’s doctor and the campaign’s medical advisors that there is no need for the Vice President to quarantine. This individual traveled on the plane during the Vice President’s trip to Ohio on Monday and Florida on Tuesday, a...

"Joe Biden will mobilize the talent, grit, and innovation of the American people and the full power of the federal government to bolster American industrial and technological strength and ensure the future is “made in all of America” by all of America’s workers. Biden believes that American workers can out-compete anyone, but their government needs to fight for them." Read the entire Made in America plan here.

Read Joe Biden's full plan for a fair and humane immigration system here . Joe Biden understands the pain felt by every family across the U.S. that has had a loved one removed from the country, including under the Obama-Biden Administration, and he believes we must do better to uphold our laws humanely and preserve the dignity of immigrant families, refugees, and asylum-seekers. The Obama-Biden Administration strongly supported the bipartisan comprehensive immigration solution that passed the Senate in 2013 and which would have put our country’s immigration policies on a much stronger footing. When the Republican House refused to even bring that bill to a vote, the Administration took action to fundamentally change the course of our nation’s immigration policies, offering relief and stability to hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who contribute to our communities every single day. As Vice President, Biden championed the creation and expansion of the Deferred Action fo...

  Join Irish Americans for Biden for a conversation on policy issues of importance to Irish Americans and a Get out the Vote (GOTV) briefing by campaign staff.  The event begins at 6 p.m. on October 6, 2020. The conversation features Ambassador Samantha Power and Biden for President Foreign Policy Advisor Brian McKeon . For ongoing information about the campaign, please follow Irish Americans for Biden Harris blog . 

US Presidential candidate Joe Biden sent the following letter to assure Americans living Abroad about his campaign and his promises if elected as President of the United States on November 3, 2020. September 2020 To All Americans Residing Abroad: This election is the most important of any of our lifetimes, and it is vital that we ensure every single American voter has the chance to make their voice heard and to make sure that it is counted – including the millions of American citizens residing outside the United States. During a global pandemic that has cost more than 200,000 lives in the United States and almost one million lives globally, President Trump not only has no plan for how to get COVID-19 under control so we can safely restart our economy, his administration is in the Supreme Court actively trying to overturn the Affordable Care Act and strip away health care protections for more than 100 million Americans with preexisting conditions. President Trump refuses to address or e...

Cindy McCain, daughter of the late US Senator and war hero John McCain, endorsed Joe Biden as the next president of the United States. Speaking of the lifelong relationship between Joe Biden and John McCain, Cindy said, "The bipartisanship and the common ground was really what made the two of you really special." A lifelong Republican, Cindy said to Biden, "Your empathy and compassion for those less fortunate, has meant the world to me, and I know to many people." Find up-to-date information on the Biden Harris campaign here.

  Here is the acceptance speech of Joe Biden at the Democratic National Convention.   Good evening. Ella Baker, a giant of the civil rights movement, left us with this wisdom: Give people light and they will find a way. Give people light.  Those are words for our time. The current president has cloaked America in darkness for much too long. Too much anger. Too much fear. Too much division. Here and now, I give you my word: If you entrust me with the presidency, I will draw on the best of us not the worst. I will be an ally of the light not of the darkness. It's time for us, for We the People, to come together. For make no mistake. United we can, and will, overcome this season of darkness in America. We will choose hope over fear, facts over fiction, fairness over privilege. I am a proud Democrat and I will be proud to carry the banner of our party into the general election. So, it is with great honor and humility that I accept this nomination for President of the United S...