FilAm Republicans in Georgia react to Biden withdraw decision, Harris endorsement | TFC News USA
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President Joe Biden's unprecedented announcement on Sunday to withdraw as a Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential race did not come as a surprise to many Republicans, including to some Filipino-Americans.
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For a while, we've been hearing on the news for some time that, you know, the Democratic Party had been panicking ever since the debate.
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We saw how poorly President Biden did at the debate and just the concerns of can he still keep going forward for the next four more years? Is this someone who can command and lead this country?
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Biden's decision, made while recovering from COVID-19 in Rehoboth, Delaware since last week, followed widespread criticism of his recent debate performance against former President Biden.
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President Donald Trump on June 27.
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Herman Martir, who works with the Trump campaign promoting America First agenda, asserted that they see no distinction between Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, or whoever the Democratic Party officially nominates next month at their convention.
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We focus on issues. We focus on policy. We run on policy, the achievement, the accomplishment of President Trump.
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Anthony LaMarena, who attended last week.
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Last week's Republican National Convention says the Democrats can have a new nominee, but the party's policies are what matters.
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Still owns the cost of living crisis and, you know, brought about by inflation under the policies of this current administration.
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You know, the new candidate still owns, you know, the issues going on with immigration when it comes to the border crisis.
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And, you know, the new candidate will still own a lot of the security and safety issues that we're seeing in our streets.
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And so, you know, you can put in.
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You can put in a new face on a lot of these policies, but people are still feeling the struggle of that every day.
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LaMarena, born and raised in Guam to parents from Ilocos, has deep Republican roots, noting his grandfather's role in founding the GOP on the island.
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He believes Trump can tackle issues important to minority voters, like the economy and immigration, a promise he feels the Biden-Harris administration has not fulfilled.
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When I talk to a lot of Asian American voters and people in the Filipino community, you know,
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they were immigrants who came here legally and they, you know, through the process now, that's such an abuse of, you know, of what the system that the hard, rigorous process that they went through and sometimes expensive process and understand why it is the way that, you know, the system is now.
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And so, you know, I think those are key areas that could see some unity and bring other kind of, you know, other folks, especially the Hispanic and Asian American communities to support the president.
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Aba Shackle points out that Harris's race and gender, even if she becomes official Democratic nominee, do not guarantee minority votes.
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We'll just have to see how she herself as her own sole candidate being the actual presidential nominee, what her visions are.
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And so if her visions are for thinking or whatever, it may be positive for our country.
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And is able to rally, might be able to rally.
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Yes, the women vote, the minority vote, the immigrant vote.
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But at this point, we don't know yet.
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Meanwhile, some Republican senators and members of Congress, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, have called for Biden to resign immediately as president if he is not fit to run for office.
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Len Almadin, Thornhill, ABS-CBN News.
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Thank you for watching.
