On Monday night, when the crowd of the Chicago United Center shouted "Thank Joe! Thank you Joe!"
But he knows.He may not want to admit it.But he knows.Yes, they are thanking him for serving the country for their lives for a lifetime.But to put it plainly, they are also thanking him for his withdrawal from the election.
For him, it is difficult to imagine that there is a moment more bitter than at the moment. The president who spent more than half a century on the political stage has to be forced to leave.Chicago's enthusiastic love may be true, but immersive can only reduce the pain of the past few weeks to a certain extent.
As they applauded Biden, they wielded the pre -printed "us? Joe" banner, and thousands of Democrats who attended the four -year National Congress were also sending off for Biden.Before, he asked him to retreat from the presidential position four years in advance.Biden found that his status had been reduced: just one month ago, people also expected that he would give a speech as a Democratic Party's presidential candidate nominee at the conference on Thursday night, but he was arranged on Monday night.Reserve to the party's former stars.
Bynden, who is 81 years old, has almost no signs of desire to retreat.Although he made two self -deprecating jokes with his age, he hardly mentioned the decision he made under the pressure of Democratic colleagues. They worried that the oldest president in American history will make the Democratic Party in the struggle for re -election will make the DemocratFailure in the election.When he announced the decision to refund, he just expressed it as a sacrifice in order to save the American democratic system from being damaged by former President Trump.
"It is the honor for my life to be your president," said in a 52 -minute speech he published before the end of the first night of the party congress that this conference will celebrate the vice president He Jinli's succession in BidenFor those."I love this job, but I love my country even more. I love my country more. All says that I feel angry about those who say I should retreat -not true."
The crowd shouted at that moment: "We love Joe! We love Joe!"
"I love my country even more," Byden repeatedly said, "We need to maintain our democracy."
He quoted the lyrics in his farewell speech, "The United States, the United States, I do my best for you," he said."I have made a lot of mistakes in my career. Ah, I do my best for you for 50 years. Like many of you, I dedicate my heart and soul to our country.I have countless happiness returns. "
Although he may not be angry, he did not express his forgiveness.After leaving the venue, he had a brief conversation with reporters at the airport, and then took the "Air Force One" to California for vacation.Someone asked his relationship with the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nanxi Pelosi, and the latter was considered to play a key role in forcing Bayon to withdraw from the election."No, I haven't talked to her," Biden said, and then added, "No one made my decision for me, only me."
For Biden, the idea of giving up is against common sense.He traveled through the experience of recovery and setbacks after the tragedy in his life.The toughness has always been the main theme of Bayeng's narrative.Dongshan has always been his life story.When he gave a speech for the first time at the National Congress of the Democratic Party in 2008, Biden told the participants that "giving up is unforgivable."
After that, he gave a speech at the Democratic Party conference. When he talked about the American, President Obama, or his father, he said similar words."You haven't given up; you stand up." (2012) "They stand up every morning, every day." (2016) "He was knocked down several times, but always stood up." (2020Year)
This is the 13th Democratic National Congress of Democratic Party since 1972, with at least eight of them give a speech.This is also the last time he gave a speech he never wanted to publish at the party's congress as the current official or candidate.He has become such an important part of American politics, and it is so long that it is difficult for people to imagine that he will give the spotlight to others.
In fact, he almost did not make any concessions to this unfortunate reality. His speech sounded basically like the version he had written before he quit his campaign on July 21. He praised his records, Strictly criticized Trump's records.He almost only needed to change the part of the next term goal, and use the phrase "Kamala and Tim Club" to replace the "I will" he originally said, and delete "I accept your nomination"This sentence.
Indeed, although he claims to choose He Jinli as "the best decision made in my entire career" and praise her "strong", "experience", and "extremely upright", he did not make it to He JinliThe evaluation is made in detail, but this part is left to the person who will speak in the next few nights.
But after his speech, He Jinli appeared on the stage to pay tribute to him.It can be seen that He Jinli said to the latter when hugging with Biden: "I love you very much." He Jinli looked up, as if watching her father, watching Biden repeated: "I love you."
In fact, for He Jinli and Democrats, the goal of that night seems to make Biden feel better, because they know how much harm to him by pushing him aside by some of his closest allies.Democrats are facing the challenge of not doing too much, so as not to look like adults treat children.However, the Democratic Party chose to take this risk, and made "thank you" and "us?" On the huge background behind Bayeng, and used enthusiastic eulogies in their speech."We will always be grateful for you," He Jinli said in a short speech earlier that night.
"Thank you Joe Bayen, thank you for your leadership," said the New York State Federal MP Alexandria Okasio Cordus.
"Thank you Joe Bayen, thank you for serving the country and leading the country throughout your life," said Hillary Clinton, who was former Secretary of State.
The Federal Senator Chris Curvus, the Federal State Federal State, is a close ally of Biden. He led the crowd to call "We love Joe!", and he was hot for him before Bayeng came to power.
But the Democratic Party made this paidowed plan too messy. It took too long to spend a long time in a row, so that Biden was squeezed out of the golden period of the East Coast.He did not start his speech until around 11:30 at night, which was a taboo in the planning of the contemporary conference.The progress of the Democratic Congress is so behind the plan, so that they have to cancel a video of paying tribute to the upcoming president.
But if Bayon minds, he did not express it.He did not shorten his speech.He had a lot of words to say, and he had to say it.Most of the speeches are the classics of Joe Biden. All the familiar themes, exaggerated stories, family sayings, and patriotism that do not feel embarrassed at all.Some of these one of these uses his speech at the party conference in 2020, as small as "green tendons".Essence
He used all the phrases he liked to use: the country is facing a "inflection point", his economic philosophy is "from the middle to the outside, from the bottom up", and "not a joke", "I'm serious" and other end wordsEssence
He ended his speech in almost every speech."Guys, we just need to remember who we are," he shouted."We are the United States of America, as long as we uniteConsistent, there is nothing we can't do.May God bless everyone.May God bless our army."
Then embrace, shouts and applause. After all this ended, Biden walked down the stage in the higher love in Whitney Houston's song and disappeared in the night.He will go to vacation for the rest of this week and no longer attend the conference.This is no longer his conference, no longer his party, and his time will soon pass.In front of a new chapter, he will have to write a new lecture.