By Suffolk County Legislator Nick Caracappa
Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential election does not come as much of a surprise considering the mounting pressure from those who were once his biggest supporters and from fellow elected officials and leaders within his own political party.
There simply was no way of further hiding or denying Joe Biden’s declining cognitive abilities. The capacity of the President of the United States of America requires that person to make decisions that affect our national security, economy, health, and welfare, among many other local and even global issues that at times must be made quickly and decisively. These critical decisions and the leadership of this country must be entrusted to someone elected by the American people who can have complete confidence in the capabilities of our president. The Democratic Party is now facing a difficult situation in finding a candidate they can quickly substitute for one that they can no longer cover for, and one that they feel can convince the majority of Americans to get behind and trust to carry out the duties of president.
Should they decide to go with Vice President Kamala Harris, I feel it would be an even a bigger insult to their party knowing that she has played no major role in either foreign relations or domestic affairs over the past four years in her role as vice president.
Particularly, her one primary role assigned to her by Joe Biden was border control. We all know how that has worked out for this country. She has been a colossal failure in her capacity as vice president, which reflects in her polling.
It would be, quite frankly, in my opinion, an absolute act of desperation by a desperate party trying to maintain control of the country rather than putting a candidate forward who can actually lead our country.
Whoever it is they decide to put forward at this late juncture, it will be a difficult task to surpass the momentum than Donald Trump and the Republicans have at this point. The American people, no matter their political party, are fed up with the lack of representation and respect for our values and our quality of life.
The Democratic candidate would have to publicly admonish and separate themselves from the Biden administration and the past four years of decline of border control, our economy, foreign policy, and moral depravity.
Legislator Nick Caracappa (C-Selden) has represented the Fourth District in the Suffolk County Legislature since 2021. The Fourth District includes Selden, Farmingville, and parts of Centereach, Coram, Holtsville, and Medford.
Legislator Caracappa serves as the Chair of the Veterans Committee, Chair of the Public Works, Transportation, and Energy Committee, Vice Chair of the Environment, Parks, and Agriculture Committee, Vice Chair of the Labor and Consumer Affairs Committee, and serves on the Economic Development, Planning, and Housing Committee.
The Fourth District office is located at 325 Middle Country Road, Suite 3, in Selden and can be reached at 631-854-9292.
