What Was the Importance of Nominating Joe Biden?

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"I've been for Joe Biden all the time. I was always for Joe Biden," Booker says of his late wife, Aylin. "That night that you were there, that was the biggest fish rivalry that ever had." He recalls a stage packed with more than 20 people running in South Carolina's presidential race at the same time as he and Bernie Sanders faced off against each other.

In kicking off the midterms, Joe Biden talked about American democracy as a shared value, enshrined in the country’s founding — a value that both Democrats and Republicans should join together in defending. But there is another possible view of this moment. One that is shared by two very different groups: the voters who propelled Biden to the presidency … and the conservative activists who are rejecting democracy altogether.

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