With voters in Michigan along with five other states set to cast their ballots in the Democratic Party, Joe Biden has continued to receive endorsements with former Democratic rivals - Senators Kamala Harris and Cory Booker giving him their blessing at a rally yesterday in Flint, Michigan.
But Biden also received another equally significant endorsement. Now one might not pay much heed to the endorsement of Michael Taylor, the mayor of Sterling Heights, a suburb of Detroit, except for the fact that he's lifelong Republican. According to Newsweek:
"I think Joe Biden is the candidate who can unify all of the Democrats and he's the candidate who can appeal to moderates and Republicans like me who don't want to see four more years of President Trump," Taylor said, according to the Chicago Tribune on Monday.
"I remember thinking this Trump thing is insane, but when it was down to him and Hillary, I kind of said, 'Well, you are a Republican, and yeah he's nuts, but maybe he'll get better and you know he's going to lower taxes," Taylor said. "I slowly talked myself into it. 'He can't seriously be this deranged once he gets in there,' and he's even more deranged now than I thought then. So, I take the blame. I voted for him."
But voters including Republican mayors can change their vote. Michigan, of course, was one of six states Trump wrested from Democrats in 2016 and was one of three states that was part of the so-called Blue Wall along with Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. It remains to be seen if Taylor is an aberration. But if he isn't then Biden can win Michigan. When you consider that Pennsylvania is Biden's backyard even if Trump were to carry Wisconsin if Biden were to regain Iowa or pick up Arizona (where Democrats are winning elections on a fairly consistent basis) then he would win the presidency. The longer the Coronavirus is adversely affecting our daily lives then the more likely American voters are going to want someone who isn't deranged leading them and this will include a lot of Republicans who have held their tongues.
No doubt someone as petty as President Trump will probably tweet his anger towards Taylor. If he does Taylor should wear Trump's disdain as a badge of honor. Because it means Trump is vulnerable. And when vulnerable the deranged become more deranged.
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