President Joe Biden should "beat Donald Trump like a drum" but in a loving way, a new Salon opinion piece contends.
In "This is how Joe Biden can beat Donald Trump like a drum," Lucian K Truscott IV contrasts the wide divide between Biden and the presumptive Republican nominee, former president and convicted felon.
"Americans love this country," Truscott writes. "Joe Biden loves this country. Compare and contrast that to Donald Trump and the Republican Party he has remade in his own image.
"He hates America. He has convinced his MAGA followers to hate this country as much as he does."
Biden needs to double down on his messaging and know who he is really running against, Truscott argues, adding this contest isn't a repeat of the last election.
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"Accusing Trump of lying every time he opens his mouth is stating the obvious, as is accusing him of extremism and racism and all the other terrible isms, including the modern-day fascism of MAGA Republicans, he writes.
The piece also explores the obvious reasons that make Biden a stronger candidate aren't the meek delivery and chalky style points that Biden earned in last week's debate, but the content of his character.
"This election is between those who love America and those who are being told every day how and why to hate their own country," he writes. "People are proud of their hometowns, proud of their families, proud of their schools, proud of their heritage, proud of our history. Pride feels good. Shame doesn’t. Love feels good. Hate doesn’t."
And for this, Biden must draw a more distinct contrast to attract those to love's path, the opinion writer concludes.
He adds: "Joe Biden can take this stark contrast between light and dark, between himself and Donald Trump, and he will win the election."
