Category: Joe Biden

America is at a crossroads. Like so many Americans, it is painful and disheartening to see the divisiveness being fomented by those who wish to tear our nation apart. We have government officials in powerful positions who are not thinking about the well-being and safety of the people or our planet. The cheap rhetoric coming out of Washington D.C. only pits people against each other, spreads hate, clouds truth, and puts money over the wishes of Americans. Politicians fail to recognize the problems that we face today: regime change wars, wealth inequality, the pandemic, health care inequality, gun violence, climate change, reproductive rights, rising college tuitions, mass incarceration, immigration, racial injustice, and so much more. I believe Vice President Joe Biden can fix these problems.

As a nation we have faced several issues, and he has too. During the Ebola outbreak, Joe Biden led the response that saved millions of lives, with only two Americans lives lost at the conclusion of the epidemic. While the current president has not caused this pandemic, his lack of leadership has caused the American death toll to approach two hundred thousand this month. On March 14th, when pressed on the death toll, unemployment rates, and rising case numbers in the United states, Donald Trump said that he “takes no responsibility at all” for his failures. On June 20th, at a campaign rally in Oklahoma, Trump said that he told his people to “Slow the testing down please.” This decision slowed down our chance to save tens of thousands of lives, our understanding of where the virus lurks, and our steps to reopen our country. That’s why this November, the choice is more clear than ever, we can choose a president who seeks to foment hate, bigotry, lies, and division; or we can choose a leader that can unite the country, that brings out the best of us, that truly cares about needs of the American people. As Joe Biden said “ I want every single American to know, if you are sick, if you are struggling, if you are worried about how you are going to get through the day, I will not abandon you.”

Vice President Joe Biden is motivated by his love for America, and its people. I am confident that he will lead our country in the right direction, guided by respect, love, kindness, compassion. Thus, Joe Biden will work to heal the divisive wounds that have torn our nation apart. He will work to end ineffective regime change wars and bring our troops home, so we can reinvest the trillions of dollars we waste every year on countless wars into the needs of our citizens for things like healthcare, education, income inequality, and so much more.

As Vice President Biden says, “If you entrust me with the presidency, I will draw on the best of us not the worst, I will be an ally of the light not the darkness, it’s time for us, for we the people to come together, united we can and will overcome this season of darkness in America.”

We Americans are the ones who have the power to create change, it will take every one of our hands, our hearts, and our voices, motivated by unity, love, and respect to create a future that can be so much brighter for the country we have, for the people we love.

So while I am not yet able to vote, I will work tirelessly, doing everything in my power to get Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris elected on November 3rd, because I love and care deeply about my country, and I know they do too.

Joe Biden has recently taken office, becoming the 46th president of the United States of America. At the time of writing, Joe Biden has already signed and published 32 executive orders. One of them, Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation, or executive Order 13988, was signed January 20, 2021. It focuses on equal treatment for all, more specifically for LGBTQ members. Joe Biden’s administration will make sure the policies of Executive Order 13988 will be enforced to stop discrimination.

This executive order has multiple specifications and is divided into four sections. The first section goes over the policy. The policy orders that everyone is treated with respect and dignity and receives equal treatment under the law no matter a person’s gender identity, sexual orientation, what they love, and whom they love. It also talks about how children should not have to worry about being denied access to a restroom, lockers, or sports teams. It is important to note that section one clarifies that people who identify as LGBTQ are protected at work under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The executive order references Bostock v. Clayton County, a Supreme Court case decided June 2020, “In Bostock v. Clayton County, the Supreme Court held that Title VII’s prohibition on discrimination “because of . . . sex” covers discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation. Under Bostock’s reasoning, laws that prohibit sex discrimination—including Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972… prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation, so long as the laws do not contain sufficient indications to the contrary.” The court held that homosexuals and transgenders are protected under Title VII, as well as Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX protects students in a Federal financial assisted education program from being discriminated against.

Furthermore, section 2 enforces prohibitions on sex discrimination based on a person’s gender identity or sexual orientation. The head of each “Agency” will have to review all orders, policies, documents, and guidance options for anything relating to Title VII or section 1 of Executive Order 13988. They will also have to make sure that there is no sex discrimination and might have to rewrite their policies to meet certain statutes. Agencies must comply with this executive order and are suggested to see if there is anything else they can do to prevent discrimination from happening. All agencies will have 100 days to comply with this executive order. Section 3 defines agency as any executive department. Finally, section 4 goes over a few general provisions, such as how the order will be implemented with applicable law.

Policies set by this order are great for the public people. From Executive Order 13988, “It is the policy of my Administration to prevent and combat discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation and to fully enforce Title VII and other laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation. It is also the policy of my Administration to address overlapping forms of discrimination.”, by Joe Biden, shows that our president supports equal and fair rights. He is looking to push these policies in effort to lower discrimination from gender identity and sexual orientation. People could see the president setting an example for the actions he has taken in this executive order. This policy can also make the LGTBQ community as well as others more recognized in the sense that they are protected like everyone else. Choosing to include the Bostock v. Clayton County Supreme Court case was a great idea because the people can see that some of the ideas of this policy have been tried before but are in fact protected by the law.

However, problems can arise from this executive order. Joe Biden referencing Title IX can lead to confusion and criticism. Recently there has been quite a bit of talk from the public about how transgenders can use any bathroom they want as well as schools allowing transgenders to play for girls’ sports teams. This is because Joe Biden’s implementation of Title IX in the executive order is very broad. Any violation of Title IX from a Federal financial assisted institute will lose its funding. This leaves schools thinking very carefully to not discriminate against anyone. Decisions and thinking like this can even leave parents and guardians very concerned. The policy says children should not be denied the bathroom, locker room, or school sports. It is important that they are safe, however.

Furthermore, Executive Order 13988 can be seen as just a band-aid to the subject of discrimination and racism. Discrimination happens daily all the time around the United States and the policies mentioned cover discrimination at work and school. Due to people’s beliefs and religious beliefs, an executive order like this might be hard for someone to comply with. People are going to have to make changes with this executive order. If a transgender person wanted to use an opposite-sex bathroom, or a person wanted to use a gender-neutral bathroom, having to see different genders in the bathroom is something to get used to. The last problem that might arise is agencies having to rework and change or even suspend their policies to ensure that they are complying with Executive Order 13988.

In conclusion, Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States of America, is passing many executive orders that implement different policies. Executive Order 13988 is one of many that focuses on stopping discrimination based on gender identity, as well as sexual orientation. This is a good step in the right path for the American people. Some problems may arise with this executive order, and while discrimination may continue to go on, it is great to see that the president is taking steps to put an end to it.

Introduction

Discourse Analysis (DA) is one of the areas of linguistics that analyzes the proper understanding of language and its context in our real social life, both written or oral. The unique parts of discourse analysis were its types of different languages, the rules of culture, the political context of history, social comprehension, and the significance of the language people use when communicating with others. Brian David Hodges, Ayelet Kuper, and Scott Reeves have argued that discourse analysis is about how we can learn and analyze the use of language according to its meaning and case. When analyzing discourse, we can use the study of the social language context, both written or oral.

Critical discourse analysis (CDA) is required to explain the application of discourse analysis. According to Norman Fairclough, language is used as a method of social practice.

‘I referred above to the tradition in critical social science of understanding social reality as ‘conceptually mediated,’ so that the ‘objects’ of critical social analysis are both material and semiotic in character. This means that the dialectical relationship between the subject and the semiotic is a necessary concern in both normative and explanatory criticism’ (Fairclough 2013: part 1 p.10 )

Fairclough argued that CDA is a transdisciplinary study and should have a transdisciplinary methodology. He uses the word ‘methodology’ rather than ‘method’ because the methodology is a construction process, while the analysis is not just a pre-established approach. He believed that any case of language was a communicative occurrence and that CDA as part of critical sociological phenomena. CDA is used to analyze the social errors of political discourse in political speech. To better understand the use of the CDA, the analysis of Joe Biden’s first speech as the winner of the American Presidential Election defeating Donald Trump which then contains political language to influence the audience to follow the flow of his leadership will be presented in the analysis.

Theoretical framework

This paper refers to the analytical theory of critical discourse. Norman Fairclough (2013) has developed a critical discourse analysis (CDA) model called ‘dimensions’. Fairclough develops its dimensions into three stages. The first dimension is analysis at the word level and he calls it ‘text (writing, speech, pictures, videos, etc.’. He considers discourse (language) as a community and we can choose words for the subject including taking a good attitude in choosing Fairclough presents the second dimension of ‘discursive practice’ as an analysis at the text level including the production of a constitutional text. He argues that word composition is important, is usually not neutral and presents the values ​​and attitudes of the speakers. Third and finally ‘social practice’ influencing social structures that contain standardization of society or organization. He calls it analysis at the level of norms. Fairclough imagines social relations, the strength of our community (the whole organization), and socio-culture are the results of language construction.

The CDA theoretical framework is considered appropriate because this study seeks to establish how Joe Biden’s power, ideology, context control, and mind control were manifested through the various language choices he made during his first speech as president-elect of the United States.

Methodology

Hsieh and Shannon (2005: 1278) say that ‘ The research method is presented to interpret the subject according to context through a systematic classification process as well as data coding as well as identifying themes and patterns.’. In terms of analyzing the data presented, it is important to use a qualitative approach beside critical discourse analysis in analyzing research because the source lies in political speeches. The data is in the form of speech texts obtained from the internet, https://www.cnbc.com/2020 /11/07/read-joe-biden-acceptance-speech-full-text.html as a research source. The text of this speech “Time to Heal America after” was delivered by President Joe Biden in his first speech winning the American Elect (2020). The use of the JB code for Joe Biden is to make it easier for readers to make references. These data were scrutinized critically to identify various linguistic (lexical – grammatical) items in Joe Biden’s first speech as an American elect.

Sppech analysis

Based on Norman Fairclough’s theory of the ‘dimensions’ of CDA. Joe Biden’s speech was to celebrate his victory and also to illustrate his vision for America’s future. He began his speech with words of gratitude and went on to mention the idea of ​​the United States. JB used polite language from the beginning to the end of his speech. He thanked those who voted for him and those who continue to support him (democratic people, his supporters). JB carefully chooses his vocabulary in a polite way like ‘we, people, nation, America’ ​​he continues to speak in the same way to make people think he’s on their side, that JB is one of the Americans and all the same but still doing his job as president of America. In addition, he uses peaceful words such as ‘change, decision, choice, cooperates, possibility, restores, rebuilds, etc.’. In addition, JB uses many phrases, clauses, and metaphors to deliberately bring his vision to life and build people’s trust and confidence so that they can see how he can refresh the United States. The evidence of this statement was in his speech and some of it was there.

‘… Who doesn’t see Red and Blue states, but a United States.

And who will work with all my heart to win the confidence of the whole people.

For that is what America is about: The people.

And that is what our Administration will be about.

I sought this office to restore the soul of America.

To rebuild the backbone of the nation — the middle class.

To make America respected around the world again and to unite us here at home.… ‘ (Joe Biden, 2020)

Refusing to forget family support, he spoke of his wife, children, grandchildren as well as those who did not choose him. ‘… let’s give each other a chance…they are not enemies, they are Americans’. (Joe Biden,2020) JB called a pandemic as his priority because it is a virus that makes people panic and worry, for the sake of our future, we must do it immediately. She built people’s trust that she felt the same way as those who had lost their loved ones. JB took this opportunity to get his opponents to come to his side and for those who were already on his side, it could be for him and America that he could be a great president who saw no difference between his people but the Americans who took part. God bless, ‘ I believe it is this: Americans have called on us to marshal the forces of decency and the forces of fairness. To marshal the forces of science and the forces of hope in the great battles of our time.’ (Joe Biden, 2020)

Furthermore, he repetitive the grammatical elements expressed to arouse the audience’s emotions so that they become more excited and believe what JB said, ‘I owe you, I owe you, I owe you; They are Americans, they are Americans; thank you, thank you, thank you’.(Joe Biden, 2020) Finally, it can be concluded that Joe Biden used the CDA as an opportunity to streamline his political affairs, gain more power, power, and social relations with the American people (whether they were on his side or not) so that they were willing to follow his leadership system.

Conclusion

Joe Biden (JB) delivers his political speech using political language to speak to his audience and build public trust and confidence about how well he can bring America to glory as U.S.A president. Joe Biden presents his first speech with polite language and full of gratitude from the beginning until the end. He used CDA as a tool to support his leadership system in America and bring public opinion to become his strength

U.S President of 2021, Joseph Robinette Jr. Biden, more known as Joe Biden, is big in the political industry today. He is well known for being Senator, Vice President, and now President. Besides being known as Vice President and today’s President, he has a bigger story behind the scenes. From failures to successful moments, how did he get to where he is now, and where did he come from? Take a look at his early life, middle-age life, and now.

Biden was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania on November 20, 1942. He was educated at the University of Delaware and Syracuse University College of Law. There he studied history, science history, and played football (Joe Biden). While in college, he took a big interest in politics and the inauguration of John F. Kennedy really inspired him. He had political ambitions and worked hard to achieve his goals. Also, according to Biography.com Biden struggled with a stutter. However, as time went by, he overcame his speech impediment by memorizing long passages of poetry and reciting them out loud in front of a mirror (Joe Biden). Eventually, he overcame his speech impediment and chose a career that is heavy on talking and politics. His family wasn’t privileged therefore, he worked very hard by cleaning school windows and gardening weeds to help his family afford tuition (Joe Biden). Biden didn’t have it easy, therefore he had a tough upbringing, and he insists that his tough upbringing helped him create the person he is today (Joe Biden).

According to Biography.com, before Biden officially turned toward politics, he briefly worked as an attorney (Joe Biden). Soon, Joe Biden’s political career started to progress at a local level during his time as a City Counselor, but his federal political career mainly began with his election to the United States Senate at age 29 (Joe Biden). Biden won the election and thought everything was coming out great, but a few weeks later after his election to Senator, his wife, Nelia, 30 years old, his daughter Naomi (Amy), 18 months, and his two sons Beau, 3 years old, and Hunter, 2 years old were involved in a car accident (Biden’s wife, child killed in a car crash). The accident killed his wife Nelia and his infant daughter Amy. The tragedy left him scarred and unable to focus on politics, but he eventually got remarried to Jill Tracy Jacobs. Jill helped Biden get back up on his feet and focus on politics once again. After being Senator from Delaware for many years (1973-2009) he also eventually became chairman. In Senate, Biden oversaw crime prevention and a drug policy. Soon after, Biden ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 and again in 2008 (Joe Biden). Although his race for Presidency was a failure, Joe Biden was not done with his ambitions. After being reelected to the Senate six times, and being a senior senator, he resigned to serve as Barack Obama’s vice president after they won the 2008 presidential election; Obama and Biden were reelected in 2012 (Joe Biden). As vice president, Biden oversaw many things and resolved a few acts that help us today. For example, the 2010 Tax Relief Act (David). After Obama and Biden were out of office, Biden still had recognition and left many more opportunities for him.

In April 2019, Biden announced his candidacy for the 2020 presidential election (Schiff). He became a Democratic nominee in April 2020 and secured his nomination in June 2020. In early November resulted in voting, and the election lasted a couple of days which was more than usual. After all, votes were counted, on November 9th, 2020 former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris defeated Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in the election. After 2 days of being President, Biden signed at least more than 17 executive orders, more than what recent presidents did in their first days as President. Also, as the U.S. is still ongoing with the COVID-19 pandemic, Biden’s orders overturned several Trump Administration policies. According to the White House, Biden’s orders included rejoining the Paris Agreement on climate change, ending the national emergency at the border with Mexico, directing the government to rejoin the World Health Organization, face mask requirements on federal property, revoking permits for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, etc (Joe Biden: The President). Recently as of February 4, 2021, the Biden administration announced that the United States was ending its support for the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen (Biden’s First Act). As Spring is coming and Summer will be around the corner as well, the U.S. is still battling the Coronavirus for about a year, but Biden and the Biden administration are very focused on vaccines for COVID-19. A stimulus care package is also helping many Americans across the country, therefore the Senate of the U.S. recently passed Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus. Biden’s plan to have at least more than a million people vaccine a day was successful as well!

Overall, President Joe Biden came from a low middle class and had a few struggles as a child, but that didn’t stop him from accomplishing the goals he had. Although he didn’t successfully get things right away as it seems, he never stopped working, always continued to work, and wanted to make things right for everyone. As of recently, his plans on changing the U.S. and doing things differently are here to come and are so far being accomplished successfully. Also, Biden’s quick actions as soon as he was inaugurated President say a lot about him today!