Robert Redford Backs Joe Biden For President, Says Four More Years Of Donald Trump “Would Accelerate Our Slide Toward Autocracy”

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Ted Johnson Robert Redford says that he will vote for Joe Biden for president, warning in a new op ed that another four years of Donald Trump “would accelerate our slide toward autocracy.”“I don’t make a practice of publicly announcing my vote.

But this election year is different,” Redford wrote in an essay published on CNN.com. “And I believe Biden was made for this moment.

Biden leads with his heart. I don’t mean that in a soft and sentimental way. I’m talking about a fierce compassion — the kind that fuels him, that drives him to fight against racial and economic injustice, that won’t let him rest while people are struggling.” Redford, 83, has long been an environmental activist, but he has not been quite as active in electoral politics.