Biden, in speech to the nation, denounces President Trump's actions against protesters and vows to heal racial wounds
By: Annie Linskey, Matt Viser, Sean Sullivan - The Washington Post (via MSN)
Democrats are venting outrage over Donald Trump holding a Bible while standing in front of a vandalized church. For Democrats that is the most important thing that has occurred.
President Joe promises to not fan the flames of hate and not use racial wounds for political gain - in a speech of hate to garner political gain. President Joe has chosen to stand on the side of anarchy rather than the side of law and order. Joe Biden is well acquainted with the methods of political extortion to achieve political gain.
What is President Joe offering to 'heal racial wounds that have long plagued this country'? President Joe is offering to replace Donald Trump. President Joe is promising to deliver the same excuses, platitudes, and empty promises that have been provided from many political podiums over the last seven decades. What President Joe is promising is to stoke racial resentment of whites that has festered for decades. There is little doubt that President Joe hopes to politically gain from the civil unrest.
President Joe is really promising to do nothing except use outrage for his own political benefit.
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Seeking to console a nation riven by nights of violence with a promise to heal its racial wounds, former vice president Joe Biden on Tuesday bluntly criticized the White House's decision a night earlier to clear protesters from a Washington street so President Trump could pose with a Bible in front of St. John's Episcopal Church.
"When peaceful protestors dispersed in order for a president - a president - from the doorstep of the people's house, the White House, using tear gas and flash grenades, in order to stage a photo op — a photo op — at one of the most historic churches in the country, or at least Washington, D.C., we can be forgiven for believing that the president is more interested in power than in principle," the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said.
Biden added that Trump appears "more interested in serving the passions of his base than the needs of the people in his care."
"For that's what the presidency is: a duty of care — to all of us, not just those who vote for us, but all of us. Not just our donors, but all of us."
The remarks were delivered at Philadelphia's City Hall. Philadelphia was also where Barack Obama delivered a heralded speech on race relations more than 12 years ago, titled "A More Perfect Union."
Biden launched his speech by speaking to the nation's concerns over police brutality, starting by paying homage to George Floyd and repeating his final utterances — "I can't breathe." Floyd, an unarmed black man, died after a police officer knelt on his neck in Minneapolis.
Biden's speech took on Trump directly, criticizing him for both rhetoric and actions.
"Look, I look at the presidency as a very big job. And nobody will get it right every time. And I won't either," he said. "But I promise you this. I won't traffic in fear and division. I won't fan the flames of hate. I'll seek to heal the racial wounds that have long plagued this country - not use them for political gain."
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President Joe plans to heal racial wounds by blaming scapegoats. That's the same political playbook Democrats have relied upon last century. Democrats cannot change anything if Democrats refuse to change themselves.
Creepy sleepy old Joe is the farthest thing from being a leader I have ever seen...even worse than Jimmy Carter.
AOC and her gang of four would run rough shod all over his sorry ass.
Yeah.. Partisan politics to keep red meat in front of the party faithful. Both sides do it so well... I do wish that sometimes we could get political leaders who just tell us what they will do rather than using it as a tactic to attack the other side.
This is one area where Biden can score political points over a Trump. And, yes, this is of course a political move by Biden.
Biden's new campaign song.
I listened to that ….. thing ….. from Joe. Can he ramble in circles anymore than he does ?
Joe needed more than 36 years to make things right so it seems. He even said "if he became President, even that wouldn't be enough time".
So what is Joe actually going to "Fix" ?
A unending supply of hair to sniff...
I love it when he's able to actually "Read" something for a change, instead of doing the "Off-the-Cuff" stuff. He sounds so strong then.
Maybe that's why the Democrat Party wants him as President. They can tell him what to say and do.....and he'll "Follow" !
Don't say that!!!! He'll take it as a challenge.
"The Wheels on the bus go round and round"...….
Yeah he's been in politics for decades and now he's suddenly going to fix it?
Any person of color that believes that nonsense better keep one hand on their wallet at all times.
Democrats could care less that their cities and states are burning. They've had the same focus for 4 years now. Remove the duly elected President of the United States because.....in a nut shell - they lost.
I wonder if Biden understands that Trump's base is who put him in office. They are the people in his care. They are US Citizens. Not Ukrainian.
Am I the only one that hears that Beaky Buzzard from the old Bugs Bunny cartoon every time Biden talks?