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Joe Biden, who goes to church every Sunday. He's won the most devout Catholics we ever have had that we can think of.
Once again, there are some in his country trying -- trying to turn a loss into a lie, a lie which if allowed to live will once again bring terrible damage to this country. This time, the lie is about the 2020 election.
They view Trump as a legal drama, and they think Biden's job is to prosecute the case as a candidate, not to deal with the legal drama.
This is an election about democracy and freedom, and that the choice is clear.
Political violence is never, ever acceptable in the United States political has never, never, never. It has no place in a democracy, none. We can't be pro-insurrectionist and pro-American.
This is not rhetorical, academic or hypothetical. Whether democracy is still America's sacred cause is the most urgent question of our time. That's what the 2024 election is all about.
The choice is clear. Donald Trump's campaign is about him, not America, not you. Democracy is on the ballot, your freedom is on the ballot.
He’s threatened the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with the death penalty. This coming from a president who called dead soldiers 'suckers' and 'losers.'
Trump’s assault on democracy isn’t just part of his past. It’s what he’s promising for the future.
You can’t be pro-insurrectionist and pro-American.
Is democracy still America’s sacred cause? This is not rhetorical, academic, or hypothetical. Whether democracy is still America’s sacred cause is the most urgent question of our time.
I make this sacred pledge to you. The defense, protection and preservation of American democracy will remain as it has been the central cause of my presidency.
Something dangerous happening in America. There's an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs of our democracy.
This is like something out of a fairy tale, a bad fairy tale. Trump began his 2024 campaign by glorifying the failed violent insurrection on our Capitol.
It was among the worst derelictions of duty by a president in American history, an attempt to overturn the free and fair election by force and violence. I will say what Donald Trump won't. Political violence is never, ever acceptable in…
Democracy is on the ballot. Your freedom is on the ballot. It is the first national election since January 6th insurrection placed a dagger at the throat of American democracy, since that movement. We all know who Donald Trump is. The…
Trump is the biggest threat to American democracy.
So knowing how his mind works now, he had one act left, one desperate act available to him, the violence of January 6th.
Let's be clear about the 2020 election. Trump exhausted every legal avenue available to him to overturn the election -- every one. But the legal path just took Trump back to the truth, that I had won the election and he was a loser.
Trump won't do what an American president must do. He refuses to denounce political violence. So, hear me clearly. I'll say what Donald Trump won't. Political violence is never, ever acceptable in the United States political system. Never…
Because of you, the will of the people prevail. Not the anger of the mob or the appetites of one man. The attack on January 6th happened, there was no doubt about the truth.
In 2020, less than half – less than half of all adults with mental illness diagnosis receive care for it. Less than half. For children, the numbers are even worse. Nearly 70% of our kids who seek care for mental health or addiction cannot…






