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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWaPo: Democracy is in danger. Biden should invoke patriotism, not partisanship, to make that point.
The media is in FULL concern troll mode...
It is a depressing reflection of the dangerous political situation in which the nation finds itself that President Biden felt compelled to deliver a prime-time address decrying political violence and election denialism and calling on Americans to unite behind the single purpose of defending our democracy. Indeed, democracy is under assault in the United States. Rallying to its defense is an urgent task, and it does the nation no service to pretend that this is a problem of bipartisan dimensions. The leader of one party peddled the false belief that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, sought to prevent the peaceful transfer of power, incited his adherents to storm the Capitol, and continues to stir anger and unrest. As Mr. Biden put it in Philadelphia on Thursday night, Too much of whats happening in our country today is not normal. Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our Republic.
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Mr. Biden was wrong to conflate upholding the rule of law with his own partisan agenda, which he called the work of democracy. You can be for democracy but against the presidents policy proposals to use government to lower prescription-drug prices and combat climate change. MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards, backwards to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love, Mr. Biden proclaimed. But many conservatives not just MAGA forces agree with the Supreme Courts decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. It was disappointing that Mr. Biden chose to omit that the infrastructure, gun-control and burn-pits legislation he praised had passed with Republican votes. Pointing this out would actually have strengthened his effort to draw a contrast between MAGA Republicans and mainstream Republicans.
Moreover, Mr. Bidens clarion call for democracy would carry more credibility if he were willing to call out his own party for its cynical effort to elevate some of the same MAGA Republicans he now warns will destroy democracy if they prevail in the general election. During the primaries, Democrats spent tens of millions helping dangerous election deniers defeat better-funded mainstream Republicans, including in Pennsylvania, where Mr. Biden, not coincidentally, chose to speak.
We offer these critiques of the president because we agree with him about the stakes involved. Mr. Trump announced during a radio interview just hours before Mr. Bidens speech that, if he becomes president again, he will issue full pardons and a government apology to the Jan. 6 rioters. Mr. Trump also revealed that he met with Jan. 6 defendants in his office this week and that he is financially supporting some insurrectionists. What theyve done to these people is disgraceful, Mr. Trump said. Whats truly disgraceful, and what formed the backdrop for Mr. Bidens speech, is this: Mr. Trumps continuing contempt for the rule of law; the complicit silence of the supposed leaders of his party, such as House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy; and the real threat that Mr. Trump could again be his partys nominee in 2024.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/02/biden-philadelphia-speech-democracy-midterms/
Sky Jewels
(7,096 posts)JFC.
Stuckinthebush
(10,845 posts)FFS
Skittles
(153,160 posts)Democrats have played fairly with repukes for DECADES and now LOOK WHERE WE ARE
durablend
(7,460 posts)"Democrats need to ask what Republicans want...what they're *really* feeling...what can they do to sooth their sad feelings"
turtleblossom
(504 posts)Russia are trying to dismantle democracy world-wide. That's why those hard-right-winged candidates have been popping up on the scene like...
Donald Tяump, USA
Matteo Pandini, Italy
Marine Le Pen, France
Nigel Farage, Britain
Viktor Orbán, Hungary
Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus
Bashar al-Assad, Syria
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil
Narendra Modi, India
...and many more
They have common dislike for immigrants, gays, religious freedom
wishstar
(5,269 posts)Unreal that Biden is facing more media criticism for his speech being political and presence of the two marines in background than Trump is facing for his comments about wanting to give convicted Jan 6 insurrectionists full pardons, apologies and financial help.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,241 posts)The Unmitigated Gall
(3,812 posts)Since my right-wing (and now ex) father-in-law leaned back in his chair at a family gathering and announced that all democrats should be taken out and shot.
Fuck, I repeat
FUCK these people.