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brooklynite

(94,930 posts)
Tue Mar 5, 2024, 11:57 PM Mar 5

Statement from President Biden on Super Tuesday Election Results

“Tonight’s results leave the American people with a clear choice: Are we going to keep moving forward or will we allow Donald Trump to drag us backwards into the chaos, division, and darkness that defined his term in office?

“Four years ago, I ran because of the existential threat Donald Trump posed to the America we all believe in. Since then, we’ve made enormous progress: 15 million jobs, wages rising faster than inflation, taking on Big Pharma and the gun lobby — and winning. But we have more to do.

“If Donald Trump returns to the White House, all of this progress is at risk. He is driven by grievance and grift, focused on his own revenge and retribution, not the American people. He is determined to destroy our democracy, rip away fundamental freedoms like the ability for women to make their own health care decisions, and pass another round of billions of dollars in tax cuts for the wealthy — and he’ll do or say anything to put himself in power.

“Today, millions of voters across the country made their voices heard — showing that they are ready to fight back against Donald Trump’s extreme plan to take us backwards.

“My message to the country is this: Every generation of Americans will face a moment when it has to defend democracy. Stand up for our personal freedom. Stand up for the right to vote and our civil rights. To every Democrat, Republican, and independent who believes in a free and fair America: This is our moment. This is our fight. Together, we will win.”

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AllaN01Bear

(18,707 posts)
4. this is lovely. my question to the rs . why do we always have to go backwards? this says we
Wed Mar 6, 2024, 12:20 AM
Mar 6

want to go foreward. happ y happ y joy joy. godzilla happy dandce .

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Barry Markson

(261 posts)
11. If you think that having Rachel Maddow read a statement from the President
Wed Mar 6, 2024, 01:01 AM
Mar 6

Instead of him giving it live on one of the most important nights of the 2024 election cycle isn't a wasted opportunity then perhaps I'm not.

It's only our democracy at stake after all.

niyad

(113,792 posts)
13. Perhaps you could volunteer your vast expertise and services to the
Wed Mar 6, 2024, 01:07 AM
Mar 6

Biden-Harris campaign staff. Clearly they are in need.

betsuni

(25,765 posts)
16. Why isn't Biden simultaneously at every campaign headquarters in the country rallying the troops?
Wed Mar 6, 2024, 02:36 AM
Mar 6

IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
12. I can't imagine...
Wed Mar 6, 2024, 01:03 AM
Mar 6

backsliding into the bottomless pit of despair of another Trump maladministration.

I'd never get through four years (at best) of his endless racist, xenophobic, misogynistic hatred and fascist dumbfuckery. I'd have to flee the country to protect what sanity I could scrape together.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,575 posts)
14. Yeah. That sounds like cognitive decline, all right.
Wed Mar 6, 2024, 01:37 AM
Mar 6

If I should have used a sarcasm alert, you aren't paying attention. That was a brilliant summation and a rallying cry both, in less than one page.

niyad

(113,792 posts)
21. Sad, is it not? I had to explain to a friend that his occasional fumble,
Wed Mar 6, 2024, 10:08 AM
Mar 6

pause, whatever, is that he is a stutterer. She did not know, and was instantly relieved. I was a bit surprised at her not knowing, but was happy that I could relieve her mind. She had voted for him anyway, but now felt good about it.

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