A GOP strategist said she was moved to tears by the recent speech by President Joe Biden.
It feels like everything is dark. Heavy. According to Rina Shah, the discovery of classified documents at the Mar-a-Lago estate is new territory. There is a person who wants to hijack the country for his own benefit.
She said that what she heard from Biden gave her hope. It made me cry like a kid. My father came to America in 1970 and my mother came in 1980. As a daughter of two immigrants who were raised to believe in the goodness of America, I was raised to believe in the goodness of Americans.
My parents told me that Americans are good. They accept people. How far have we come from that?
Joe Biden said that there are certain Americans who have been radicalized and are extremists. It is up to each of us to take a whole new responsibility.
“What I heard from Joe Biden last night gave me tremendous hope...It made me cry like a child," says @RinainDC. "I was told by my parents that Americans are inherently good. By virtue, they're accepting people. How far we have come away from that." #velshipic.twitter.com/R6ywvApUXO
— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) September 3, 2022
In his prime-time address from Philadelphia on Friday, Biden called on Americans to defend against extremists and Trump supporters who have attacked law enforcement.
We have been reassured that American democracy is protected. It's not. We have to fight back. Don't let it go to waste. Stand up for what's right. Biden said each and every one of them.
They don't respect the Constitution. They don't think in terms of the rule of law. They do not accept the results of a free election.
Biden acknowledged that not every Republican embraces this extreme ideology, but said that the modern GOP is dominated by Trump and his base.
Trump called Biden's speech the most divisive speech ever made by an American president.
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