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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums***** Biden's July 4th declaration: Trump erodes America's foundation. I pledge to rebuild it. *****
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-erodes-america-s-foundation-fourth-july-i-pledge-rebuild-ncna1232887Joe Biden: Trump erodes America's foundation. This Fourth of July, I pledge to rebuild it.
The Fourth of July commemorates a courageous, extraordinary day, when the architects of our nation laid the first stone in the foundation of American democracy. In the nearly two and a half centuries since, our Independence Day has come to stand not only for that timeless bedrock, but also for every brick, beam and pillar Americans have marched and bled to build atop it.
Our democracy rose up from the ground when we ended slavery and ratified the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments. It rose higher when women fought for suffrage and won. It was fortified when a lawyer named Thurgood Marshall persuaded the Supreme Court to strike down separate but equal and blaze a trail for opportunity in Brown v. Board of Education. And when our nation opened its eyes to the viciousness of Bull Connor and the righteousness of the Freedom Riders and responded with outrage, and a new Civil Rights Act and a Voting Rights Act we built it stronger still.
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That pursuit of a more perfect union has been thrown off course in recent years and no one bears more responsibility than President Donald Trump. Every day, he finds new ways to tarnish and dismantle our democracy from baseless attacks on our voting rights to the use of military force against Americans protesting peacefully for racial justice. He has systematically gone after the guardrails of our democracy: the free press, the courts, and our fundamental belief that no one in America not even the president is above the law. He has made it clear time and again that he wont hesitate to tear apart our most cherished democratic structures for an ounce of personal gain. And that corruption of our founding principles threatens everything this nation has worked so hard to build, blighting our ability not only to elevate our values, but also to lead the world.
Democracy, after all, is more than just the foundation of our society it is the wellspring of our power. It is the defining American quality, the one which sustains our moral authority to keep the peace, drive progress, and marshal nations to work together to take on global threats. Rebuilding and expanding our democracy are essential to the long-term vitality of our nation. Thats why, as president, I will take immediate action to reverse the damage Donald Trump has done to our core democratic rights and institutions.
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The Fourth of July commemorates a courageous, extraordinary day, when the architects of our nation laid the first stone in the foundation of American democracy. In the nearly two and a half centuries since, our Independence Day has come to stand not only for that timeless bedrock, but also for every brick, beam and pillar Americans have marched and bled to build atop it.
Our democracy rose up from the ground when we ended slavery and ratified the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments. It rose higher when women fought for suffrage and won. It was fortified when a lawyer named Thurgood Marshall persuaded the Supreme Court to strike down separate but equal and blaze a trail for opportunity in Brown v. Board of Education. And when our nation opened its eyes to the viciousness of Bull Connor and the righteousness of the Freedom Riders and responded with outrage, and a new Civil Rights Act and a Voting Rights Act we built it stronger still.
-snip-
That pursuit of a more perfect union has been thrown off course in recent years and no one bears more responsibility than President Donald Trump. Every day, he finds new ways to tarnish and dismantle our democracy from baseless attacks on our voting rights to the use of military force against Americans protesting peacefully for racial justice. He has systematically gone after the guardrails of our democracy: the free press, the courts, and our fundamental belief that no one in America not even the president is above the law. He has made it clear time and again that he wont hesitate to tear apart our most cherished democratic structures for an ounce of personal gain. And that corruption of our founding principles threatens everything this nation has worked so hard to build, blighting our ability not only to elevate our values, but also to lead the world.
Democracy, after all, is more than just the foundation of our society it is the wellspring of our power. It is the defining American quality, the one which sustains our moral authority to keep the peace, drive progress, and marshal nations to work together to take on global threats. Rebuilding and expanding our democracy are essential to the long-term vitality of our nation. Thats why, as president, I will take immediate action to reverse the damage Donald Trump has done to our core democratic rights and institutions.
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***** Biden's July 4th declaration: Trump erodes America's foundation. I pledge to rebuild it. ***** (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Jul 2020
OP
highplainsdem
(49,005 posts)1. kick
highplainsdem
(49,005 posts)2. again
liberalla
(9,249 posts)3. Very good! A constitutional amendment to eliminate dark money from
federal elections would be excellent!
Thank you for the post - it's well worth the read.