ICYMI: HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ADDRESS AT INDEPENDENCE MALL ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

By Gloria DULAN-Wilson

1."THERE'S NO PLACE FOR POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN AMERICA - PERIOD!!! NONE!!! EVER!!"

2. "WE ARE NOT POWERLESS IN THE FACE OF THESE THREATS.  WE ARE NOT BYSTANDERS IN THIS ONGOING ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY. "

3. "THERE ARE FAR MORE AMERICANS FROM EVERY BACKGROUND AND BELIEF WHO REJECT THE EXTREME MAGGOT/MAGA IDEOLOGY, THAN THOSE WHO ACCEPT IT!!!" 

3. "COME TOGETHER UNITE BEHIND THE SINGLE PURPOSE OF DEFENDING OUR DEMOCRACY, REGARDLESS OF YOUR IDEOLOGY."

4. "STAND UP FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.    WE'RE ALL CALLED BY DUTY AND CONSCIOUSNESS TO STAND UP TO EXTREMISTS WHO PUT THEIR OWN PURSUIT OF POWER ABOVE ALL ELSE."

5. "YOU CAN'T BE  BOTH PRO-INSURRECTIONISTS AND PRO AMERICAN!!  THEY'RE INCOMPATIBLE." 

6. "WE CAN'T ALLOW VIOLENCE TO BE NORMALIZED IN THIS COUNTRY!!! IT'S WRONG!!!"

7.  "DEMOCRACY ENDURES ONLY IF WE,THE PEOPLE RESPECT THE GUARDRAILS OF THE REPUBLIC.  ONLY IF WE, THE PEOPLE ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS; ONLY IF WE, THE PEOPLE SEE POLITICS - NOT AS TOTAL WAR, BUT THE MEDIATION OF OUR DIFFERENCES  - DEMOCRACY CANNOT SURVIVE WHEN ONE SIDE BELIEVES THAT THERE ARE ONLY TWO OUTCOMES TO AN ELECTION:  EITHER THEY WIN, OR THEY WERE CHEATED!!"

8. "YOU CAN'T LOVE YOUR COUNTRY ONLY WHEN YOU WIN!  IT'S FUNDAMENTAL!"

9. "I WILL NOT STAND BY AND WATCH - I WILL NOT ALLOW THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE BE OVERTURNED BY WILD CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND BASELESS EVIDENCE RECLAIMING EVIDENCE OF FRAUD.  I WILL NOT STAND BY AND WATCH ELECTIONS IN THIS COUNTRY STOLEN BY PEOPLE WHO SIMPLY REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT THEY LOST! "

10. "I WILL NOT STAND BY AND WATCH THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOM IN THIS COUNTRY DEFEATED - THE FREEDOM TO VOTE! AND HAVING YOUR VOTE COUNTED BE TAKEN FROM YOU - AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!"

11. "THERE'S NOT A SINGLE THING THAT AMERICA CANNOT DO!  NOT A SINGLE THING BEYOND OUR CAPACITY!!!  IF WE DO IT TOGETHER!!"

12. "I BELIEVE THIS NATION IS BIG ENOUGH FOR ALL OF US TO SUCCEED - AND THAT IS THE NATION WE'RE BUILDING:  THE NATION WHERE NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND."

13.  "I BELIEVE WE'RE IN A BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THIS NATION." 

14. "IT INSTILLS IN EVERYONE THE BELIEF THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOU START IN LIFE, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN'T ACHIEVE!! THAT'S WHO WE ARE!  THAT'S WHAT WE STAND FOR! THAT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE! AND THAT'S PRECISELY WHAT WE'RE DOING.  OPENING DOORS! CREATING POSSIBILITIES! FOCUSING ON THE FUTURE!  AND WE'RE ONLY JUST BEGINNING!!"

15. "AND IF WE DO OUR DUTY IN 2022 AND BEYOND, THEN AGES STILL TO COME WILL SAY WE - ALL OF US HERE - WE KEPT THE FAITH; WE PRESERVED DEMOCRACY; WE HEEDED NOT OUR WORST ENEMIES, BUT OUR BETTER ANGELS."

16. "We just need to remember who we are:  WE ARE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! AND MAY GOD PROTECT OUR NATION; AND MAY GOD PROTECT ALL THOSE WHO STAND WATCH OVER OUR DEMOCRACY.  GOD BLESS YOU ALL!  DEMOCRACY!"

 

I truly hope you found value in these salient quotes from President Joe Biden -

Please feel free to share widely - and quote liberally!

NOW THAT YOU KNOW

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

 

Stay Blessed &

ECLECTICALLY BLACK 

 

Gloria DULAN-Wilson