2024-07-17 23:45:10
President Joe Biden He addressed the nation from the Oval Office, marking his third speech from that iconic spot, to address the assassination attempt against the former president, Donald Trump.
“My fellow Americans, I want to talk to you tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics,” the president began. In an emphatic call for unity, the president stressed that differences must be resolved at the ballot box, not through violence. “We have neighbors, we have friends, we … enemies“The shooting at Trump’s rally calls on us all to take a step back,” he added.
The president stressed that political rhetoric has become excessively heated and that it is imperative that the country calm down and recover sanity. “There is no place in USA “for this type of violence, without exceptions,” he said. The Democratic candidate also highlighted the gravity of the context, stating that “the stakes in the elections are high.”
Finally, he insisted that the violence should not be normalized in American society. “We all have a responsibility to do this,” he urged. Given the gravity of the incident, his campaign has suspended verbal attacks against Trump and pulled television ads, focusing its efforts on a message of reconciliation. “Tonight I ask all Americans to recommit,” he concluded.
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2024-07-17 23:45:10