stepped up in the past. george h.w. bush renouncing his membership in the nra. president clinton after oklahoma city. george w. bush going to a mosque after 9/11. president obama after charleston. presidents who led, who opposed chose to fight for what the best of american character is about. there s deafening silence now. sadly we don t have that today. you know, i was going to say, is it possible? but how hard is it? how hard is it for a nation to heal without a concealer in chief? it s very difficult. especially when the only sound you hear is the click of a keyboard typing out some angry tweets. you know, i was there with
vice president joe biden talked about how other presidents have responded to tragedies. here it is. american presidents have stepped up in the past. george h.w. bush renouncing his membership in the nra. president clinton after oklahoma city. george w. bush going to a mosque after 9/11. president obama after charleston. presidents who led, who opposed chose to fight for what the best of american character is about. there s deafening silence now. sadly we don t have that today. you know, i was going to say, is it possible? but how hard is it? how hard is it for a nation to heal without a concealer in chief? it s very difficult. especially when the only sound you hear is the click of a keyboard typing out some angry tweets. you know, i was there with
30,000 fully-clad klans men in their robes and pointed hats marched down pennsylvania avenue, the streets of washington. imagine. imagine that today. and then the klan was once again beaten back as it was after the civil war. how? the courts. the press. yes, presidents stood against them. and that is the point. our institutions often end perfectly, stood against hate at moments when we ve been most tested. american presidents have stepped up in the past. george h.w. bush renouncing his membership in the nra. president clinton, after oklahoma city. george w. bush going to a mosque after 9/11.
one of the things we try to do to get attention on speeches, if you release snippets beforehand, one little trick of the trade. here s biden where he says how far is it from saying trump is saying this is an invasion to the el paso shooter saying this is in response to the invasion in texas. he goes on to say a moment when we have been tested most, american presidents have stepped up. president george h. w. bush renouncing his nra membership, president obama after charleston. presidents who led who oppose hate chose to fight for what is best in the american character. we don t have that today. joe biden is in an election where there are 24 other candidates. his poll numbers have stayed really good after those two debates. is he trying to basically take
h.r. bush renouncing his membership in the nra. president clinton, after oklahoma city. george w. bush going to a mosque after 9/11. president obama after charleston. presidents who led, who opposed, chose to fight for what the best of american character is about. sadly, we don t have that today. our president has aligned himself with the darkest forces in this nation. it makes winning this battle for the soul of our nation that much tougher, harder. trump doesn t understand what franklin d. roosevelt did. roosevelt said the presidency is, quote, preeminently a place of moral leadership. he doesn t see what jfk did when