division. in his gettysburg address, lincoln didn t honor only the bravery of those who lost their lives in gettysburg, he had a message for the living. he said, it is for us to be dedicated to the great task remaining before us that a government of, by, and for the people shall not perish from the earth. folks, that wasn t just a challenge from lincoln to those present that day in gettysburg. it is a challenge he handed down to every generation of americans that follow. now, that challenge has been handed to us, and it is a test above all others, that future generations of america will measure us by. will we be the ones to let the government of, by, and for the people perish from the face of the earth? we let that happen, dare we let that happen? absolutely not! we will not.
talking about it in the speech, he was talking about retreating from the paris climate treaty, which was the single most important thing we ve done to date. he said that the first thing we have to do is get rid of donald trump, who took us out of that treaty. he talked about providing a public option for medicare for all. he talked about free community college. finally, he talked about how, at the end of the day, this is a test of america s character. donald trump fails that test. he thinks he can bring out what s best in america. we have to be able to beat donald trump. nothing, you know none of these other ideas will come to life if we can t beat donald trump. he s making the case that he s the pest to do that. we re going to find out. that s what this campaign is about. yeah, one of his quotes, he said, the threat to democracy is real in this president. stick around, everybody. i want to bring in arlette,
refu refuse to accept the notion that that s who we have to be. folks, in this country, we re all bound together in this great experiment of equality, opportunity, decency. we haven t lived up, and we haven t given up on it. everyone, and i mean everyone, everyone is in on the deal. that s why we ve been the beacon of hope for the rest of the world. that s why the world has always looked at us. that must be burning somebody. i don t know who it is. america is unique all over the world. america, folks, is an idea. an idea stronger than any army. bigger than any ocean. more powerful than any dictator or tyrant. it offers hope to the tired, the poor, your huddled masses, to breathe free. it is written on the statue of liberty. we seem to have given up on that. america guarantees everyone, and i mean everyone, be treated with
educated white voters, where elizabeth warren and bernie sanders, you know, have some strength. not the strength that biden has right now. i don t think he believes it s inevitable, but he is trying to frame this as the most important thing you can do in this campaign is beat donald trump. i think the contrast he s drawing is both on character, where he s clearly saying his character more accurately reflects america s character than donald trump, and also on this idea of this shouldn t be about anger, division, and driving people down. that s what the whole unity part of this, the beginning of the speech was about. i think the biden people believe that in the middle, that s what people are yearning for. in the middle is where the election was decided last time. if he can motivate the democratic constituency and
today, traffics indy visioivisi our president is the divider in chief. look, he s not the only one. far from it. he is just the worst practitioner of politics thatsc demonizes. you holds the other as the source of the problem. you hear it, the immigrant, muslim, anyone different in creed, color, conviction. they re the problem is what he says. it s been the scheme used by politicians for decades. it comes at a gigantic cost. i mean this from the bottom of my heart, it comes at a gigantic cost. it weakens us. it distracts us. it divides us. it causes us to lose credibility around the world. you know, it picks at the wound, and it solves nothing. this is not who we are. this is not who we are. i absolutely refuse, absolutely