it s a poison. [ applause ] running through our it really is. running through our body politic. it s been allowed to fester and grow right in front of our eyes. no more. i mean, no more. we need to say as clearly and forcefully as we can that the ideology of white supremacy has no place in america. [ applause ] none. look, failure in saying that is going to complicity, silence is complicity. it s complicity. we cannot remain silent. i call all americans to reject the lie, and i condemn those who spread the lie for power, political gain, and for profit. [ applause ] president joe biden s clear eyed denunciation there of white supremacy as a poison marks a return to an issue that animated and inspired his run for the presidency, what he described at the time as a battle for the soul of america. but now the new york times reports, quote, the challenge for a president who came to office preaching unity may be how to take on those preaching hate, and in the wake of the mas
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for the toxic discourse, and now they re making excuses for terrorism. is that worth it? is any job, nicolle, in politics worth that? is it worth a congressional salary to be defending not just trump and the toxic discourse but to be defending terrorism? i just can t imagine that that s worth it. that s why i would hope these people stand up and show a little bit of moral courage in the face of this. i mean, black americans are being shot walking through their everyday lives and the shooters are using the discourse that those republican politicians are peddling. it s time for a wake-up call. and to your point, yes, this is spreading in the same way we ve seen other times of terrorism spread. it is the same because it is terrorism. we are seeing it spread online and across borders and across state borders, and when you go look at these plots, that s what you see. you see it disseminated on the internet. and social media companies, you know, they can t just say
national security be in the top of the list for all candidates. it is easy for the republican candidates and if hillary clinton believes as does president obama, that the greatest threat to the world today is global warming, i think people think under her, our carbon foot print will shrink but isis foot print will expand. it will be in places like sinai and lebanon and cameroon and nigeria and israel, we are seeing terrorism spread. we should know by now and any presidential candidate should know when president obama said the tide of war is receeding he was wrong. it is rising. it is not enough to say we are going to counter violent extremism. american leadership is necessary if we push back the jihaddist