Jill biden, Vice President , kamala harris, second gentleman, emmoff, contentious time for our country hanging over the event as a political clout that we have never seen in this country. Honoring the press and offering scholarships, this evening will focus on reinforcing Freedom Of Speech and the vital role of free press plays in a true democracy. And you can likely guess why that is, donald trump, of course, presumptive gop nominee for president , who said he would be a dictator for a day if reelected. The same donald trump who is currently sitting on trial in new york, the first president to ever do so, the same donald trump who sent lawyers to the Supreme Court this week to argue that he should have absolute immunity and faced no prosecution for the january 6th insurrection, in fact, his eagle team argues that legal l team argues seek accountability for the attack on democracy. Then there is another constitutional right in the spotlight, and that is of course , the freedom to assem
about forces that are dividing us. i, every day and home and get yelled at by everybody. people are more engaged than they ve been. people are more on all sides of the issue than they ve ever been. a lot of intense and emotional feelings. last week i was emceeing something as group, business la nonprofits and education together and i m co-chair of the group and talked about it being more important than ever and maybe we all could learn from president trump and ellen degeneres. followed into the ladies room by two young people screaming at me about defending george bush and i looked at them and said, you are too young to hate. you can t have hatred like this and we have to stop the hatred, aren t each other. you can disagree. a good disagreement can get me energized s people have different life experiences but the hate and fear in this country is destroying us and we have to fight against that.