president biden say in his inaugural speech he was going to focus on uniting both parties and america. unfortunately, that is not happened. in my opinion, in fact, the parties in the country are more divided than ever. and i as a mom, as a coach of young children, and as an american i am tired of the fighting. what specific steps would you take as present to bring all parties to the table, and bring americans together to end the divisiveness in this great country. well, thanks for the question. . it s something that s very meaningful, as i share your aspiration for our country. look, i said before, i think democracy depends on heavy doses of civility. and over the last 20 years of my career, we ve always tried to aspire to that ideal. my faith requires me to treat others the way i want to be treated. and while earlier in the career, the first time i ran for office, i didn t live up to that. ten years later, when the opportunity came around, we thought to do just that. and q
It was weird to me. well, it will be where to republican voters in iowa. what he said about all those issues you mentioned will ring true, particularly around the culture issues on the transgender back and forth he had with dana. that s going to wring really true to the average conservative or evangelical voter in iowa. i think pence in a sense, that s who he s. is that s who he is. but look, there just are going to be any republican voters out there who are gonna say, well, i believe in parental rights so much that i think we ought to let this chemical castration go forward. there aren t any. there aren t any. i m listening as a democrat i would love to hear how you guys see it. but i m going to say. it is really painful to hear how somebody say i m a christian, compassionate christian, and then you just don t see the compassion in any understanding. but again, this is gonna be your primary, and not mine. i m also not totally sure i agree with that. just really quickly
Dr. martin luther king junior. john and i differed on everything, except that i knew he was a great man. and we recognized the importance of our christian faith to both of us. i ll never forget when i was leading the house republican conference, john lewis called my office and asked if karen and i would cool lead the annual civil rights pilgrimage to walk across the edmund pettus bridge with him, the very bridge were years and years earlier, he had been beaten with an inch of his life by his suffering and a struggle, he advanced a more perfect union in america. that s one of the great privileges of my life that karen and i, and our three children, walked across that bridge with john lewis. and i m more and it is passing, his sense of personal loss, when he left us. but john and i, again, never
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