Mr Biden’s speech is his first major campaign event of the 2024 election season

President Joe Biden marked the third anniversary of the January 6 attack on the Capitol by warning that the issue of American democracy will be “what the 2024 election is all about,” as he runs against former president Donald Trump once more.

Mr Biden, who spoke near the Valley Forge historical site where George Washington and the Continental Army were encamped during the winter of 1777 and 1778, told attendees that they were there “to answer the most important of questions: Is democracy still America’s sacred cause?”

“This isn’t rhetorical, academic, or hypothetical. Whether democracy is still America’s sacred cause is the most urgent question of our time,” he said.

Mr Biden said his speech, his first major event of the 2024 election season, was “deadly serious,” and about a topic that needed to be raised at the outset of his campaign.

  • Diva (she/her)@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    circling back to this, it’s incredible the nerve you have to roll up, refuse to answer any questions beyond insisting that you have a black friend queer daughter, imply that I’m “claiming” to be trans (it’s literally just my life I’m sorry if you’re not used to dealing with minorities), and then go on to gatekeep “actually giving a shit about queer people” behind unconditional support for the people enabling a genocide in the here and now. I’m assuming you’re cis, just going off of how you felt the need to use someone elses queerness to excuse your actions.

    cool stuff