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BumRushDaShow

(141,332 posts)
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 02:01 PM Jul 2024

'We must stand together': Biden calls on Americans to stop viewing their political opponents as enemies

Source: NBC News

July 14, 2024, 2:32 PM EDT / Updated July 14, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT


WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden called on Americans to "lower the temperature" in political rhetoric in an address from the Oval Office on Sunday night, asking for more respectful discourse and civility in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

“Disagreement is inevitable in American democracy,” Biden said, adding that politics should never turn into a “killing field.”

“While we may disagree, we are not enemies,” Biden said during his approximately six minutes of remarks. “We’re neighbors, we’re friends, coworkers, citizens, and most importantly, we are fellow Americans. We must stand together.”

The speech is only the third Biden has delivered from the Oval Office during his term. Presidents typically reserve the Oval Office for speeches of the highest consequence, typically war and peace.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-oval-office-address-sunday-evening-trump-shooting-rcna161790



He has rarely done any addresses from the Oval Office so this would add extra gravity to the situation.

Article updated.

Original article/headline -

Biden to give Oval Office address Sunday evening following Trump shooting

July 14, 2024, 2:32 PM EDT


In an address from the White House on Sunday afternoon, President Joe Biden spoke about yesterday's assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump and cautioned Americans against making "assumptions about [the shooter's] motives or his affiliations."

He spoke about the importance of national unity and promised to speak on the subject more during an Oval Office address Sunday night at 8 p.m. ET.

The president also spoke about the "short but good conversation" he had with Trump earlier today, adding that "Jill and I are keeping him and his family in our prayers." Biden mentioned the briefing he had in the White House Situation Room earlier Sunday that included Vice President Kamala Harris and top White House advisers.

Biden also said he's asked the director of the Secret Service to review all security measures for the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, which begins tomorrow. The president also said he's asked for an independent review of security at yesterday's rally and promised to publicly share the results of that review.
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'We must stand together': Biden calls on Americans to stop viewing their political opponents as enemies (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jul 2024 OP
If he can put violence and divisions back in the bottle, he's good bucolic_frolic Jul 2024 #1
Good! TY BRDS! Cha Jul 2024 #2
Good strategy Filling the news cycle With warm fuzzy.... 4139 Jul 2024 #3
Extra levity? No, this isn't funny. Mawspam2 Jul 2024 #4
Where do you see mention of extra levity? Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2024 #6
Extra Gravity? JoseBalow Jul 2024 #7
Why? Do we need to have three public statements about this? Novara Jul 2024 #5
"Why? Do we need to have three public statements about this?" BumRushDaShow Jul 2024 #8
Democrats didn't have anything to do with it angrychair Jul 2024 #9
The answer to Joe is an unfortunate no. The Grand Illuminist Jul 2024 #10
I will not join with people who call me Mr. Mustard 2023 Jul 2024 #11
He's the President. He has to preach unity. Elessar Zappa Jul 2024 #15
The idea of using Joe's Oval Office venue is lost on TFG's hooligans and J.D. Vance. They had no qualms about.... machoneman Jul 2024 #12
Hey MAGAts, you go first, m'kay? Freddie Jul 2024 #13
The republicans never stop trying to undermine quality of life, safety and healthcare of the American people. Hope22 Jul 2024 #14
Like asking Leatherface to put down the chainsaw Marthe48 Jul 2024 #16
Republicans are my enemy. Trump supporters are my enemy. Moderate Democrats Autumn Jul 2024 #17
You bet, those MAGA fascist are not the enemy, Bull Shit, yes, they are the enemy. republianmushroom Jul 2024 #18
Joe said what he was supposed to say. Realistically, fuck MAGAts. Oneironaut Jul 2024 #19
We shall not be compromised under any circumstances. The Grand Illuminist Jul 2024 #20

bucolic_frolic

(46,729 posts)
1. If he can put violence and divisions back in the bottle, he's good
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 02:08 PM
Jul 2024

and MAGA Republican incumbents won't buy any of it.

4139

(1,976 posts)
3. Good strategy Filling the news cycle With warm fuzzy....
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 02:17 PM
Jul 2024

… That should prevent team Trump from getting nasty and ugly

Novara

(6,113 posts)
5. Why? Do we need to have three public statements about this?
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 03:32 PM
Jul 2024

The only thing I want to hear is the acknowledgement that the biggest promoter of political violence is that orange motherfucker himself, and that this sort of thing was inevitable because the media treated it as a spectacle, not a danger.

BumRushDaShow

(141,332 posts)
8. "Why? Do we need to have three public statements about this?"
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 04:42 PM
Jul 2024

Because the yellow journalist-filled, RW-owned corporate media won't cover him otherwise unless they can create an AI-generated slime story and narrative about him. So doing these remarks "commands the networks" to cover him in his Presidential capacity.

angrychair

(9,676 posts)
9. Democrats didn't have anything to do with it
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 09:24 PM
Jul 2024

This was an R on R crime. We had nothing to do with it and I will be damned if I will let Republicans try and put any blame on Democrats in general or the president.

The Grand Illuminist

(1,616 posts)
10. The answer to Joe is an unfortunate no.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 09:40 PM
Jul 2024

The right has done way too much damage to our nation and the greater good. It all started with Rush Limbaugh whose hateful rhetoric and vitriol found an emboldened audience and its use got the right both houses in the 90s. Then you have the original January 6 riot back in 2000 in Miami which, with all truth, stole the presidency from Al Gore and then Bush stole the election again, this time from John Kerry. After 8 years of high quality leadership of Barrack Obama, the right stole another for Trump, this time from Hillary. I put the blame on all of this squarely on those RWers who voted them in office. They know what they are doing. And I'll be damned if I let them destroy our way of life even if it comes to the last resort. There is no other choice, they put us in an uncompromising position.

Mr. Mustard 2023

(230 posts)
11. I will not join with people who call me
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 07:15 AM
Jul 2024

a demonic pedophile. I will not stand with a Nazi.

Sorry President Biden and others, but the fascist fake Christian Republicon right wing propaganda machine wants money. The only way they make their money is to keep their angry base of uneducated white Americans motivated to give money is to scare them into thinking I'm their enemy.

In other words, I'll unify with MAGA once they admit their mistakes and apologize for them.

Elessar Zappa

(15,656 posts)
15. He's the President. He has to preach unity.
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 09:49 AM
Jul 2024

And I would like us to unite too but I agree with you that it’s impossible to stand with people who hold wicked moral values.

machoneman

(4,121 posts)
12. The idea of using Joe's Oval Office venue is lost on TFG's hooligans and J.D. Vance. They had no qualms about....
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 07:46 AM
Jul 2024

....invading like Visigoths the Capitol, laying waste to offices and even pooping on the floor. What would make one think they would even recognize the meaning of an Oval Office speech?

Hope22

(2,606 posts)
14. The republicans never stop trying to undermine quality of life, safety and healthcare of the American people.
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 09:03 AM
Jul 2024

They are in attack mode 24/7. Sir you tell us to stand down at our own peril.

Marthe48

(18,841 posts)
16. Like asking Leatherface to put down the chainsaw
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 10:09 AM
Jul 2024

I wish Americans would get the result like the scene on the ferry in Dark Knight, but I'm too idealistic for these times :/

Autumn

(46,018 posts)
17. Republicans are my enemy. Trump supporters are my enemy. Moderate Democrats
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 10:40 AM
Jul 2024

who work with Republicans to further their agenda and halt Democratic agendas are my enemy. Republicans and their ilk are the ones who have turned America into a “killing field.” I will stand with none of them.

republianmushroom

(17,279 posts)
18. You bet, those MAGA fascist are not the enemy, Bull Shit, yes, they are the enemy.
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 10:57 AM
Jul 2024

I've lost to many of my family to fascism not to view the MAGA fascist as an "enemy". They pose a greater danger to this country than Russia or any other country. IMO. They may not be your enemy, Joe, but they are mine.

Oneironaut

(5,760 posts)
19. Joe said what he was supposed to say. Realistically, fuck MAGAts.
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 11:06 AM
Jul 2024

Their “Unity” means Cis-Hetero-White Men being the only ones visible and with power in society. Not interested in unity with Fascist scum.

The Grand Illuminist

(1,616 posts)
20. We shall not be compromised under any circumstances.
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 02:06 PM
Jul 2024

Last edited Mon Jul 15, 2024, 07:42 PM - Edit history (1)

Or be the party of the compromised. Sorry Joe, war is hell.

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