“The American story is about action and reaction. That's the way history works. We can't be naïve about that. I wish I could say this hate began with Donald Trump and will end with him. It didn't and it won't. American history isn't a fairytale with a guaranteed happy ending. The battle for the soul of this nation has been a constant push-and-pull for more than 240 years. A tug of war between the American ideal that we are all created equal and the harsh reality that racism has long torn us apart. The honest truth is both elements are part of the American character. At our best, the American ideal wins out. It's never a rout. It's always a fight. And the battle is never finally won. <...> We are facing formidable enemies. They include not only the coronavirus and its terrible impact on our lives and livelihoods, but also the selfishness and fear that have loomed over our national life for the last three years. Defeating those enemies requires us to do our duty - and that duty includes remembering who we should be. We should be the America of FDR and Eisenhower, of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., of Jonas Salk and Neil Armstrong. We should be the America that cherishes life and liberty and courage. Above all, we should be the America that cherishes each other -- each and every one. We are a nation in pain, but we must not allow this pain to destroy us. We are a nation enraged, but we cannot allow our rage to consume us. We are a nation exhausted, but we will not allow our exhaustion to defeat us.” https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/02/politics/biden-philadelphia-transcript/index.html
I’ve said from the outset of this election that we are in a battle for the soul of this nation.
Who we are. What we believe. And maybe most important-who we want to be. It’s all at stake.
That is truer today than ever. And it’s in this urgency we can find the path forward. - Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 2, 2020
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Rep. Steve King, a Republican from Iowa, lost his seat in Congress after a tough primary election in Iowa’s 4th congressional district, ending a nearly 20 year career defined by his racism. State senator Randy Feenstra, who had support from much of Iowa's Republican establishment, defeated King in a close race Tuesday night. Feenstra's campaign against King was not so much about King's racist comments or world-view as it was about his very limited effectiveness in Washington, now that the Republican Party had soured on him. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/ryancbrooks/steve-king-iowa-primary-lost-congress
“The American story is about action and reaction. That's the way history works. We can't be naïve about that.
I wish I could say this hate began with Donald Trump and will end with him. It didn't and it won't. American history isn't a fairytale with a guaranteed happy ending.
The battle for the soul of this nation has been a constant push-and-pull for more than 240 years.
A tug of war between the American ideal that we are all created equal and the harsh reality that racism has long torn us apart. The honest truth is both elements are part of the American character.
At our best, the American ideal wins out.
It's never a rout. It's always a fight. And the battle is never finally won. <...>
We are facing formidable enemies.
They include not only the coronavirus and its terrible impact on our lives and livelihoods, but also the selfishness and fear that have loomed over our national life for the last three years.
Defeating those enemies requires us to do our duty - and that duty includes remembering who we should be.
We should be the America of FDR and Eisenhower, of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., of Jonas Salk and Neil Armstrong.
We should be the America that cherishes life and liberty and courage.
Above all, we should be the America that cherishes each other -- each and every one.
We are a nation in pain, but we must not allow this pain to destroy us. We are a nation enraged, but we cannot allow our rage to consume us. We are a nation exhausted, but we will not allow our exhaustion to defeat us.”
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/02/politics/biden-philadelphia-transcript/index.html
I’ve said from the outset of this election that we are in a battle for the soul of this nation.
Who we are. What we believe. And maybe most important-who we want to be. It’s all at stake.
That is truer today than ever. And it’s in this urgency we can find the path forward.
- Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 2, 2020
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Rep. Steve King, a Republican from Iowa, lost his seat in Congress after a tough primary election in Iowa’s 4th congressional district, ending a nearly 20 year career defined by his racism.
State senator Randy Feenstra, who had support from much of Iowa's Republican establishment, defeated King in a close race Tuesday night.
Feenstra's campaign against King was not so much about King's racist comments or world-view as it was about his very limited effectiveness in Washington, now that the Republican Party had soured on him.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/ryancbrooks/steve-king-iowa-primary-lost-congress
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