Remarks by President Biden at a Reception for the Democratic National Committee | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Well, the - what - the reason why he won those 40-some seats in the off-year in '18 is I picked out - as a guy who was out of office, picked out 56 races where there was a Republican incumbent senator who was arguing to get rid of the ACA. Because people didn't know the only reason anyone with a pre-existing condition could have healthcare was because of the ACA.

    So, under the ACA, whether you have a pre-existing condition or not, you get covered. And when that happened, we won 44 seats. Well, they're back at it again.

    In addition, the senator from the state of Wisconsin is also calling for that you treat all - every single appropriation in the United States government, you tea- - you - you treat it as there's no longer any entitlements. Every year they have to be voted on - every single solitary thing.

    And so, folks, you know, it's about - this is a real battle. And, you know, whether it's prescription drugs, whether it's Social Security, whether it's the gun lobby, we've had success. We took on and we beat the gun lobby for the first time in 30 years. (Applause.)

    But - if I have anything to do with it, we're going to add assault weapons to banning (inaudible). (Applause.) I got that passed when I was a United States senator - banning assault weapons. But look at all the people being killed. I mean, scores and scores and scores. I've been to every one of those sites from Uvalde, to up in Buffalo, and all the rest. You know, you have the velocity of a bullet coming out of assault weapons is three and a half times as fast as a bullet coming out of another weapon. The ability to be able to rapidly fire and make it an automatic is easy. And it can even penetrate bulletproof vests.

    And so, you have, literally, hundreds and hundreds of hundreds of people being gunned down. And those stories you never read about on the street. Every single day, there is a Uvalde out there.

    So, you know, I think that what we've demonstrated is we can take on the gun lobby, we can take on fo- - we can take on these other organizations and educate the American people as to what's at stake. And I think we can win.

    As I said when I began here, I think that we're in a battle for the soul of this country. And I think the American people are waking up to the reality that things have changed so drastically, we better get it back in line sooner than later - sooner than later. And that's what you're doing with these contributions. You're helping the senators and House members and local officials.

    Did you ever think you'd see a time when we'd have an election and there'd be fighting to see who is the Election Commissioner so that they can independently count the votes - not the federal government, not going back - that it's an independent determination made locally under a very narrow reading of the Constitution?

    That's where - that's where we are right now. So, we've got to win, and we've got to set the sta- - and I believe, and the data shows, that a significant portion of Republican party agrees with us. They agree with the fact that the MAGA crowd has gone much too far - much too far in their view of what the role of government is.

    And so, I just want to thank you all for your willingness to sit here on a hot summer day, talk about being willing to help elect mainstream and progressive Democrats all across the country, and some Republicans too - some Republicans as well - who understand that this is about getting together again - Democrats, Republicans, and independents.

    We have to unite. We have to unite on the basic fundamental questions that face the country. And one of those questions is whether or not - whether or not we are going to maintain and strengthen our democracy, or are you going to let it continue to splinter.

    So, thank you all so very much - (applause) - for bothering to listen.

    And I promised my staff I would take no questions, but I can take a couple on the way out. (Laughter.) Anybody? Yes.

    Q Recently, you signed the Inflation Reduction Act, which invested billions in clean energy. But as you said, this is not enough. What do you plan to do next to combat climate change?

    THE PRESIDENT: Well, there's a number of things I'm going to do next. Number one is I'm going to - well, the press is here, I better not do it yet. (Laughter.)

    JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.

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( September 5th, 2022 @ 8:41 am )
 
In these read words, hopefully semi coherent in speech, America's First Idiot President mentioned to phrase MAGA 4 times.

For some reason Joe Stupid really enjoys discussing MAGA; just one more thing that he babbles about that could never undertand.



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