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Las Vegas - 16 July 2024
1. President Joe Biden walking on stage
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden, U.S. President:
"It's time for an important conversation in this country. Our politics has gotten too heated. I said the Oval Office on Sunday night, as I made clear throughout my presidency, we all have a responsibility to lower the temperature, temperature, and condemn violence in any form."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden, U.S. President:
"Now, just because you must lower the temperature, our politics is really divided, doesn't mean we should stop telling the truth."
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden, U.S. President:
"Well, here's the truth about why Donald Trump's presidency was hell for black America. He tried to repeal Obamacare, to kick millions, I mean, millions of black Americans off their health insurance."
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden, U.S. President:
"Here's what he thinks of 'Black jobs'. I love this phrase, 'Black jobs'. It tells a lot about the man and about his character. Folks, I know what a Black job is, It's a vice president of United States. I know what a Black job is, the first Black president in American history, Barack Obama."
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden, U.S. President:
"She's (Kamala Harris) not only a great vice president, she could be president of the United States."
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11. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden, U.S. President:
"Hopefully, with age, I have demonstrated a little bit of wisdom. Here's what I do know: I know how to tell the truth, I know right from wrong, I know how to do this job. And I know the good Lord hasn't brought us this far to leave us now."
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STORYLINE:
President Joe Biden returned to the campaign trail Tuesday for the first time since the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, continuing his call to calm the divisive rhetoric on both sides, but also arguing that doing so "doesn’t mean we should stop telling the truth” as he tore into his Republican rival.
Addressing the NAACP convention in Las Vegas, Biden said addressing political violence in the country should mean curbing all kinds of bloodshed — including better combating police brutality and banning weapons like the AR-style rifle used in the weekend attack on Trump.
“It’s time for an important conversation in this country. Our politics have become too heated,” Biden said.
That didn't stop him from listing why Trump's administration was “hell” for Black Americans, including the former president's mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic, skyrocketing unemployment amid early lockdowns and attempts to, as Biden put it, erase Black history.
“Just because we must lower the temperature in our politics as it relates to violence doesn't mean we should stop telling the truth,” Biden told the crowd that often broke into chants of “Four more years!”
For the NAACP crowd, Biden seized on Trump recently referencing “Black jobs,” drawing big applause by joking, “I love the phrase.”
“I know what a Black job is. It’s the vice president of the United States,” Biden said of Vice President Kamala Harris, who he added “could be president.”
Biden's trip comes as Democrats have been engaged in a weeks-long crisis of confidence over his candidacy after his devastating debate with Trump last month.
“After the last couple of weeks, I know what he means,” Biden said. He said later, “hopefully, with age, comes a little bit of wisdom.”
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