12/2/2023 0 Comments Trump ai speech transcript![]() A nation that’s underperforming not simply on matters of policy but on matters of character. Sadly, this is the America that is on display for the next generation. They watch in horror as children are torn from their families and thrown into cages, and pepper spray and rubber bullets are used on peaceful protestors for a photo-op. They see our leaders labeling fellow citizens enemies of the state while emboldening torch-bearing white supremacists. And they see what happens when that lack of empathy is ginned up into outright disdain. They see an entitlement that says only certain people belong here, that greed is good, and winning is everything because as long as you come out on top, it doesn’t matter what happens to everyone else. They see people calling the police on folks minding their own business just because of the color of their skin. They see people shouting in grocery stores, unwilling to wear a mask to keep us all safe. They’re looking around wondering if we’ve been lying to them this whole time about who we are and what we truly value. But right now, kids in this country are seeing what happens when we stop requiring empathy of one another. It’s what we teach our children.Īnd like so many of you, Barack and I have tried our best to instill in our girls a strong moral foundation to carry forward the values that our parents and grandparents poured into us. We reach out because, “There, but for the grace of God, go I.” It is not a hard concept to grasp. If we see someone suffering or struggling, we don’t stand in judgment. Most of us practice this without a second thought. The ability to walk in someone else’s shoes the recognition that someone else’s experience has value, too. Internationally, we’ve turned our back, not just on agreements forged by my husband, but on alliances championed by presidents like Reagan and Eisenhower.Īnd here at home, as George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and a never-ending list of innocent people of color continue to be murdered, stating the simple fact that a Black life matters is still met with derision from the nation’s highest office.īecause whenever we look to this White House for some leadership or consolation or any semblance of steadiness, what we get instead is chaos, division and a total and utter lack of empathy.Įmpathy: That’s something I’ve been thinking a lot about lately. Too many have lost their health care too many are struggling to take care of basic necessities like food and rent too many communities have been left in the lurch to grapple with whether and how to open our schools safely. More than 150,000 people have died, and our economy is in shambles because of a virus that this president downplayed for too long. And our leaders had worked hand-in-hand with scientists to help prevent an Ebola outbreak from becoming a global pandemic.įour years later, the state of this nation is very different. We were respected around the world, rallying our allies to confront climate change. We’d secured the right to health care for 20,000,000 people. When my husband left office with Joe Biden at his side, we had a record-breaking stretch of job creation. And we’ve all been living with the consequences. In one of the states that determined the outcome, the winning margin averaged out to just two votes per precinct - two votes. Whatever the reason, in the end, those choices sent someone to the Oval Office who lost the national popular vote by nearly 3,000,000 votes. Maybe they thought the outcome wouldn’t be close. And four years ago, too many people chose to believe that their votes didn’t matter. Well, a presidential election can reveal who we are, too. And who we choose as our president in this election will determine whether or not we honor that struggle and chip away at that injustice and keep alive the very possibility of finishing that work.Īs I’ve said before, being president doesn’t change who you are it reveals who you are. ![]() There’s a lot of pain in it, too, a lot of struggle and injustice and work left to do. All those folks who sacrificed and overcame so much in their own times because they wanted something more, something better for their kids. And thanks to so many who came before me, thanks to their toil and sweat and blood, I’ve been able to live that promise myself. And through you, I have seen this country’s promise. But I am here tonight because I love this country with all my heart, and it pains me to see so many people hurting. And I know a lot of folks are reluctant to tune into a political convention right now or to politics in general. It’s a hard time, and everyone’s feeling it in different ways.
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