From below:
“The only way to save democracy is if we, together nurture it and fight
for it,” Obama said.
NB: It appears that Obama and others have ignored the lesson of the
Weimar Republic. With Musk now allowing the USA equivalent of the
Weimar Republic NSDAP adherents to promote and state their views and
disinformation to a wide audience, the voice of the current Trumpite
party will reverberate.
https://news.yahoo.com/biden-cites-jan-6-riot-012156298.html
Politico
Biden cites Jan. 6 riot chant as he condemns 'despicable' attack on Paul
Pelosi
Matt Rourke/AP Photo
Kelly Garrity
Fri, October 28, 2022 at 6:21 PM
President Joe Biden on Friday called out the “despicable” attack on
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul, directly tying the
attacker's words to rioters' chants during the Jan. 6 assault on the
Capitol.
There’s reports “that the same chant was used by this guy that they have
in custody that was used on January 6, the attack on the U.S. Capitol,”
Biden said during an impassioned speech at the annual Pennsylvania
Democratic Party’s Independence Dinner, where he and Vice President
Kamala Harris were campaigning for Pennsylvania’s Democratic nominees.
The perpetrator's shouts of “Where’s Nancy?” during the home invasion
early Friday morning echoed the chants of pro-Trump rioters who searched
the Capitol's halls for the speaker in a bid to stop the certification
of Biden’s 2020 victory.
“This is despicable. There’s no place in America. There’s too much
violence — political violence — too much hatred, too much vitriol,”
Biden said. “And what makes us think one party can talk about stolen
elections, Covid being a hoax, [that it’s] all a bunch of lies, and it
not affect people who may not be so well balanced? What makes us think
that it’s not going to alter the political climate? Enough is enough is
enough.”
Biden opened his speech asking the crowd to take a short pause to “send
our love to Nancy Pelosi,” adding that he had spoken to the speaker and
her husband “seems to be coming along well.” He later called on “every
person of good conscience” to “clearly and unambiguously stand up
against the violence in our politics, regardless of what your politics are.”
Earlier Friday, Harris blamed the current political climate for
inspiring the attack, calling it “an act of extreme violence.”
“I think we’re looking at a time in our country where there is so much
discourse that is fueled by hate and division,” Harris told reporters,
“and anyone who professes to be a leader has to really understand the
meaning and the impact of their words and their posture on things like
this.”
Former President Barack Obama, who was speaking at a campaign event for
Georgia Democratic nominees Sen. Raphael Warnock and Stacey Abrams
Friday night, also called out those who “look to stir up divisions, or
to make folks as angry and as afraid of one another for their own
advantage,” adding that the dialogue is now “hyped up” on social media.
“The only way to save democracy is if we, together nurture it and fight
for it,” Obama said.