July 15:
In his Sunday message to the nation, US President Joe Biden condemned the assassination attempt on Donald Trump and emphasized that American disputes are "resolved at ballot boxes, not with bullets." He added that violence must never be normalized under any circumstances. Even though Americans have different opinions about the future of the country, President Joe Biden emphasized in his Sunday night speech from the Oval Office that "politics must never be a battlefield."
Politics, the president of the United States said, must never turn into a "real battlefield" or, heaven forbid, a "killing field." While disagreements and American democracy are inherent, As the election draws near, Biden continued, "added burden on each of us to ensure that no matter how strong our convictions, we must never descend into violence." Continuing, he said, "I have no doubt that the Republicans will criticize my record and give their own vision for our country” at this week's Republican National Convention. The purpose of my travels this week is to advocate for our record and our vision.
Candidates' histories, platforms, issues, character, agendas, and visions for America are all topics of discussion and controversy. But in America, conflicts are resolved at the ballot box, not with bullets, Biden continued. That's how America works.
"The power to change America should always rest in the hands of the people, not in the hands of a would-be assassin," stated the president.
"To lower the temperature" in politics was once again stressed by the US president, according to CNN. We are neighbors, friends, coworkers, citizens, and, most significantly, fellow Americans; when we differ, let us not become enemies but rather remember to keep the temperature down in our politics. In his address, Biden emphasized the importance of unity.
"Yesterday's shooting at Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania calls on all of us to take a step back, take stock of where we are, how we go forward from here," according to him. Having an address at the Oval Office is quite unusual. President Biden of the United States has done this precisely three times before.
After the attack on Israel by Hamas on October 19, 2023, he did not make another statement from the Oval Office. An address from the Oval Office is often saved for the country's most solemn and heavy periods, according to CNN. In response to the assault on Trump at his Pennsylvania event on Saturday, Biden emphasized once again that America will not tolerate such violent acts.
In America, this sort of brutality has no place. The use of physical force. End of discussion. Absolutely not. He emphasized that the normalization of such violence must not be tolerated. Biden also brought up a number of assaults on prominent Americans from US history in his speech. The assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and the assault on Nancy Pelosi's spouse were among the assaults he described When Trump was speaking at a campaign rally on Saturday, Secret Service personnel stormed the stage in response to gunshots. The case is still under investigation, but the FBI has identified the shooter as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.
