US EditionBiden calls these ‘dark days’ as he urges Americans to ‘get back up’
- On Sunday in Boston, Former US president Joe Biden called these 'dark days' and urged Americans to stay optimistic, finishing by telling people to `get back up` after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Edward M Kennedy Institute.
- Biden said the moment reflects attacks on free speech and tests on executive power by President Donald Trump, with the federal government facing its second-longest shutdown and Trump using the funding lapse to exert new control.
- Biden pointed to concrete examples, saying elected Republican officials defy Trump, federal employees resigned in protest, universities and comedians faced targeting, and late-night hosts defend free speech.
- He warned institutions must hold, saying America depends on a presidency with limited power, a functioning Congress and an autonomous judiciary; Biden said these are "dark days" but predicted the United States would "find our true compass again" and emerge stronger.
- After leaving office in January, Biden's remarks follow his dropped re-election bid amid pressure and health concerns, while Vice President Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump last November.
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Biden urges optimism amid 'dark days' in U.S.
Former President Joe Biden called these "dark days" as he urged Americans to stay optimistic and not to check out in response to what he says are attacks on free speech and tests on the limits of executive power by…
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An angry Joe Biden emerges from hiding to trash Trump as he accepts a lifetime achievement award for inspired leadership from the Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Boston. Credit: Fox News screenshot Joe Biden emerged from hiding on Sunday night to deliver a Trump-bashing speech that once again illustrates just how tone-deaf he and his handlers are with reality. As ABC News reported, 82-year-old Biden was speaking publicly for the first time since …
Joe Biden warns ‘these are dark days’ for Democracy under Trump, urges Americans to ‘get back up’
Joe Biden warned US is in “dark days” under President Trump and urged Americans to stay engaged in defending democracy. Speaking in Boston after completing radiation treatment for aggressive prostate cancer, the former president called for resilience and praised those standing up for free speech.
Biden says 'these are dark days' under Trump, in first speech since cancer therapy
(The Hill) -- Former President Joe Biden said the country is in the midst of “dark days” under President Donald Trump. “Friends, I can’t sugarcoat any of this. These are dark days,” Biden said in Boston on Sunday after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Edward M. Kennedy Institute, according to a video from the institute. Biden served alongside the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) for 36 years in the upper chamber. Since returning …
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