The president of USA, Joe Bidenwarned this Tuesday, on the Independence Day of the North American country, that democracy must be defended generation after generation because it is never guaranteed.
“History has taught us that democracy is never, ever, ever guaranteed. Each generation has had to fight to maintain it, treasure it, defend it and strengthen it.”, he said during a barbecue in the White House with military relatives on the occasion of the 4th of July.
Accompanied by the first lady, Jill Biden, and the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, the president affirmed that USA is the only nation in the world founded on the idea that “All human beings are created equal.”
Biden claimed that all people have “inalienable rights” as the right to life, liberty, and happiness, and stated that the United States must not stray from these principles.
In addition, he stressed that during its 247-year history the country has made “great progress” thanks to “the people of this nation and not because of its politicians.”
“We have to keep the faith and always remember who we are. We are the United States of America and there is nothing we cannot achieve if we work together.”he exclaimed.
Biden, 80, will seek re-election in the 2024 presidential elections, in which he could once again compete with the former president donald trump (2017-2021), 77 years old and favorite in the Republican primaries.
The Democratic leader has insisted on several occasions that American democracy is in danger due to the extremist ideas represented by Trump, who encouraged a storming the capitol in 2021 by not acknowledging his electoral defeat against Biden.
Last week, the conservative supermajority of the supreme court He gave several blows to progressives by knocking down a plan to forgive part of the student debt, by eliminating positive discrimination that favored the access of racial minorities in universities and by ruling that a business can deny services to homosexual couples citing reasons religious.
(With information from EFE)
Source: Gestion
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