Biden offers blistering rebuke of GOP in critical MLK Day speech

17 January 2023

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President Joe Biden offered a blistering assessment of Republican leaders and lawmakers in his speech commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

On Sunday, January 15, Biden made history as the first sitting president to render a sermon at Dr. King's historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Ga.

According to Mediaiate, the president's speech carried a different tone, and although he did not specifically name former President Donald Trump or any of his far-right supporters, the news outlet notes that his rebuke was quite apparent.

At one point during his sermon, Biden said, "And the fact is that, you know, I stand here at a critical juncture for the United States and the world, in my view."

The president added, "We’re at a what I — some of my colleagues are tired of hearing me saying — but we’re at what we call an 'inflection point,' one of those points in world history where what happens in the last few years and will happen in the next 6 or 8 years, they’re going to determine what the world looks like the next 30 to 40 years."

Biden also compared our current America to that of the past saying, "It happened after World War Two. It’s happening again. The world is changing. There’s much at stake. Much at stake. And, you know, the fact is that this is the time of choosing. This is the time of choosing direct choices we have."

"Are we a people who will choose democracy over autocracy? Couldn’t ask that question 15 years ago," Biden said. "Everyone thought democracy was settled. Not for African Americans. But democracy, as an institutional structure, was settled. But it’s not. It’s not."

Biden said he believes Dr. King's legacy serves as a blueprint for how America should be moving forward.

"We have to choose a community over chaos," he said. "Are we the people who are going to choose love over hate? These are the vital questions of our time and the reason why I’m here as your President. I believe Dr. King’s life and legacy show us the way we should pay attention. I really do."

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