Biden says United States is in a 'dangerous place' in Gettysburg speech
Source: CNN
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden warned of the "cost of division" Tuesday in a speech in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, delivering a call to turn past a moment he said is "neither good nor normal" and unify.
In a speech that recalled Abraham Lincoln's famous address there, Biden pointed to racial division, economic inequality and doubt being cast by President Donald Trump on the effectiveness of masks and social distancing in combating the coronavirus pandemic.
Reciting the opening words of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Biden said, "He taught us this: A house divided could not stand. That is a great and timeless truth. Today, once again, we're at a house divided. But that, my friends, can no longer be. We are facing too many crises, we have too much work to do, we have too bright a future to have it shipwrecked on the shores of anger and hate and division."
"The country is in a dangerous place. Our trust in each other is ebbing. Hope seems elusive," he said in remarks that rarely mentioned Trump but frequently alluded to his presidency.
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