{"id":2025002,"date":"2023-09-07T18:08:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T22:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/13-presidential-centers-issue-joint-message-on-principles-of-democracy\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T18:08:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T22:08:47","slug":"13-presidential-centers-issue-joint-message-on-principles-of-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/13-presidential-centers-issue-joint-message-on-principles-of-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Presidential Centers Unite to Promote &#8216;Democracy Principles&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F13-presidential-centers-issue-joint-message-on-principles-of-democracy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2025002&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The \u200bPresidential Centers Unite to Address the State of American Democracy<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a \u200dhistoric\u200b move,\u200d the \u2064presidential centers\u200c of thirteen ex-presidents have come together to issue\u2064 a rare joint \u2064statement on\u2063 the state of\u2063 American \u200bdemocracy. This statement, released \u2064on Thursday, emphasizes \u200bthe need for \u201ccompassion, tolerance, pluralism, and respect\u201d in the political arena.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With signatories \u200branging from the foundation of \u200bformer President Herbert Hoover to Barack Obama, \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bushcenter.org\/publications\/reaffirming-americans-commitment-to-a-more-perfect-union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> outlines the core values of the United\u2063 States and underscores\u2064 the \u200cimportance of\u200b its institutions. It also reaffirms each foundation\u2019s commitment to the principles of democracy. This\u2063 is a groundbreaking moment,\u2064 as it marks the\u2064 first time \u200cpresidential libraries have joined\u2063 forces to make a statement \u2062of this nature, as reported by the Associated Press.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAs a\u2063 diverse nation of people with different backgrounds and beliefs, democracy holds us together,\u201d the statement \u200cdeclares. \u201cWe are a country rooted in the \u200crule of law, \u2064where the protection\u200c of the rights \u2064of all people is paramount. At the same time, we live among our fellow citizens, underscoring the importance of\u2062 compassion, tolerance, pluralism, and respect for others.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Titled \u201cStrengthening our democracy,\u201d the message acknowledges \u200bthat\u2062 the United States has \u2064not always lived up to its stated ideals.\u2063 However, it highlights how the pursuit of \u201clife, \u200bliberty, \u200cand the pursuit\u200d of happiness\u201d has propelled the \u200dcountry towards a \u201cmore perfect union.\u201d The signatories represent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-quietly-pulls-book-on-transgenderism-as-crackdown-on-hate-speech-continues\/\" title=\"Amazon Quietly Pulls Book On Transgenderism As Crackdown On \u2018Hate Speech\u2019 Continues\">diverse cross-section<\/a> of the American people and believe that differing views \u200bcan coexist peacefully when \u200drooted in the principles of democracy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDebate and disagreement \u200care central features in a healthy democracy,\u201d the statement continues. \u201cCivility and respect in political discourse, \u2063whether in an election year or \u200dotherwise, \u200care essential.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Regarding the current \u200bstate of American democracy, the statement suggests that the country is currently a \u201chouse in disarray,\u201d \u2064which undermines its ability to support democracy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-pressure-mounts-to-stop-bidens-return-to-iran-nuclear-deal\/\" title=\"Republican Pressure Mounts to Stop Biden\u2019s Return to Iran Nuclear Deal\">human rights abroad<\/a>. The signatories emphasize the urgency of addressing these issues, stating that\u2064 the world cannot wait \u2062for the\u2062 United States \u2062to resolve its problems. \u200cThey believe\u200d that \u200deffective governance and delivering \u200dfor the \u2062American\u2063 people \u2063will help\u200d restore trust in public service and provide leadership on \u2063the global stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The signatories \u2063include the foundations, libraries, or organizations\u2063 connected to former Presidents Obama,\u200b George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George\u200d H.W. Bush, Ronald \u2062Reagan,\u2062 Jimmy Carter,\u2062 Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, Lyndon\u2062 Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Harry Truman, Franklin D.\u2064 Roosevelt, and Hoover.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK\u200c HERE TO GET THE \u2063DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The joint statement \u200dwas reportedly organized by the George W. Bush \u200cInstitute\u2019s \u200dexecutive director, David Kramer, a former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor under George W. Bush. Kramer, who\u200d signed off on\u2062 the letter himself, gained \u200bnotoriety \u2062for leaking the infamous Steele Dossier to Buzzfeed News \u200cin an alleged attempt\u200d to prevent former President Donald Trump&#8217;s 2017 \u200cinauguration, according to a report \u200bfrom\u200c the Daily Caller. The dossier, funded by the \u2064Clinton campaign \u2064for opposition research, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/13-presidential-centers-issue-joint-message-on-principles-of-democracy\/\" title=\"13 Presidential Centers Unite to Promote 'Democracy Principles'\">contained unfounded \u200brumors<\/a> and innuendo about\u200d Trump and was used by the FBI \u200cto obtain \u2063warrants to surveil his 2016 campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Eisenhower Foundation \u2063respectfully declined to sign the statement, stating \u200dthat there had\u2062 been no \u200bcollective discussion about it and only an invitation to sign. It\u200b remains unclear\u200c if \u2064anyone\u2064 from\u200c Trump\u2019s team was approached\u200b to sign the \u2064letter. While there is a \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trumplibrary.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> for Trump\u2019s presidential library, he has not \u200cyet established a physical location or announced plans for one.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The presidential centers of thirteen ex-presidents released a rare joint statement on Thursday, urging compassion, tolerance, pluralism, and respect in politics. Signatories from Herbert Hoover to Barack Obama emphasized American values, the significance of institutions, and &#8220;reaffirmed&#8221; their commitment to democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1530,"featured_media":2025003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2025002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2025002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2025003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2025002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2025002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}