{"id":2390850,"date":"2025-01-15T19:30:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T00:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-includes-insidious-lie-about-america-in-his-farewell-letter\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T19:32:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T00:32:45","slug":"biden-includes-insidious-lie-about-america-in-his-farewell-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-includes-insidious-lie-about-america-in-his-farewell-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Includes Insidious Lie About America in His Farewell Letter"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fbiden-includes-insidious-lie-about-america-in-his-farewell-letter%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=2390850&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--><p>In a recent farewell letter \u200bto the nation, President Joe Biden described the United \u2063States as an &#8220;idea,&#8221; asserting that it embodies principles such\u200c as equality and unalienable rights.He emphasized\u200b that America \u200dis notable for its concept of\u200b liberty and the pursuit of happiness,\u2064 a notion he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-minimum-wage-to-increase-jan-1-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Ohio minimum wage to increase Jan. 1 - Washington Examiner\">repeated multiple\u2064 times<\/a> in\u200c his address. While Biden&#8217;s language may \u2064seem patriotic,critics argue that reducing America to merely an \u2062idea undermines its \u2063identity as a nation with a shared history,culture,and set of\u200d values. They contend that America is\u200d not just a\u200b collection of principles, but a community\u2064 with deep-rooted\u2063 ties \u2064among its people, shaped by common ancestry, language, religion, \u2062and the sacrifices made \u2063throughout its history. This\u200d perspective is contrasted \u200dwith \u2063the belief that anyone can be considered American\u200d by simply adopting certain ideas, nonetheless\u2064 of their \u2064connection to\u200c the nation. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">debate raises critical questions<\/a> about citizenship, national identity, \u200dand the true essence\u2063 of\u2062 what it means to\u200c belong to the United States.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden issued a farewell letter to the nation on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>That <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2025\/01\/15\/the-biden-harris-administration-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a>, as one would expect, had many lies. Just to name a few, our outgoing commander-in-chief claimed that his policies led to a robust <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-committee-members-delete-gross-tweet-mocking-poor-americans-got\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">economy<\/a> while overlooking the role his weak presence on the global stage played in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/satan-gold-star-families-blister-biden-unreal-afghan-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disastrous<\/a> foreign policy outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>But the most dangerous lie in the entire letter resided right beneath the surface and, like most pernicious lies, was coated in a veneer of truth.<\/p>\n<p>Biden claimed that the United States of America is an &ldquo;idea,&rdquo; which sounds reasonable before one considers what exactly is meant by that claim. Biden called America an &ldquo;idea&rdquo; no less than five times.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;America is an idea stronger than any army and larger than any ocean. It&rsquo;s the most powerful idea in the history of the world,&rdquo; Biden said. &ldquo;That idea is that we are all created equal, endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve never fully lived up to this sacred idea, but we&rsquo;ve never walked away from it either,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;And I do not believe the American people will walk away from it now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;History is in your hands. The power is in your hands. The idea of America lies in your hands.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s language sounds patriotic, and he even included a nod to our founding documents.<\/p>\n<p>America was indeed made possible by revolutionary &ldquo;ideas,&rdquo; but defining America as an &ldquo;idea&rdquo; is woefully insufficient. America is a nation, not a mere set of propositions, and those who believe otherwise actually show deep contempt for the people we love and the place we call home.<\/p>\n<p>Such people, by the way, can be found among the Democrats and the Republicans alike. In many cases, the notion that America is nothing more than a &ldquo;propositional nation&rdquo; is simply assumed, even by people who call themselves conservatives and truly do love this country.<\/p>\n<p>If America is merely an &ldquo;idea,&rdquo; then anyone can become an American simply by adopting a set of those ideas, usually vaguely related to freedom, opportunity, and democracy.<\/p>\n<p>That means the illegal immigrant from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/illegal-immigrant-charged-molesting-5-year-old-girl-attempts-make-victim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guatemala<\/a> who climbs over the border wall can be considered an American despite having no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/have-you-ever-heard-our-national-anthem-in-navajo-beautiful-voice\/\" title=\"Have you ever listened to our national anthem sung in Navajo? It&#039;s beautifully voiced\">deep-seated love<\/a> of America, our way of life, or our values.<\/p>\n<p>One can see why our political elites love to claim that America is an &ldquo;idea.&rdquo; Our people and our home can be subjected to all sorts of abuses if such a notion is affirmed.<\/p>\n<p>But if one looks at how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/history-left-erased-founding-fathers-helped-obliterate-slavery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">founding<\/a> generation defined this great nation, they did not boil her down to a mere set of propositions.<\/p>\n<p>Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay <a href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/18th_century\/fed02.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in the second of the Federalist Papers that America is a &ldquo;people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of government, very similar in their manners and customs, and who, by their joint counsels, arms, and efforts, fighting side by side throughout a long and bloody war, have nobly established general liberty and independence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In other words, the men who founded this nation d a history rooted in Europe, a religion molded during the Protestant Reformation, and a political philosophy formed by the English Civil War. They also d common language and customs, and as mentioned by Jay, they had bled and died together in a War for Independence against the mightiest empire on the planet.<\/p>\n<p>Those sorts of bonds are not created haphazardly. Someone from a place like Guatemala or India can most certainly become Americans, but that does not happen overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Such a process requires true assimilation into our way of life and everything that entails, not merely a mental assent to a set of &ldquo;ideas.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vice President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jd-vance-underwent-surgery-attending-senate-swearing-ceremony-capitol-hill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J.D. Vance<\/a> detailed that truth last year in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yXH1p8_jhc8&amp;t=890s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speech<\/a> at the National Conservatism conference, rebutting the notion that America is a &ldquo;creedal nation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yXH1p8_jhc8?si=r07x_42Zeab2Xa0c&amp;start=892\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;America is not just an idea, though we were founded on great ideas. America is a nation. It is a group of people with a common history and a common future,&rdquo; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Vance made reference to the fact that his ancestors are buried in Eastern Kentucky and how the people of that part of the country love America &ldquo;not because it&rsquo;s a good idea, but because in their bones they know that this is their home, and it will be their children&rsquo;s home, and they would die fighting to protect it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>There is no comparison between that vision and the &ldquo;propositional&rdquo; America espoused by Biden and most of our elites. The latter cannot cause a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/internet-explodes-breathtaking-national-anthem-nfls-christmas-day-ravens-texans-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">swelling in your chest<\/a> or a lump in your throat.<\/p>\n<p>But America, the nation, most certainly can.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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