{"id":582759,"date":"2021-07-05T07:50:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T11:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=582759"},"modified":"2021-07-05T09:12:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T13:12:41","slug":"biden-on-american-greatness-we-dont-seek-to-bury-the-wrongs-we-face-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-on-american-greatness-we-dont-seek-to-bury-the-wrongs-we-face-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden on American Greatness: \u2018We Don\u2019t Seek to Bury the Wrongs, We Face It\u2019"},"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\">28<\/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-on-american-greatness-we-dont-seek-to-bury-the-wrongs-we-face-it%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=582759&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>President Joe Biden spoke on American greatness at a White House celebration for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-independence-day\">Independence Day<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we celebrate America; our freedom, our liberty, our independence,\u201d Biden said with optimism to a crowd of around 1,000 guests\u2014mostly essential workers and military families\u2014gathered on the South Lawn of the White House to celebrate the national holiday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Fourth of July is a sacred day in our country. A day of history, of hope, remembrance and resolve, of promise and possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president said that America is a unique country where independence of thought has allowed the birth of a nation that continually strives toward Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s dream of \u201ca promised land\u201d where equality as \u201cendowed by their Creator\u201d is not only an aspiration but a reality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThink about this, one of the great gifts [of the spirit of independence] is our capacity to see ourselves whole and see ourselves honestly,\u201d the president said. \u201cWhat we\u2019ve gotten right, what we\u2019ve gotten wrong. It\u2019s a measure of the greatness of America. We are a great nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t seek to bury the wrongs, we face it. We work to make it right,\u201d he said of the American way of transparency, self improvement, and renewal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we\u2019ve never fully lived up to those words, we have never given up on them. They continue to animate us,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd they remind us that at our best, we as Americans believe in honesty and decency, in treating everyone with dignity and respect, giving everyone a fair shot, demonizing no one, giving hate no safe harbor, and leaving no one behind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe lead by the power of our example, not the example of our power. And we\u2019re part of something so much bigger than ourselves. We stand as a beckon to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3887014\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WH.jpg\" width=\"567\" height=\"378\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3887014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WH.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"567\" height=\"378\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Guests listen to President Joe Biden\u2019s remarks during a Fourth of July BBQ event to celebrate Independence Day at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-july-4\">July 4<\/a>, 2021. (Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>Biden praised the ideal of American equality, which historically has stood in contrast to the equality of outcome seen other countries like communist China, as the \u201cmost powerful idea in the history of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re all equal, created equal. It was written a long time ago,\u201d he said while describing it as a \u201ctimeless\u201d American creed that unites Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe genius is that every generation of Americans has expanded it wider and wider, to include those who were excluded before. That\u2019s why it\u2019s never gathered dust in our history books. It\u2019s still alive today, alive in our hearts, alive in the work of our hands, alive not only in the history we read, but in the history we\u2019re making.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018We Have To Fight for It\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>But his speech wasn\u2019t all upbeat. Biden also noted to his fellow Americans they he believes it is up to \u201cevery American\u201d to \u201cfight\u201d for democracy and their way of life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe defense of all that we love doesn\u2019t fall on your shoulders alone,\u201d he said in remarks directed to military families as he thanked them for their service and sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach day, we are reminded there\u2019s nothing guaranteed about our democracy, there\u2019s nothing guaranteed about our way of life. We have to fight for it, defend it, earn it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats and Republicans have differing perceptions of the problems facing American\u2019s voting systems, with Democrats claiming that Republican objections to mail-in voting are efforts to suppress votes, and Republicans claiming that mail-in voting presents too big a risk of vote tampering.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/07\/05\/WH-july-4-1200x819.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"819\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3887019\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">President Joe Biden (L) greets guests after delivering remarks during Independence Day celebrations on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on July 4, 2021. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<h2>Return to Normalcy<\/h2>\n<p>Biden also acknowledged that while \u201cAmerica is coming back together,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/giving-the-right-name-to-the-virus-causing-a-worldwide-pandemic-2_3277200.html\">CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus<\/a> hasn\u2019t been defeated yet. He touted \u201cscience\u201d and COVID-19 vaccines as the solution that will see lawmakers enact policies in which the virus \u201cno longer controls our lives.\u201d He urged people to get vaccinated as a \u201cpatriotic\u201d action to ward against the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Just over 50 percent of the population have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>Concerned about spread of the Delta variant, White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced before the event that the White House would require all guests to be tested a few days beforehand and that those who were not fully vaccinated would need to wear masks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3887015\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/July-4-1.jpg\" width=\"567\" height=\"378\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Guests listen to U.S. President Joe Biden\u2019s remarks during a Fourth of July BBQ event to celebrate Independence Day at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on July 4, 2021. (Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>His administration had been saying in previous months that it hoped by Independence Day Americans could see something like a return to normalcy, when friends and family would be gathered for the national holiday. Biden said in his speech that this year, the Fourth of July was \u201ca day of special celebration\u201d where\u00a0Americans were back out on the streets, in arenas and stadiums cheering their favorite sports teams, with grandparents hugging their grandchildren, and businesses open and hiring again.<\/p>\n<p>The White House theme for the holiday weekend, \u201cAmerica\u2019s Back Together,\u201d aligned with a television campaign by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in the past week that declared that the country is coming back.<\/p>\n<p>The DNC also announced plans to fly planes over beaches in Wisconsin, Georgia, South Carolina, and parts of Florida with banners saying \u201cAmerica\u2019s back together thanks to Biden and Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden also continued his calls for unity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, history tells us, when we stand together, when we unite in common cause, when we see ourselves not as Republicans or Democrats but as Americans, then there\u2019s simply no limit to what we can achieve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Democrats in Congress and\u00a0appointees of the Biden administration have been criticized for a continued lack of bipartisanship and few opportunities to build political unity, with senators pushing numerous bills through both houses of Congress with little Republican support, and a recent move by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us-officials-considering-law-to-address-domestic-terrorism_3797273.html\">Department of Justice<\/a> to review the need for a\u00a0Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2021 that many Republicans say is biased toward supporters of former President Donald Trump involved in the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden spoke on American greatness at a White House celebration for Independence Day on Sunday. \u201cToday, we celebrate America; our freedom, our liberty, our independence,\u201d Biden said with &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2314003,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WH.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden on American Greatness: \u2018We Don\u2019t Seek to Bury the Wrongs, We Face It\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-582759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WH.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden on American Greatness: \u2018We Don\u2019t Seek to Bury the Wrongs, We Face It\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582759","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}