.MaddowBlog: Biden, Obama take steps to fill glaring leadership vacuum
This wasn't the point of Obama's piece, but it stood as a reminder of what a president sounds like -- and how leaders should try to use their platforms.
But the former president isn't alone in trying to fill the nation's leadership vacuum; his former vice president isJoe Biden on Tuesday praised the nationwide peaceful protests to the death of George Floyd, calling his killing in police custody a "wake-up call for our nation" and drawing a stark contrast between President Donald Trump's tactics and how he would respond.
Biden delivered the remarks in Philadelphia -- the same city Obama delivered his famous"A More Perfect Union" speech in March 2016. "Look, the presidency is a big job," the Democratic candidate said this morning."Nobody will get everything right. And I won't either. But I promise you this. I won't traffic in fear and division. I won't fan the flames of hate. I will seek to heal the racial wounds that have long plagued this country -- not use them for political gain.", including endorsing police-reform measures, most notably a proposed national ban on chokeholds.
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