TODAY THE CAMPAIGN OF CONVICTED FELON DONALD TRUMP
DECLARED THAT, IN LIGHT OF THIS MONTH'S ATTACK THAT LED TO TRUMP
WEARING A MAXI-PAD ON THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD FOR A FULL WEEK (HE HAS SINCE
DOWNGRADED TO A SMALLER FEMININE SANITARY NAPKIN), TRUMP WOULD NO LONGER BE DOING OUTDOOR CAMPAIGN RALLIES.
THE IMPLICATIONS ARE IMMENSE AND -- AS MOTHER TUCKER CARLSON INSISTED -- INTENSE!
WE
MET UP WITH TRUMP -- MUST CREDIT THESE REPORTERS BULLY BOY PRESS& CEDRIC'S BIG MIX & THOMAS FRIEDMAN IS A GREAT MAN & ANN'S MEGA DUB & THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS & THE COMMON ILLS-- WHO CREATED A STIR
IN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY WHEN SEVERAL PASSERBYERS STARTED POINTING AND
SCREAMING, "LOOK! THERE'S ONE! IT'S REALLY COME FAR FROM OAK ISLAND!"
THE SMALL CROWD RAN TOWARDS HIM BUT APPROACHED MORE SLOWLY AS THEY GOT
CLOSER AND REALIZED THEY HAD NOT IN FACT SPOTTED A BEACHED WHALE BUT
INSTEAD A CONVICTED FELON AND FORMER PRESIDENT.
SHAKING
THEIR HEADS THEY BACKED AWAY LEADING CONVICTED FELON TRUMP TO BRAG TO
THESE REPORTERS, "PEOPLE LOVE ME SO MUCH THEY ARE INTIMIDATED BY ME."
WE ASKED TRUMP ABOUT THE CHANGE OF VENUES AND HE CONFIRMED THAT HE WILL NOW ONLY BE DOING INDOOR GATHERINGS.
IS HE WORRIED ABOUT THE PEOPLE?
"BEING SHOT?"
NO.
HAVING TO SMELL HIM.
AN
OUTDOOR GATHERING DID A LOT TO DISSIPATE TRUMP'S FOUL STENCH BUT,
INDOORS, HIS BODY ODOR WOULD BE STRONGLY CONCENTRATED AND VERY HARD FOR
PEOPLE TO ENDURE.
"NO
PROBLEM," THE CONVICTED FELON TOLD US. "BEFORE EVERY SPEECH, LEGAL
NON-EXPERT JONATHAN TURLEY WILL LICK MY RIGHT ARMPIT CLEAN AND SKIDMARKS
VANCE WILL LICK MY LEFT ARMPIT CLEAN AND THAT'LL LEAVE MY MESSY ASS CRACK FOR
GLYNNETH GREENWALD."
Long before Jill was failing as a candidate for president, she failed as a candidate for other offices.
In 2002, she ran for office and lost. In 2004, she
ran for office and lost. We'll skip her Town Meeting 'credentials' and
move on to her run for governor 2002 where, yes, she lost. In 2006,
she ran for Secretary of the Common Wealth and . . . she . . . lost.
2010 found her again running for governor and again losting -- distant
fourth place. 2012 found her running for president of the United States
because five losing races in a row screams "I can do the job!" and
besides serial plagiarist Chris Hedges endorsed her. Maybe that
endorsement is why she lost? In 2016, she again ran for president
because, well, honestly, she didn't have anything else to do -- or
anything else to do with her pathetic life. She lost again.
For
some perspective, in 2000, Ralph Nader was the Green Party's
presidential candidate and received 2,882,955 votes. The best Jill's
ever done was in the 2016 with 1,457,216.
That's bad but for those who don't really get it, population increases
(except in war torn countries). In 2000, there were 209.1 million US
adults but in 2016, the figure rose to 249, 372,462. That was forty
million more adults -- forty million more voters -- that a real
candidate could have picked up. Sloppy Jill didn't though. She's never
been able to match -- let alone exceed -- the number of voters Ralph
Nader won.
She's just that pathetic and just that awful.
But, hey, waste everyone's time and make her the presidential nominee for the third time.
Unlike
Jill - -the wacko doctor that preached the anti-vaccine screed until it
became a media liability for her -- Kamala held office. Kamala won
elections.
In 2003, she won the election for
San Francisco District Attorney. In 2010? Elected Attorney General of
California and re-elected in 2014. 2016 saw her elected to the US
Senate. 2020's election resulted in her becoming the vice president of
the United States.
See, unlike Jill, Kamala is electable.
It must be sad for Jill that the only slugline by her name is "Putin's pal." Where there are butchers, there is Jill Stein.
She
snarled -- Jill, check and see if you've had an early stroke, "What
does it say about the Democratic Party that they best they can do is Joe
Biden or Kamala Harris?"
I think that's the question for your party: What does it say about the Green Party that they keep making you their nominee.
You're 74 years old, grandma, shouldn't you have retired long, long ago.
Her
mind says she's already sitting on the porch in her rocker which
explains her speaking of Ralph Nader running for president and Democrats
challenging him in court "in I think it was the 2004 or 2006 election
to deplete his resources."
You think it was 2004 or 2006?
Ralph
Nader ran for president. There was no 2006 presidential election. We
all question your sanity and your slide into senility unless this is
just another lie form you, Jill
She
insists the Democrats are bad and "tying us up with trivia." Isn't it
always great to hear a whore talk? That's not trivia, dear, they're
called laws.
She could have dedicated her many
failed runs for office to the issue of ballot access but that wouldn't
let her whine about what the Democrats are doing.
Here's
the reality on that: She benefits from it. The Republicans back her
campaign. They give money to it because the hope is that, as in 2016,
she'll get just enough votes to help a Republican into the White House.
And while she whines about herself and her friend Robert Kennedy
Junior, the reality is it's Republican Party money that's keeping both
campaigns afloat. They're non-starters and two losers, but thanks to
the Republican Party, they can pretend they're real candidates.
The
Democrats are not inventing rules and regulations to apply to you,
Jill, they're insisting that you abide by the legal requirements in
place.
Boo-hoo that you can't. Boo-hoo that
you hired people to, for example, gather signatures and because they're
hired that don't do the quality of work that actual volunteers would do
for you.
I believe in ranked choice voting.
Maybe Jill should have spent the last 20 or so years working on that
issue. Wouldn't have gotten her into elected office, no, but none of
her campaigns for elected office got her into office either.
Not
being able to make the ballot because you didn't abide by the rules is
not "authoritarianism" or "fascism" and you look like an idiot when you
claim otherwise. Around the world, real people struggle with fascist
regimes and authoritarian ones and your whines come off as ridiculous
and fake as everything else that has ever come out of your damn mouth.
She
then made it worse. Challenging her petition signatures or other
requirements? Jill informed, "This is as bad as Trump undermining the
balance of power after the election."
Donald
Trump led a failed coup, a violent coup, against the United States and
Jill wants to say that legal challenges are "as bad"?
She
showed further stupidity by claiming the US could do what France just
did. No, that's not possible because the US doesn't have the French
parliament system. She's an idiot and that is her Joe Biden moment by
the way, she's visibly stressed trying to come up with the term "united
front" and she scratching her face in panic and doing something weird
with her eyes and then trying to recover from her senility slip by
mumbling, "There's a member of -- a former member of the Panthers.
Dhoruba -- I forget his last name."
Of course you do, White Karen, of course you do.
I
believe she's speaking of Dhoruba al-Mujahid bin Wahad. But who
knows? This was her Joe Biden moment and she looked as old and senile
as she could.
She says Donald Trump and Kamala
Harris are the same. And then she slips into another Joe moment where
not only does she stumble over words, she also has we
Kamala
Harris, the genocider, the uhm cop uh protector uhm you know the uh
the uh mmmmh censorship advocate, the assault on our civil liberties.
Everything, you know. Whether it's Kamala Harris leading the charge
here or Donald Trump, in my view, it's not much different. I see this
very much as uhm Malcom X described it, you know, with the wolf at
least, uh -- No, I'm sorry the wolf -- the wolf -- it can be hard to
read uhm [long pause while she looks to her right}. No, I have it
backwards.
You have so much backwards, Jill, so much.
If
you're not getting how senile Jill has become. Seconds later, she will
speak of this November's election and declare the need to fight them
"remembering this is a three-way race among genociders. You have RFK,
Trump and Biden who are all leading the charge for genocide."
Uhm, no.
Someone
call from granny's nurse. She thinks RFK is in the race. RFK died,
granny Jill, sixty years ago. Junior is the one running. As for
Biden? Joe dropped out Sunday. So you've lost your long term memory
and your short term memory both.
And don't
claim it was a one time slip. Seconds later she repeated this
nonsense, "We have two greater evil choices or rather three. Three
greater evil choices between RFK, Trump and Biden."
If
they nominate her next month, the Green Party is over as a political
party but they can certainly continue as a comedy improv troupe.
She
also attacked Cornel West and that was what I was planning to write
about when I streamed the video last night; however, this morning, as
I'm dictating the snapshot, the things above are what come back to me.
Cornel
is a real candidate. Jill is not. She liked Cornel when she planned
to control him. Cornel thought she was a friend. Realizing the truth
about her was hard for Cornel because he's too trusting. But it was a
learning experience for him and he's a better candidate for it. She
wants him to drop out but won't call for that because she doesn't
believe in making that call, she says. Then she whines, "Would you
please think strategically here and take a look at France and see how we
beat back the fascist chance."
Again, that's not how it works in the US. She's an idiot and she's senile.
WITH JOE BIDEN DROPPING OUT OF THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT, IT'S NOW A TWO-PERSON RACE FOR WHO CAN BE THE MOST RIDICULOUS NOMINEE AND THE BATTLE'S BETWEEN GLOBAL VILLAGE IDIOT DONALD TRUMP AND GERIATRIC JILL STEIN.
IN 2012, GERIATRIC JILL RAN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND FAILED. BIG TIME FAILED. IN 2016, GERIATRIC JILL AGAIN RAN AND FAILED BIG TIME.
8 YEARS LATER AND THE 74-YEAR-OLD LIFETIME FAILURE WANTS TO BE THE NOMINEE AGAIN.
THE MIND'S COMPLETELY GONE BY NOW WHICH IS WHY HER OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN WEBSITE STATES:
I'm running for president with the Green Party to offer a choice for the people outside the failed two-party system. We'll put a pro-worker, anti-war, climate action agenda front and center in this election and on the ballot in November.
THE UGLY, STUPID LIAR HAS GONE SENILE. SHE IS NOT THE GREEN PARTY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. SHE LIKELY WILL BECOME THAT -- AND, IF THAT HAPPENS, THE GREEN PARTY WILL BE ADMITTING HOW EMPTY AND FULL OF IDEAS AND PEOPLE THEY ACTUALLY ARE BY RUNNING A 74-YEAR-OLD WHO HAS ALREADY LOST TWICE.
BUT THE GREEN PARTY WILL DECIDE THEIR NOMINEE AT THEIR POLITICAL PARTY CONVENTION WHICH -- STUPIDLY -- WILL NOT BE A PHYSICAL MEET-UP BUT INSTEAD WILL TAKE PLACE VIRTUALLY ONLINE. IT IS TO BE HELD FROM AUGUST 15, 2024 TO AUGUST 18, 2024.
UNTIL THEN, THE PARTY DOES NOT HAVE A PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.
JILL IS A LIAR AND THE BRAIN HAS GONE -- MAYBE SHE CAUGHT SOMETHING AFTER RAILING AGAINST VACCINES? -- SHE IS NOT THE NOMINEE AND SHOULD STOP LYING ON HER WEBSITE. SOMEONE GET HER A SWEATER AND TAKE HER OFF TO A NURSING HOME. FYI, THE OTHER BIG THIRD PARTY, THE LIBERATRIAN PARTY, DOES HAVE A NOMINEE: CHASE OLIVER WHO IS 38. ONE PARTY FIGHTS THE GERITOCRACY WHILE THE GREEN PARTY EMBRACES IT.
REACHED FOR COMMENT, JIL STEIN ASKED THESE REPORTERS, "WHAT IS IT? IS WHEEL OF FORTUNE ON? WHERE'S MY APPLE SAUCE? I STILL HAVE MY DENTURES IN, WHERE'S MY APPLE SAUCE."
Last night, Team Biden sent out a message from US President Joe Biden. It opened, "I'm sick..." and then continued:
…of Elon Musk trying to buy this election for himself and his billionaire buddies.
Did you see he pledged 45 million bucks a month to help reelect Donald Trump in November? I’m not kidding.
But you are, Joe, but you are.
The
reason most people opened that e-mail after the headline of "I'm sick .
. ." is because Joe is, in fact, sick. He has COVID. Again. This is
his third time. Ana Faguy and Tom Bateman (BBC NEWS) notes:
President
Joe Biden faces new questions over his candidacy in the November
election - with his campaign events currently on pause due to a Covid-19
infection.
The top two Democrats in
the US Congress, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority
Leader Hakeem Jeffries, are both reported to have met him individually
to express concerns over his bid for the White House.
Nancy
Pelosi, the former House Speaker, has also privately told him that he
cannot beat Donald Trump in November's election, according to CNN.
Mr
Biden’s re-election attempt was already being buffeted by growing
dissent among top Democrats after his disastrous debate performance
against Donald Trump last month.
Announcing his Covid infection on Wednesday, Mr Biden's press secretary said the 81-year-old was facing mild symptoms.
He
would isolate at his home in Delaware while carrying out "all of his
duties fully", said Karine Jean-Pierre. She added that the president was
vaccinated and boosted. He has tested positive for Covid twice before.
He
was already on limited campaigning -- roughly from 10:00 am to 4:00
pm. And how he's got off the campaign trail? This is nonsense. We're
expected to shut up and accept his lousy campaigning and his mental
decline and now he's also got to take time off for COVID -- third time
COVID?
He needs to step aside. He's not up to
four more years. He needs to step aside and let a healthy and robust
candidate step forward and save the election. In last night's ",Step aside, COVID Joe"
Elaine noted the polls, noted the drag he was on other Democratic Party
candidates in their down ticket races and noted his bizarre attack in a
Zoom call last Saturday where he snapped at US House Rep Jason Crow,
"Tell me something you've ever done with your Bronze Star like my son."
As Elaine pointed out, "Also,
not a good look. Being proud of your son? Great. But, Joe, you
didn't serve in Vietnam. It looks a little cowardly for you to bring up
your son to Crow who served several tours of duty in Iraq and
Afghanistan. "
A strong majority of Democrats want President Joe Biden to withdraw
from the 2024 presidential race, new polling finds, as faith in his
mental fitness drops and Democratic lawmakers are stepping up their
efforts to replace him with a different candidate.
AP-NORC’s latest polling
released Wednesday finds that 65 percent of Democrats say that Biden
should step aside and allow the party to choose a different candidate.
Only 35 percent say that he should stay in the race.
Opposition to Biden’s continued candidacy is especially strong among
younger people — a key demographic for Democrats — with 75 percent of
those aged 18 to 44 agreeing that he should withdraw, though a strong
majority of those older than 45 also believe another candidate should be
selected.
The findings come amid growing concern over Biden’s health, with only
3 in 10 Democrats saying they’re “extremely” or “very” confident that
Biden can effectively serve as president, down by roughly 10 percentage
points from a February AP-NORC poll.
These concerns were largely sparked after Biden’s disastrous debate
performance at the end of June, though progressives have long been
warning Biden that he is risking his chances of winning due to his
funding of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Concerns about his health have
compounded in recent weeks, however, with the president doubling down on
his candidacy even as he continues to make embarrassing gaffes in every public appearance.
On THE MAJORITY REPORT, Sam and Emma note all the problems Joe Biden is creating for their party.
The US announced on Wednesday that it will end aid delivery to Gaza
through its temporary pier and instead send relief for the Palestinian
enclave to Ashdod port in Israel.
The pier was plagued by many
issues including severe weather damage, ensuring security and increasing
aid to Gazans, who are wrestling with worsening humanitarian aid
crises.
But the US insists the temporary pier was "successful" despite the challenges.
$230
million wasted by Joe on this project. Promised in his State of the
Union Address and presented as we're going to rush to get this done
project. It didn't actually start construction until May. Late opening
and no real results to speak of although it was apparently used by the
Israeli government in the staging of at least one attack on Palestinian
civilians.
The pier may be the best exxample of the inertia of Joe's administration.
THEY WERE STILL CHALKING AROUND THE CORPSE OF DEMOCRACY AT 1 FIRST STREET NE IN D.C. WHEN THE SIX CORRUPT JUSTICES CELEBRATED IN A DISPLAY OF ORIGINAL INTENT DEBAUCHERY.
THE UNELECTED SUPREME COURT ASSAULTED DEMOCRACY YET AGAIN HANDING DOWN THEIR RULING IN 'TRUMP V UNITED STATES' WHICH TAKES THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT AND TURNS IT INTO AN OFFICE OF KING.
REACHED FOR COMMENT, AMY COMEY-BARRETT TOLD THESE REPORTERS, "HE CAN GRAB ME BY THE P**SY AND I WISH HIM TO, JESUS WISHES HIM TO, AS A YOUNG LADY, NO ONE WOULD GRAB IT AND MOMMY SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE SATAN JIZZ ON MY FA CE. 'SATAN JIZZ.' THAT'S WHAT SHE CALLED THE UGLY BUMPS ABOVE MY RIGHT EYEBROW AND ON THE LEFT SIDE OF MY NOSE AND THEN SHE'D SAY, 'AMY, HON, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL THE CHIN.' BUT I DO NOW. I CALL IT 'JUSTICE.' JUSTICE, I SAY. JUSTICE."
JOHN ROBERTS, BRETT KAVANAUGH AND NEIL GORSUCH HUFFED AND GRUNTED AS THEY WENT ASS-TO-MOUTH IN A TRAVELING CHAIN WHILE IGNORING EVERYONE ELSE AROUND.
SAMUEL ALITO WAS ASLO FEELING UP AND GREETED THESE REPORTERS WITH, "MAKE IT QUICK, MAMA BEAR TEXTED FOR ME TO GET MY 'FLABBY OLD ASS HOME.' THE DECISION? HA HA, DID YOU IDIOTS THINK WE CARED ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE? WE CARE ABOUT GETTING BRIBES, WE CARE ABOUT VIOLATING OUR OATHS OF OFFICE, WE CARE ABOUT DESTROYING DEMOCRACY AND WE ESPECIALLY CARE THAT MAMA MARTHA'S GOT A NEW STRAP-ON! GOTTA' RUN!"
WITH A PUFFED CHEST, CLARENCE THOMAS SURVEYED THE MAD-DASH EXIT OF ALITO AS LEGAL IMBECILE JONATHAN TURLEY HUMPED THE FLOOR. "AFTER ALL," THOMAS TOLD THESE REPORTERS, "A DONG IS A BOY'S BEST FRIEND."
DOG.
DOG, WE EXPLAINED TO THE LONGEST SERVING IDIOT ON THE SUPREME COURT, WAS A BOY'S BEST FRIEND.
CLARENCE LOOKED LEFT AND RIGHT BEFORE LEANING IN AND WHISPERING, "YOU RENTED THAT ONE TOO? YOU SOME LITTLE FREAKS, AIN'T YOU? YOU SHOULD COME PARTY WITH ME AND GINNI! I'LL LET ONE OF YOU WEAR THE COCK HARNESS."
AT THAT MOMENT LEGAL IMBECILE JONATHAN TURLEY BEGAN WAILING, "I WANT TO HUMP THE FLOOR BUT I JUST CAN'T GET IT UP! I HAVEN'T HAD AN ERECTION SINCE 1996!"
SHAFAQ writes,
"US Representative Mike Waltz, a member of the House Armed Services and
Foreign Affairs Committees, is set to introduce an amendment to the
foreign appropriations bill on Thursday that would designate Iraq's
Supreme Judicial Council and its President, Zaidan, as 'assets
controlled by Iran'." Waltz isn't doing that on Thursday. This
Thursday is the Fourth of July, an American holiday and Congress will
not be in session.
You'd think Waltz could bond with some Iraqi officials over their mutual homophobia. IPS speaks with Human Rights Watch's Sarah Sanbar who explains:
On 27 April 2024, the Iraqi parliament passed an amendment to the
country’s 1988 anti-prostitution law, effectively criminalising same-sex
relations and transgender identities. The amendment states that
same-sex relations are punishable with between 10 and 15 years in
prison, and provides for one to three years’ imprisonment for those who
undergo or perform gender-affirming medical procedures.
The law also punishes those who ‘imitate women’ with a seven-year
prison sentence and a fine of between 10 and 15 million Iraqi dinars
(approx. US$7,700 to US$11,500) and criminalises the ‘promotion of
homosexuality’, a vague and undefined expression.
The passing of this law follows years of steadily increasing hostile
rhetoric against LGBTQI+ people. Prominent politicians and media
personalities have consistently spread harmful stereotypes, tropes and
disinformation. They often claim homosexuality is a western import that
goes against traditional Iraqi values.
This rhetoric has increasingly translated into government action. For
example, on 8 August 2023, the Communications and Media Commission
issued a directive ordering all media outlets to replace the term
‘homosexuality’ with ‘sexual deviance’ in all published and broadcast
language. The directive also banned the use of the word ‘gender’, which
shows how the crackdown on LGBTQI+ rights is intertwined with broader
issues, and is also used to target and silence women’s rights
organisations working on gender-based violence.
Sadly, as in many other countries, LGBTQI+ people in Iraq are being
used as political pawns and scapegoats to distract from the government’s
failure to provide for its people. Tensions are growing between the
more conservative and religious groups in society and government and
those that take a more secular approach to governance. The fact that
conservatives have gained increasing support in successive elections
allows laws like this to be passed. Such a law probably wouldn’t have
been passed even a few years ago.
Last week, RUDAW noted,
"As many in the world celebrate pride month, Iraq’s President Abdul
Latif
Rashid ratified controversial amendments to the country’s
anti-prostitution law criminalizing any practice of homosexuality and
transsexuality." That is now the law in Iraq. It is not the law in the
Kurdistan. That is a semi-autonomous region. The Kurdistan Parliament
would have to adopt the law. As bad as things are for the LGBTQ+
community in the KRG, the region's dependence upon international
business (and support) could likely prevent the measure from being
passed their.
Pride Month concluded yesterday. On Friday, US President Joe Biden visited the Stonewall National Monument.
Thank you, Ann Marie and Diana. Thank you, thank you. They’re off
the stage already. I don’t blame them. (Laughter.) It’s your love for
each other and your vision for this community and for our country that
brought this center to life. And I mean that sincerely.
And I want to thank Cynthia for the beautiful performance.
And, by the way, thank you all for being here today and for being
here, including — the governor here? She — I was told she might be able
to be here.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Yep. Right over there.
THE PRESIDENT: Where is she?
AUDIENCE MEMBER: There she is.
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, there you are. (Applause.)
(President Biden greets Governor Hochul.)
THE PRESIDENT: (Inaudible.)
GOVERNOR HOCHUL: (Inaudible.)
Thank you. (Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Is Senator Gillibrand here?
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Yes.
THE PRESIDENT: All right, well —
AUDIENCE MEMBER: O.M.G., that’s a big deal. (Laughter and applause.)
(President Biden greets Senator Gillibrand.)
THE PRESIDENT: (Inaudible.)
SENATOR GILLIBRAND: (Inaudible.) God bless you.
He’s the best! He’s a fighter! (Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: And I can see her sitting in front of me, one of the
proudest appointments to this Cabinet I’ve ever made: Interior Secretary
Deb Haaland. (Applause.) Deb, (inaudible). And members of the
National Park Service.
Look, Jill just talked about the power of stories. Fifty-five years
ago today, on this hallowed ground, a pivotal story for our nation
unfolded. The soul of the nation was literally tested. That’s not
hyperbole. The soul of the nation was tested, and the heart of this
movement was ignited. And the course of history has changed forever.
Not just here, but I traveled around the world; they look to us.
They look to us, and it’s part of our foreign policy as well now.
This beloved bar became the site of a call to cry for freedom,
dignity, and equality and respect — a rebellion that galvani- —
galvanized the LBGTQ+ community all across the nation and, quite
frankly, around the world. You — I — I mean, you’d be amazed the number
of places I am, whether its India or other places, where people talk
about the gay movement here in the United States of America. I mean
it.
You marked a turning point in civil rights in America. You inspired
the hearts of millions of people around the world. To this day,
Stonewall remains a symbol of the legacy and leadership of the LGBTQ+
community, especially trans women of color — (applause) — who, for
generations, have been at the forefront of helping realize the promise
of America for all Americans.
Look, in 2016, President Obama — I was his vice president at the time
— designated Christopher Park as a national monument. Today, I am
proud to unveil a new visitor center for Stonewall National Monument,
the first-ever LGBTQ+ visitor center in the national parks of America.
(Applause.) And it matters. It matters.
We remain in a battle for the soul of America. I know I’ve said that
for a while now. People looked at me when I first said it like I was
kidding. I’m not. We’re in the battle for the soul of America.
But I look around at the pride, hope, and light that all of you — all
of you bring, and I know it’s a battle we’re going to win and continue
to make progress.
LGBTQ+ people are some of the most inspiring people I know. And, of
course, the courage — you know, I — I talk to a lot of younger LGBT- —
LGBTQ people, in their teens and 20s, and I remind them: For a lot of
people who started this operation, you took your life in your own hands —
not figuratively, literally. You took your jobs in your own hands.
You were put up in a position where you were — so much to lose, and you
still did it. You still did it.
I remember my dad was dropping me off to get a license to be a
lifeguard in Wilmington, Delaware, at a swimming pools. And I got out
of the car in Rodney Square, they called. And there’s a — that’s where
the DuPont Building is and the Hercules Corporation — all in that one
quarter.
And two well-dressed men were kissing each other. And I hadn’t seen
that before. I looked at my dad. I was 16 years old. I looked at my
dad, and he said, “It’s simple, Joey. They love each other. It’s
simple.” (Applause.)
He was a good man.
And your courage and contributions enrich every part of American
life. You set an example — I’m not exaggerating — for the entire
world. That’s what this center, this monument, this month is all
about.
So, today, let’s proudly remember who we are. We’re the United
States of America. And there’s nothing beyond our capacity when we work
together, and everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect,
no matter what their background, period, period, period. (Applause.)
As you can tell, I want to say a hell of a lot more, but I’m not
going to — (laughter) — because I want to hear a guy you — you know,
there’s a guy that you’ve probably heard about. He’s a dear friend. A
guy’s, like so many Americans, whose family loves this iconic music — my
family loves it. And, of course, his incredible music career. He also
empowered countless people to be themselves, to be treated with dignity
and respect they deserve, including those in the fight against HIV/A- —
H- — HIV/AIDS, a fight he led with sheer willpower.
Two years ago, Jill and I had the honor to host him in the White
House and bestow on him the National Humanitarian Med- — Humanities
Medal, one of America’s highest awards.
So, today, we’re honored to be with him again here at Stonewall.