Newsman: President Biden urges ‘unity’ in July 4th speech and said the U.S. will persevere through “unsettling” times. At a barbecue with military families at the White House, President Biden said, “We’ve been tested before, just as we’re being tested today,”
“But we’ve never failed, because we have never walked away from the core beliefs and promises that define this nation” Biden said.
He said the United States has always been “a work in progress.”
“After we’ve taken giant steps forward, we’ve taken a few steps backwards,” the president said. “And after doing the hard work of laying the foundation for a better future, the worst of our past has reached out and pulled us back on occasion.”
President Biden said he remains optimistic of the country’s future, insisting that Americans are “more united than we are divided.”
“The economy is growing, but not without pain. Liberty is under assault, assault both here and abroad,” he said. “In recent days, there has been reason to think that this country is moving backward, that freedom has been reduced, that rights we assumed were protected are no longer.”
Bide also spoke of “principled patriotism,” saying: “No person, no party, no interest can take precedent over the American project.”
