During a speech in front of the public in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, President Biden firmly urged Americans to “finance the cops” and pledged to work to pass a ban on assault weapons.
“Funding the police, not defunding the police, is the solution when it comes to public safety in our country.” We want them to do everything to protect us, to be sociologists and psychologists, he said.
The president continued, saying that domestic violence was the leading cause of police fatalities.
‘We ask so much of you,’ Biden added, speaking directly to law enforcement.
‘I’ve not met a cop who likes a bad cop. There’s bad in everything,’ he said, swatting away at 2020-era slogans that circulated among progressives like ‘defund the police’ and ‘ACAB’ (all cops are b*****ds).
‘I don’t know any police officer that feels good about fact there might be a lousy cop. I’m tired of not giving them the help they need,’ Biden added.
The president outlined his ‘Safer America’ plan for $37 billion in the annual budget to go towards law enforcement and fighting crime, including $13 billion over five years to hire and train 100,000 additional police officers.
President Biden made a forceful call to ‘fund the police’ and promised he would push through an assault weapons ban during a public address in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Semi-automatic AR-15s like the ones pictured above would be included in an assault weapons ban
In addition, the president pledged to reinstate the 1994 ban on assault-style firearms, which was set to expire in 2004. “I’m committed to outlawing assault weapons in our nation.” Determined. He addressed the more than 500 people in attendance at Wilkes University, “I did it once and I’ll do it again.”
According to Biden, who owns two shotguns at home, he is not opposed to the Second Amendment.
We are in a nation that is swamped with military hardware. Biden claimed that the weapons were designed to be used against an enemy, not to hunt. “For God’s sake, why are these weapons being used outside of a combat area? They do a great deal of harm.
He cited the late Justice Antonin Scalia as saying that the rights granted by the Second Amendment were not unrestricted.
Biden boasted about the bipartisan gun control law from earlier this year, saying he had “bested the NRA.”
The NRA lost to us. We confronted them and defeated them head-on,’ Biden added. They are so terrifying to elected politicians, you have no idea. The NRA, which represents a sizable majority, opposed it. The overwhelming majority of Republicans in Congress were unable to even raise their hands to vote for it.
‘I don’t know any police officer that feels good about fact there might be a lousy cop. I’m tired of not giving them the help they need,’ Biden said
We battled the NRA, and we’ll fight them once again. And we triumphed and will triumph once again, he said.
The bill, which was supported by both Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate, will tighten background checks for people buying guns under age 21, strengthen penalties for people who traffic in firearms, close the so-called “boyfriend loophole,” and offer $750 million in grants to states that enact red flag laws.
Republicans who profess to support police but have not sufficiently denounced Jan. 6 were criticized by the president.
To my MAGA Republican friends in Congress, let me say something. If you all decry what occurred on the sixth, how can you claim to support law enforcement? Tell me not, he commanded.
Whose side are you on, for the love of God? The president yelled, “Whose side are you on?
You either support the cops or the crowd, according to the saying. It is impossible to support both law enforcement and revolt. Being a supporter of law and order, you cannot label the individuals who attacked the police on January 6 as patriots. You cannot succeed. What are we teaching our kids? That’s how easy it is.
Assaults on police enforcement personnel and their families for just upholding the law and doing their duties are now horrific, according to Biden.
“I want to be as clear as possible that risking the lives of law enforcement officers has no place in our nation. not there. None. Never. Period. Defunding the cops is something I abhor. In addition, I oppose cutting the FBI’s funds.
Four days before former President Trump holds a rally in the same town, Biden will visit the Keystone State.
His visit to Wilkes-Barre is the first of three that he will make over the course of a week to the crucial swing state ahead of the House elections in November.
The former president will support Doug Mastriano, a Republican running for governor, and Dr. Mehmet Oz, a Republican running for senator.
Josh Shapiro, a Democrat running for governor, will join Biden on Tuesday, but John Fetterman, a Democrat running for senator, will not. When the president visits the region on Labor Day, Fetterman will accompany Biden.
President Joe Biden will make his pitch to ‘fund the police’ and renew his call for an assault weapons ban during his Tuesday trip to Wilkes-Barre, Pennslyvania
On Saturday, Donald Trump will address a rally in Wilkes-Barre in support of Republican candidates for governor and the Senate.
Shapiro, the state’s attorney general, has been charged by Mastriano of being soft on crime in the fiercely contested election for governor.
Republicans have attempted to link Democrats and the “defund the police” movement that emerged out of rallies for racial justice in 2020 with the post-pandemic rise in crime rates.
Prior to his covid test, Biden was supposed to deliver the address in the middle of July.
With its heated Senate and governors’ races in November, Pennsylvania is a significant state for both parties.
Additionally, Biden has scheduled trips to the state for this Thursday for a significant political address and next Monday for Labor Day.
The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were discussed and ratified by America’s founding fathers in Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where the president will deliver a speech on Thursday.
He will talk on how the nation’s democracy and standing in the world are at risk.
According to the White House, “He will discuss the progress we have achieved as a country to safeguard our democracy, but how our rights and freedoms are still under threat.” “And he will make it plain who is battling for those freedoms, liberties, and our democracy.”
Democratic gubenatorial candidate Josh Shapiro (left) will appear with Biden on Tuesday; Shapiro in a battle with Republican gubenatorial candidate Doug Mastriano (right)
In the midst of his spat with Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Joe Biden will campaign with Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman (left) in Pennsylvania on Labor Day (right)
It is unknown whether he would reference former President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
Invoking “extreme MAGA Republicans” and his style of conservatism as a target for Democrats, Biden accused them of trying to restrict people’s liberties.
He wants to portray the election in November, which will determine who controls the House and the Senate, as a choice between supporting democracy or the extreme views of the GOP.
Last week, Biden said that Trump and the MAGA Republicans were “destroying America” during a campaign event in Rockville.
Biden addressed the audience gathering at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, Maryland, “I respect conservative Republicans, I don’t respect these MAGA Republicans.”
The MAGA Republicans, according to Biden, “threaten not just our economic security and individual liberties, but also our fundamental democracy.”
They advocate political violence, reject democracy, and refuse to respect the decision of the people, he said. The MAGA Republicans are destroying America right now, so those of us who love this nation need to be stronger, more resolute, and more devoted to save it.