Biden channels Ronald Reagan in Normandy speech

President Biden made that speech at the very sight that former president Ronald Reagan gave that speech to Mark D-Day 40 years ago Biden clearly channeling the conservative Icon by echoing the same thoughts on defending democracy and honoring the heroic sacrifices of American soldiers during World War II you all knew that some things are worth dying for one's country is worth dying for and democracy is worth dying for because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man all of you loved Liberty all of you were willing to fight tyranny and you knew the people of your countries were behind you wow our political director Rick Klein uh joining me now Rick I mean that speech in 1984 one of the most famous presidential addresses in history and It ultimately helped carry uh Reagan to a second term as president uh despite issues of course at home and abroad clearly Biden is hoping his speech will have the same effect but do you think that's a little too optimistic well think about the Republicans out there U who are concerned about Donald Trump's foreign policy is kind of isolationist skew uh Trump likes to talk talk about himself as an heir to Reagan um and to the Reagan Legacy but if you look where uh where where former president Trump stands on the issue of Ukraine right now it's hard to to see that uh and the Republican party is changed immensely since Reagan's era and I think that was a not so subtle reminder by Biden of that exactly look Reagan was able to to win a landslide victory in a way that's unimaginable today I mean 49 states uh went Reagan's way in 84 at his re-election this is going to be a very close race no matter what fought among six or seven Battlegrounds but at the margins the same kind of Coalition of Voters moderate voters Republican voters um whose votes might be up for grabs right now are the kinds of Voters that Joe Biden is trying to appeal to so Biden's speech about threats of democracy uh avoided mentioning Trump by name the DNC clearly doesn't have a problem going after him though uh take a look at the billboard that we saw outside of Trump's event in Arizona last night uh referring to him as a convicted felon saying he attacked Arizona's democracy Rick what are your thoughts when you saw this what's the strategy here and are we going to see more of this the the the DNC loves its Billboards they like the fact that people and Trump himself would be driving and seeing these things they like to kind of climb into his head this is about as direct as we've seen them trying to take advantage of the conviction from just about a week ago and so many things have happened in the last eight days it's hard to remember it was only eight days ago that that historic verdict was handed down and Donald Trump was found guilty on all those felony charges in New York I think the challenge for Democrats and the DNC is to try to package this into something that voters can care about moving forward because uh the fact of those convictions is going to fade over time R clein thanks so much

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Length: 3min 2sec (182 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 07 2024