Biden calls Trump a 'charlatan,' invokes FDR in speech promising to unite the nation
By Jonathan Easley - 10/27/20 02:53 PM EDT
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Tuesday vowed to unite the country and tied himself to former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a speech in rural Georgia meant to draw a contrast between himself and what he described as the divisive leadership of President Trump.
Speaking in the small town of Warm Springs, with a backdrop of rolling hills of green trees, Biden cast the president as a “charlatan†who had preyed on the nation’s worst instincts to tear people apart.
“Time and again throughout our history we’ve seen charlatans, con men and phony populists who sought to play on our fears and appeal to our worst appetites and pick at our oldest scabs for their own political gain,†Biden said. “They appear when the nation has been hit the hardest and when we’re at our most vulnerable.â€
Biden said he was running to help the nation heal from this difficult moment in history that has been defined by the deadly coronavirus pandemic, political polarization and racial unrest.
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