With An Eye On His Legacy, Biden Addresses The Nation
The NPR Politics Podcast
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🗓️ 25 July 2024
⏱️ 15 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Christian nationalists want to turn America into a theocracy, a government under biblical rule. |
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| 0:24.0 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:30.0 | I'm Ashley Lopez, I cover voting. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm Tam Rakeith, I cover the White House. And I'm Mara Lopez I cover voting I'm Tam |
| 0:32.5 | Rakeith I cover the White House and I'm Mara Liason senior national |
| 0:36.1 | political correspondent. I believe my record as president my leadership in the world. |
| 0:44.4 | My vision for America's future. |
| 0:47.1 | All married at a second term. |
| 0:49.4 | But nothing, nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy. That includes personal ambition. |
| 0:57.0 | So I've decided the best way forward is the past torch for a new generation. |
| 1:03.0 | That was President Biden from the Oval Office this evening, |
| 1:07.0 | formalizing his announcement that he will not run for re-election. |
| 1:10.0 | It is now 844 PM Eastern time on Wednesday, July 24th. |
| 1:15.0 | And Tam Mara, for folks who weren't able to catch the address, what was the message of the |
| 1:19.6 | President's speech tonight? |
| 1:21.2 | I think that this was a speech that tried to accomplish a couple of things. |
| 1:25.3 | It was certainly about explaining why he stepped aside and it was in essence trying to write the first |
| 1:31.7 | version of what he thinks his legacy should be and |
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