President Joe Biden on Friday attacked Russian President Vladimir Putin in a speech at the Pont-du-Hoc memorial in Normandy, France, and implicitly attacked the country’s opposition in upcoming elections.
As he did at the official commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings on June 6, Biden attacked Putin and called on the world to defend democracy, a theme of Biden’s campaign against former President Donald Trump.
Biden spoke at the same venue where Ronald Reagan delivered one of the most acclaimed speeches in presidential history 40 years ago.
Unlike his predecessor, Reagan, Criticized While Biden acknowledged Russia’s contribution to victory in World War II, he reiterated Russia’s stance toward the Soviet Union and focused on the challenge of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Similarly, at Pointe du Hoc, Biden focused on criticizing Putin.
After declaring that sacrifice is necessary to defend democracy and praising the Army Rangers who stormed the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc, he said: “Does anyone doubt today that America would want to stand up against Putin’s aggression in Europe?”
He then continued: “They fought in the ’30s and ’40s to defeat a hateful ideology, and who doubts that they would move heaven and earth to defeat it? [the] What are the ideologies of hate today?
Biden often falsely links Trump to 1930s Nazi rhetoric, particularly in the debunked “fine people” myth.
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