Here in Australia we have always heard "GOD BLESS AMERICA" sadly now it should be "GOD HELP AMERICA " Only to have a President that could speak to his people with uplifting words. You have a beautiful country that now must heal like never before. We hear your pain, we feel your pain
@l. Marquez Trumps base even says Trump is comparable to Cyrus the great. The great was bestowed on Cyrus when he was alive and he’s regarded as the best leader in history by many historians.
I'm neither American, nor particularly right wing, (I'm from the UK and a centrist) but have to say I am truly moved by the integrity, character and grit shown by the Lincoln Project; breaking with their fellow Republicans to do what is right for America and the world. To even a part-time observer of politics, it's apparent that not just America's political stability is at stake but key elements of the post war world system. Metaphorically speaking, he needs to be mercilessly dispatched. These people are up to the job of strangling the baby tyrant; Democrats seem to get queasy about it.
@@op8726 I hope so too. Treasonist Trump. Don't put him in one of those fancy jails. The high security 23 hours a day in your cell, prison. I'm not joking. He commited treason. What would have happened to him during the Revolutionary War for the same offence?
@J Davis Fellow Brit here ... What else can I say, but to wholeheartedly. We, both America, and Great Britian, have both come a long way since 1945, and in many cases, thanks to many small evolutions, and revolutions, we have managed to get here. Yet, at the same time, there is this sense that something very deep within, is fundamentally broken. In our case, we have Boris Johnson. Though by no means am I Conservative, I hoped for his recovery, had hoped that his close brush with the pandemic, would have changed him to be more empathic, and compassionate. But yet, somehow ... I belive being pragmatic definitely has its time and place, but, like all tools, must be mastered to use correctly. However, despite the warnings by his medical and scientific advisors, although not as blazingly open as President Trump has been, me thinks that our dear leader, Boris, is following a similar path, and likewise pattern of behaviour ...
It's commendable to keep the moral high ground and not stoop to the level of the opponent, but come on, the GOP goes for the jugular every time. With so much at stake Democrats, you have my permission to play dirty this time.
Next Year’s 4th of July celebration will a big one as we will be free the tyranny of stupidity that is in the WH and as we get rid more of corrupted politicians in office.
Exactly. From a Veteran who is voting blue, loves our country, and supports my fellow Americans who believe in the Constitution, Country and People. Not the orange puss bucket in office. I remember what our country was founded on. Fight against tyranny, oppression and injustice. Keep Democracy alive,
"...so that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth." That these words are more relevant today than ever, chills me to the bone.
This video is a verbatim recitation of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address-nothing more. Yet as I type this, 48 people have given it a thumbs down. Let that sink in.
I disagree, Tom. Ignore them. People who are interested in creating good are the people to pay attention to. And I bet that is your intention as far as doing good and I am joining you in my own strategy with several people who care about our country. I hope you will too. You will find so much healing in it and you'll be in a much better place to help affect a better country and better planet!
Thank you so much, Lincoln Project, for restoring my faith in the Republican Party. Signed, the last living Rockefeller Republican, now a registered Democrat.
Lincoln is talking here about honoring those dead who fought to preserve the nation. The confederate dead fought against that preservation and were traitors to that cause. There is no honor for their generals who lead them in that treason. Statues erected to then in the time of Jim Crow have no place in our country
I recently read (source unknown): “Not all Trump supporters are white supremicists, but all white supremicists are Trump supporters.” This may help you to imagine who would give a thumbs down.
Same ones who wore shirts saying they would rather be russian than democrat,and are ok with russia helping their man win,again. The worst this country has to offer,all drawn like magnets to trump.
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you don't even have to mention Trump to make the connection how opposite he and Lincoln are. And Donnie actually believes that someday he too will be on Mount Rushmore.
TheViperFan That’s the disturbing thing - I almost don’t. So much insane B.S has happened since that I barely remember that or the mountain of insanity that came before. If you sit down for a minute and really think about it, you’ll probably be shocked at just how much you’ve forgot actually happened.
I tried to watch trump and listen to his speech. When he started ranting about how Dems want to destroy America and take down all the monuments, that was it for me - he is mad and completely Un-American. The way he was sweating, I kept thinking (uncharitably) that I wish he would have a stroke and just go away. I felt so terrible for all the real, Native Americans who could not stop him from going onto their land for such foolishness. It was a slap in the face but prez bone spurs could not even comprehend it. I felt ashamed to be an American on this, our Independence Day.
@Doug Lowe my thoughts exactly. I really hope that once this is over, that these Republicans will remember these words, and will put their money towards removing all of the Republicans that are standing in the way of progress and unity. I do appreciate the sentiment, especially today. Stay safe, and stay strong Sending love to all of humanity on this day♥️🇺🇸
I am glad they didn't undermine it with a compare and contrast at the end to something janky he said, because it was nice staying in the moment and really taking in how well-written it is.
*FDR’s 1936 Madison Square Garden speech is my favorite,* and he’s my #1 hero. Here’s my favorite part, and the last paragraph is the most badass thing I’ve ever read (and heard). This speech still applies today, whole damn century later, more than ever. _”We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace-business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering._ _They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob._ *Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me-and I welcome their hatred.”* You tell ‘em, President. #FDRforever #BernieSandersisFDR
I'm in my sixties but a life long democrat. Most of my friends were Republicans and these were their beliefs in the late sixties, (when i started following politics) seventies, and up to Ronnie R. Then came right wing radio and Murdock like a festering boil.
Thank you, Lincoln Project, for all you do. Thank you also for sharing this great speech on this special day. Through the good times, and the bad, we have prevailed. We are The United States of America. Happy Birthday to US. : )
This makes me emotional, and I'm not American, but proud of America, and our common shared human heritage. Government of the people, for the people, by the people must not perish from this earth. God Bless America. Love from India.
@@katrand5357 no, I'd rather believe modi felt he need to play by the rules of that dictator wannabe to give favor for Indian expatriates in American soil.
“The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here ...” A wrong prediction. The Gettysburg Address quickly became one of the most famous speeches of all time. I had to memorize it in school, more than 100 years later. Do children still learn it in school? I hope so.
Not sure if they do now, but, I had to memorize it too in 8th grade. In fact that was the same grade that studied the Constitution - if you didn't pass the Constitution test you didn't pass 8th grade. This was at Lincoln Elementary School in Calumet City, Illinois. Don't know how it was elsewhere.
"The world will little note, not long remember, what we say here ...” might not have come true, but these words show the essence of the humility of one great man who oversaw our nation's most important cause.
If you ever want to know why Lincoln sounds the way he does in re-enactments you have to thank William R. Rathvon who was at the Gettysburg Address when he was 9 years old. A year before his death in 1938 recorded his recollection of Lincoln’s speech. It’s the closest we will ever be able to get to a direct recording of Lincoln himself.
@@celestemi4341 You do realize that if someone is watching this, they don't have to go to the library? It's a pandemic, so stay home and use google. But if you really have to go somewhere, WEAR A MASK
Uncle Buck: Americans are hot to say god bless America, but they got it wrong. They are feeling god already, the one who is bringing His wrath and fury against those that desecrate his earth and his people.
Thank you for providing us a reason to remember and to celebrate the birth of our country...thank you for not including the orange thing.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
No doubt, most of those are from Russian "bots" ...the rest from the ignorant deplorables right here in the USA that wave the traitor "Confederate" flag, but claiming to be patriotic "United States" citizens.
It's time to save our country. Thank you Lincoln Project for your fortitude. For reminding us of who we are and where we came from. Of bringing back these great words of wisdom. For being profoundly brave and reverent all at the same time. For acknowledging we have a president who does not represent what this country is about. We, the People..........must come together and vote 🗳. Thank you. You are making a difference!!!
Yes. True Republicans. St1rong, proud, level headed people who can have decent debates about our differences. Not just call each other foul names, trying to tear each other to pieces.
I memorized The Gettysburg Address in 5th grade. I remember every word and recite it often. Thank You Lincoln Project for this beautiful presentation. We certainly have a president that Lincoln wouldn’t even give the time of day to! He must GO!
Craig Donaldson Lincoln had a thirst for knowledge; he was self taught and wasn't lazy. The current POTUS' father bought him a degree, has learned nothing and can't be bothered to do his job.
And I hope next 4th of July that Trump is rotting in prison with a full view of the wall that surrounds it. I further hope the warden will allow pictures & the names of those lost due to bounties Russians paid to murder our troops & of those lost during the pandemic bc he refused to protect the people of this country over the need of his having his ego stroked along with his sheer laziness. I want him to see those photos with the names of everyone lost under his watch for the rest of his life. I hope it haunts him to his dying day.
Free Acc: Don't be sad. Think like a global mind. Look at everyone who is staying in more than ever, watching You Tube videos or their TV stations, seeing all this historic and highly entertaining chaos. As an old man, I thought the American people got as far as they could after Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated and cities were burning. Every day, I see something humanistic about this new America that brings tears to my eyes, never thinking I would see this again in my lifetime. Every two-party system eventually becomes corrupt. Angry voters vote out a party and the previously voted out party gets back in. Washington needs a third political party, not becoming a state to itself.
It CAN be better IF you and your compatriots come together against those scourges. You must reach out to each other and become united again. You must get rid of the pathetic loser who stole your last election and send him where he belongs, behind bars, for crimes against the people of the United State... He is nothing but he is dividing you to better conquer you, for a foreign entity! You must find a way to awaken his followers... Good luck to you. Be safe!
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Not finding much happiness this Fourth. Too much is going on against the foundations of who we are now. I’d rather say a Somber Fourth to us all and that we dig in, keep moving forward and shoulder the burden of removing this terrible thing in the WH.
@John Daniels The constitution describes a representative democracy. It doesn't have to use the specific word "democratic" to do that. As for the impossibility of fascism... the autocrat doesn't give a damn if we're a "republic" or not.
@@henryrollins9177 If that's the right direction, then yes. A vote for Trump would be a move towards destruction, fear and division. Almost anything else is a move towards a better future.
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I live in Mexico, and I really admire President Lincoln. I few years ago, I read his 4 book biography . Great role model for the whole continent of America.
I'm presuming that the first "he" means jesus dying for the world's sin right? I don't usually support religion, but any religion used to better morality is something i can agree with
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As this 4th of July unfolds, I have mixed feelings. Though I love my country dearly, I have decided not to put out my flag until there is equal justice 'for all;' until no more of the 10 million children in our country go to bed hungry, until there is equal pay for equal work, until Black lives matter, until voting rights are truly secure - and until trump goes away. We have an incredible potential that we have not yet met, let's work harder to be a true America. Go Lincoln!
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I am privileged to live within ten miles of Gettysburg. My husband and I often drive through and walk the battlefield, paying our respect to those who fought so that others should be free. I am thankful for the Lincoln Project!
The US would be in a much better place if everyone left their religious superstitions out of politics. Half the country thinks Trump is the second coming and the other half thinks he’s the antichrist. Grow up. This is the ‘reasoning’ they use in places like Iran...
@@bobknight33 that vid in that link provides selective information and doesn't tell the entire story. There is little doubt that the political interests of the Klan and the Democratic Party, at least in the early years, intersected. But there is no evidence that it was founded as part of the Democratic Party, or that the party ever even had an official "military arm." Carole Emberton, associate professor of history at the University at Buffalo, noted that the "party lines of the 1860s/1870s are not the party lines of today." "Although the names stayed the same, the platforms of the two parties reversed each other in the mid-20th century, due in large part to white ‘Dixiecrats’ flight out of the Democratic Party and into the Republican Party after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964," she said. "By then, the Democratic Party had become the party of ‘reform,’ supporting a variety of ‘liberal’ causes, including civil rights, women’s rights, etc. whereas this had been the banner of the Republican Party in the nineteenth century." www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/23/dane-county-republican-party/debunking-claim-kkk-was-founded-military-arm-democ/
Every word respectfully summarizing the REUNION of the STATES, each word compelling us to recognize and heal the past. To think that Trump COMPARES HIMSELF to Lincoln. He's just the opposite.
Democratic History Of Killing Blacks for Being Republicans th-cam.com/video/uyRF6ETd1YQ/w-d-xo.html&t Democrat killed Lincoln (The First Republican and ran on freeing slaves) just as they killed blacks and other white black freedom lovers. Democrat values are not American Values.
@@bobknight33 Booth was a Know Nothing and Confederate sympathizer. If you need to know more about Know Nothings, you can read here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_Nothing
Can you just imagine how fantastic it would be to go back in time and actually be there when he said it for the first time. Can you imagine what they would all think of Trump standing there all hunched and orange, they would think he was a demon or something. By the way he is😠
It is about him, but not in a way he will like. Trump is the exact opposite of "government of the people, by the people, for the people" and all it will take is for good men to do nothing (or even, not enough) come this November for him to prevail.
Such a profound message delivered in 2 minutes. Iconic words honoring the dead and reminding Americans about sacrifice and national unity. Trump's grandiosity vs Lincoln's greatness. The ridiculous vs the sublime.
As a liberal progressive, I would like to deeply thank you for the great work you do to ensure justice, liberty and above all rationality for the American people and the world. You remind me that truly decent conservative Republicans do exist, a fact all too easily forgotten in this day and age.
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To both of you, it is. We teach the constitution and as a teacher, I have led discussions on events such as the counter sit in, slavery and civil rights, the reasoning our founding fathers wrote the bill of rights, including looking up the supporting documentation that our forefathers wrote to explain their reasoning.....we've discussed the good, the bad and the ugly. What we need is people to actually know what happens in classrooms around the US, support the teachers and stand against stupid statements such as "our children are educated to hate their histories"-Trump, July 4th, 2020
Not that Trump helped. I believe many Americans feel like you do and teachers appreciate this. I was livid at Trump's 4th of July speech at Rushmore about the lie that children are educated to hate their history. I haven't ever nor do I know a teacher who has not done their best to teach children how to gather facts, research and analyze them, then form information based ideas that are independent of a teacher's own beliefs or opinions. I have seen education evolve in the past 20 years, and I know it will take a while, but I do believe the children of this generation and the children in the upcoming generations will be more thoughtful, more of life long learners seeking growth. I truly do and I believe we will make you and everyone else proud of the thoughtful, aware, well rounded students we are teaching. I have a 15 year old and he is so much more aware of the world and social issues and reasons about them than we did at that age....so I truly believe there is hope for intelligence thought in the children of today. Our generation is creating a better generation and they will do a better job. Sorry for the speech! Lol. But I do wish people could see what's happening in classrooms today, because from kindergarten to graduation, we are teaching children to seek knowledge, reflect and learn from that. Much different from how I was taught. Lol
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I can think of no words ever written, or spoken that I have moved me like the Gettysburg address. They always leave me with a feeling of unutterable gratitude.
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@@bobknight33 Yeah, the Democrats were racist monsters 150 years ago. Now focusing on the present day for a moment, Republicans want to protect lynchings. They literally have blocked the efforts of black americans to make lynchings a hate crime... in 2020. MLK shifted the parties in the 1960s, by working with Democratic presidents and attacking Republican presidential candidates who lost. Since that time, many KKK members fled to the Republican party, while EVERY ONE of MLK's disciples who went into politics, went into the Democratic party. Welcome to this millennium.
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I remember my English teacher made my class memorize this speech and recite it. Truly a great speech, a literally art and a enduring message for democracy, freedom and a just government
The Lincoln Project should work to start a new political party... one based in individual liberty, equal rights for all, fiscal responsibility, and a commitment to the environment for a secure future for our children and grandchildren. Such a party would be unstoppable.
Good idea but... in the U.S. same as here in Canada and I'm sure in every other country around the world, politics is run by the rich and powerful who have their own interests at heart. A political party along the lines of your suggestion wouldn't get the backing it would need to run and hopefully succeed.
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Unfortunately, Trump can't read. He has to sound out the words on his teleprompter.
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Trump Pledge of Allegiance; I pledge allegiance to myself, Screw the United States of America And the Republic for which it stands, Cries to God, divided, as I hold Liberty and justice in thrall.
Right before this, I listened to NPR's annual reading of the Declaration of Independence, and God it is chilling how similar Trump is sounding to King George III.
"The men [that died here] shall not have died in vain". I guess I always took it as obvious that Lincoln meant THE PEOPLE DEFENDING THE UNION and THE PEOPLE FIGHTING SLAVERY. I guess some people these days think that there were "very fine people" on both sides of that civil war. Read it the way you want to. It says something about you whether you think this speech honors and cherishs the confederate flag waivers that sought to tear us apart and the defenders of slavery. Those people are very much still alive and breathing - today . . .
Sergio DuBois : I disagree with your assumption that Lincoln referred to only Union soldiers. Unlike Trump he sought to unite all the people of United States and viewed the confederates as prodigal sons that should be welcomed back into the family. Find and read his second greatest speech his 2nd inaugural address. After Gettysburg is was clear that eventually the north would win and like Nelson Mandela he wished to avoid the slaughter of the defeated but rather to move forward together. Some wanted to hang every confederate solider as a traitor, but not Lincoln. This is part of why is was such a great president.
This is why, as a child, it NEVER made sense to me given what I was taught in school (although it was way back in the OLDEN DAYS - the 1950s, GASP! - that we had statues to TRAITORS that stood in states that killed to support vile slavery. And WHY would we EVER have such a statute in a state that fought on the side of the Union? MAKES NO FRICKEN SENSE, PEOPLE!
A beautiful poem. I never fail to be moved by it. Not only because it brings to mind the fallen warriors who are the subject of this address. But because it reminds me of the grace, the humanity, and the wisdom of the author.
“So, I think I’ve done more for the Black community than any other president, and let’s take a pass on Abraham Lincoln, cause he did good, although it’s always questionable....” “They always said, ‘Lincoln, nobody got treated worse than Lincoln.’ I believe I am treated worse.” - President Trump
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@@gener.1253 At the bare minimum, certainly... I've always found it baffling that every other job of significant impact requires education and qualifications, and yet the position of leader of the free world has no such requirements whatsoever.
@@XaldinLonkhe trump would be the obedient lapdog. Comrade putin is president ... til 2036. Anyone wonder why donnie wants to be king for a third term?
Voter suppression and gerrymandering leaves GoP candidates competing not against the ideas of the centre or left, but the extremes of their own party in primary selection process; forcing conservative moderates to chase an ever more insane base. The electoral college system reinforces this on a national level. Political TV advertising - illegal in many other countries - forces politicians into the pockets of big special interests, again forcing the debate to move into culture war stuff around taking knees, gun control, abortion, gay rights & a host of other issues that do matter - but fundamentally don't change anything that would threaten the profits of the powerful. America is a cautionary tale on how not to do democracy
It's amazing they still haven't reacted to the Pledge having been written by a socialist, Francis Bellamy, who wanted everyone to say the Pledge while directing a Bellamy salute -- identical to the Nazi salute -- toward the flag.
Thank you, Lincoln Project, for the reminder of what we, as Americans, should strive for. The greatest good for the many and equality for all people. I was finding it hard to be patriotic today.
One of the great things about the Lincoln Project is that they are knowledgeable, educated, subtle, and intelligent thinkers.
Well, sometimes not so subtle
No they make EXCELLENT ADS! ...their policies are still disgusting.... dont confuse the two
So, no Trump supporters. Gotcha.
They don't know how to speak to the other side
The ignorant
I don't see any of the journalist politician that speak their language
@@jasondaley718 nah, trump sucks. Left wing policies are so much better.
Here in Australia we have always heard
"GOD BLESS AMERICA"
sadly now it should be
"GOD HELP AMERICA "
Only to have a President that could speak to his people with uplifting words.
You have a beautiful country that now must heal like never before. We hear your pain, we feel your pain
Thank you, we're pretty fond of you all also.🙂
Love to Australia. We appreciate your support.
Thank you for your kind words, the US needs so mucb healing and positivity sent our way!
Thanks mate! Hopefully the Russian asset will be evicted to prison soon. 🇺🇸 🇦🇺
I envy you living in a country run by reasonably responsible, intelligent adults as opposed to our vicious, evil, treasonous neo-nazi monster.
One of the greatest speeches of all time, lasting a mere 2 minutes. Amazing.
Lloyd Acton Even more remarkable considering the totally forgotten speech that preceded it was nearly three hours long.
@@CaptainLumpyDog That's what I was going to say.
@Chihuahua Daddy HOC A humble leader? Im looking forward to that. No more daily rants or tweet storms.
Lloyd Acton Lincoln wrote his own speeches. Trump has given us covfefe.
The mere thought that Trump even thinks he's comparable to Lincoln is not just ludicrous, but offensive.
Yes. To Trump.
I. Márquez not comparable trump thinks he is better than Lincoln
@l. Marquez Trumps base even says Trump is comparable to Cyrus the great. The great was bestowed on Cyrus when he was alive and he’s regarded as the best leader in history by many historians.
Trump could not be Lincoln's toilet paper.
The only thing named Lincoln that he connects himself to as a vehicle/car! ‼️
Greetings from Germany! Happy Fourth of July! Hope you're country finds a way back to decency in November !!!
We hope so, too! Thank you for caring. We need all the support we can get right now..
THANKS! WE LOVE GERMANY!
Thanks, Mo Jed! 😄 Me too!
I'm neither American, nor particularly right wing, (I'm from the UK and a centrist) but have to say I am truly moved by the integrity, character and grit shown by the Lincoln Project; breaking with their fellow Republicans to do what is right for America and the world. To even a part-time observer of politics, it's apparent that not just America's political stability is at stake but key elements of the post war world system. Metaphorically speaking, he needs to be mercilessly dispatched. These people are up to the job of strangling the baby tyrant; Democrats seem to get queasy about it.
Yes...."mercilessly dispatched". Let's Do That, America! 🇺🇸
As a former Republican I look forward to voting the current occupant of the White House out of office - hopefully a lengthy prison sentence follows 🇺🇸
@@op8726 I hope so too. Treasonist Trump.
Don't put him in one of those fancy jails. The high security 23 hours a day in your cell, prison. I'm not joking. He commited treason. What would have happened to him during the Revolutionary War for the same offence?
@J Davis
Fellow Brit here ...
What else can I say, but to wholeheartedly. We, both America, and Great Britian, have both come a long way since 1945, and in many cases, thanks to many small evolutions, and revolutions, we have managed to get here. Yet, at the same time, there is this sense that something very deep within, is fundamentally broken. In our case, we have Boris Johnson. Though by no means am I Conservative, I hoped for his recovery, had hoped that his close brush with the pandemic, would have changed him to be more empathic, and compassionate. But yet, somehow ...
I belive being pragmatic definitely has its time and place, but, like all tools, must be mastered to use correctly. However, despite the warnings by his medical and scientific advisors, although not as blazingly open as President Trump has been, me thinks that our dear leader, Boris, is following a similar path, and likewise pattern of behaviour ...
It's commendable to keep the moral high ground and not stoop to the level of the opponent, but come on, the GOP goes for the jugular every time. With so much at stake Democrats, you have my permission to play dirty this time.
I hope and pray with all my heart that the US will be free once more come the next fourth of July.
You and the rest of the world
Well said! I cant say it often enough either vote,vote,vote blue!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Next Year’s 4th of July celebration will a big one as we will be free the tyranny of stupidity that is in the WH and as we get rid more of corrupted politicians in office.
Exactly. From a Veteran who is voting blue, loves our country, and supports my fellow Americans who believe in the Constitution, Country and People. Not the orange puss bucket in office. I remember what our country was founded on. Fight against tyranny, oppression and injustice. Keep Democracy alive,
We have to get Trump out. Please Please get out and vote blue.
"...so that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth." That these words are more relevant today than ever, chills me to the bone.
Much better than any fireworks and hollow celebration, president Lincoln's words reminds the world what America is meant to be.
This video is a verbatim recitation of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address-nothing more. Yet as I type this, 48 people have given it a thumbs down. Let that sink in.
I disagree, Tom. Ignore them. People who are interested in creating good are the people to pay attention to. And I bet that is your intention as far as doing good and I am joining you in my own strategy with several people who care about our country. I hope you will too. You will find so much healing in it and you'll be in a much better place to help affect a better country and better planet!
@@katrand5357 HEAVY DUTY! WOW!
They will just foam and scream fake news and "read the transcript!"
How about a video just reading the bill of rights, excluding the 2nd amendment? That would be a laugh and half.
Of course it's just possible they come from Russia or N Korea or Texas or ...
Thank you so much, Lincoln Project, for restoring my faith in the Republican Party. Signed, the last living Rockefeller Republican, now a registered Democrat.
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Rockefeller would be considered a pinko Commie by today’s GOP!
Surprising how relevant parts of that are today including the part about consecrating land.
South Dakota is also Consecrated ground, but do they care--NOPE!
Lincoln is talking here about honoring those dead who fought to preserve the nation. The confederate dead fought against that preservation and were traitors to that cause. There is no honor for their generals who lead them in that treason. Statues erected to then in the time of Jim Crow have no place in our country
Indeed, a very shrewd and thoughtful man. 'A house divided against itself will not stand'.
Those words never sounded so beautiful, or touched me as much as they do today. 🇱🇷
Imagine what kind of person someone has to be to down vote a simple reading of Lincoln's speech.
I recently read (source unknown):
“Not all Trump supporters are white supremicists, but all white supremicists are Trump supporters.”
This may help you to imagine who would give a thumbs down.
I've been pondering that very same thing, Laurence Brown. 244 people gave a thumbs down to the Gettysburg Address? What kind of people do that?
Someone whose confederate flag and MAGA hat are the most valuable things they own
@@CliveNDerek Rebels? They lost.
Same ones who wore shirts saying they would rather be russian than democrat,and are ok with russia helping their man win,again. The worst this country has to offer,all drawn like magnets to trump.
Brilliant! Thank you the Lincoln Project!! It’s up to all of us to live up to Lincoln ideals, and to bring our country back freedom.
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The contrast b/t this and Trump's divisive rhetoric is extraordinary.
you don't even have to mention Trump to make the connection how opposite he and Lincoln are. And Donnie actually believes that someday he too will be on Mount Rushmore.
I think that is the whole point.
TheViperFan That’s the disturbing thing - I almost don’t. So much insane B.S has happened since that I barely remember that or the mountain of insanity that came before.
If you sit down for a minute and really think about it, you’ll probably be shocked at just how much you’ve forgot actually happened.
I tried to watch trump and listen to his speech. When he started ranting about how Dems want to destroy America and take down all the monuments, that was it for me - he is mad and completely Un-American. The way he was sweating, I kept thinking (uncharitably) that I wish he would have a stroke and just go away.
I felt so terrible for all the real, Native Americans who could not stop him from going onto their land for such foolishness. It was a slap in the face but prez bone spurs could not even comprehend it. I felt ashamed to be an American on this, our Independence Day.
For one, it's too many big words, no pictures or videos and connect the dots.
I raise my glass, and toast the Lincoln Project. Keep up the good work. 🙂
The ruin Donny daily.
DONATE! I did.
With 1 hand, I suspect!!! Cheers
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@Doug Lowe my thoughts exactly.
I really hope that once this is over, that these Republicans will remember these words, and will put their money towards removing all of the Republicans that are standing in the way of progress and unity.
I do appreciate the sentiment, especially today.
Stay safe, and stay strong
Sending love to all of humanity on this day♥️🇺🇸
Thank you so much for reminding us how a true statesman speaks. And thank you for giving me some small measure of patriotism back on this special day.
Single greatest speech in American history. This is what we should aspire to.
They sure don’t make politicians like that anymore 😞
I am glad they didn't undermine it with a compare and contrast at the end to something janky he said, because it was nice staying in the moment and really taking in how well-written it is.
*FDR’s 1936 Madison Square Garden speech is my favorite,* and he’s my #1 hero. Here’s my favorite part, and the last paragraph is the most badass thing I’ve ever read (and heard). This speech still applies today, whole damn century later, more than ever.
_”We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace-business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering._
_They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob._
*Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me-and I welcome their hatred.”*
You tell ‘em, President. #FDRforever #BernieSandersisFDR
I salute the patriots who have come forward here for the sake of democracy.
I'm in my sixties but a life long democrat. Most of my friends were Republicans and these were their beliefs in the late sixties, (when i started following politics) seventies, and up to Ronnie R. Then came right wing radio and Murdock like a festering boil.
Thank you, Lincoln Project, for all you do. Thank you also for sharing this great speech on this special day.
Through the good times, and the bad, we have prevailed. We are The United States of America.
Happy Birthday to US. : )
This makes me emotional, and I'm not American, but proud of America, and our common shared human heritage.
Government of the people, for the people, by the people must not perish from this earth.
God Bless America.
Love from India.
Maniae, thank you! We are told here that India loves Trump.
Thank you for standing by our side in this difficult time . God bless you , Sir
@@katrand5357 no, I'd rather believe modi felt he need to play by the rules of that dictator wannabe to give favor for Indian expatriates in American soil.
Kat Rand I haven’t ever heard that and I work with many Indian physicians and healthcare workers
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“The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here ...”
A wrong prediction. The Gettysburg Address quickly became one of the most famous speeches of all time. I had to memorize it in school, more than 100 years later. Do children still learn it in school? I hope so.
Not sure if they do now, but, I had to memorize it too in 8th grade. In fact that was the same grade that studied the Constitution - if you didn't pass the Constitution test you didn't pass 8th grade. This was at Lincoln Elementary School in Calumet City, Illinois. Don't know how it was elsewhere.
In some schools!
I think the sentiment of that humble line is why it is remembered.
It is not boastful, it is humble and recognizes the human cost of war and freedom.
Judging from the Trump supporters, they barely teach anything in school. Or they all went to glorified Sunday schools that only teach religion
"The world will little note, not long remember, what we say here ...” might not have come true, but these words show the essence of the humility of one great man who oversaw our nation's most important cause.
Profoundly moving words to remind us all of our humanity.
If you ever want to know why Lincoln sounds the way he does in re-enactments you have to thank William R. Rathvon who was at the Gettysburg Address when he was 9 years old. A year before his death in 1938 recorded his recollection of Lincoln’s speech. It’s the closest we will ever be able to get to a direct recording of Lincoln himself.
So refreshing to hear a president who is not illiterate speak.
Indeed.
true
You do realize Lincoln died quite some years ago, right? You can read this yourself at the library.
Celeste M I Do you realize this is refreshing because Trump only attack and divide americans?
@@celestemi4341 You do realize that if someone is watching this, they don't have to go to the library? It's a pandemic, so stay home and use google. But if you really have to go somewhere, WEAR A MASK
God Bless America. God Bless the Lincoln Project.
Well said!
Excellent comment but words men nothing if not backed up by action! VOTE VOTE VOTE BIDEN AND ALL BLUE!
Here here!
Sure, praise the sky fairy.
Uncle Buck: Americans are hot to say god bless America, but they got it wrong. They are feeling god already, the one who is bringing His wrath and fury against those that desecrate his earth and his people.
Thank you for providing us a reason to remember and to celebrate the birth of our country...thank you for not including the orange thing.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
There are 69 " thumbs down" for the Gettysburg Address. Patriots, I'm sure.
No doubt, most of those are from Russian "bots" ...the rest from the ignorant deplorables right here in the USA that wave the traitor "Confederate" flag, but claiming to be patriotic "United States" citizens.
They don't have opposable thumbs
303 IMPEACHED donald HUMP deplorables now!!
confederate patriots, and isn't it strange we still have that separation in 2020?
It's time to save our country. Thank you Lincoln Project for your fortitude. For reminding us of who we are and where we came from. Of bringing back these great words of wisdom. For being profoundly brave and reverent all at the same time. For acknowledging we have a president who does not represent what this country is about. We, the People..........must come together and vote 🗳. Thank you. You are making a difference!!!
Another great ad that sharply shows the contrast in a real leader and a dictator.
Yes. True Republicans. St1rong, proud, level headed people who can have decent debates about our differences. Not just call each other foul names, trying to tear each other to pieces.
Thank you Lincoln project for helping to save this country.
Thank you, Lincoln Project, for reminding people what "presidential" means.💙
I memorized The Gettysburg Address in 5th grade. I remember every word and recite it often.
Thank You Lincoln Project for this beautiful presentation. We certainly have a president that Lincoln wouldn’t even give the time of day to!
He must GO!
Abraham Lincoln had an amazing understanding of how to use the English language.
Craig Donaldson Lincoln had a thirst for knowledge; he was self taught and wasn't lazy. The current POTUS' father bought him a degree, has learned nothing and can't be bothered to do his job.
......TRUMPTURDY's bigga brain though? BIGLY! TREMENDOUSLY! STRONGLY! Like no one's ever seen!
It's sad to be an American today. Unemployment, Corona pandemic, a POTUS who further divides the nation.. I hope next 4th of July will be better.
Vote him gone Nov 3rd 2020 and its sure to be a better day and time for your Country. Stay safe and be well 🌸
And I hope next 4th of July that Trump is rotting in prison with a full view of the wall that surrounds it. I further hope the warden will allow pictures & the names of those lost due to bounties Russians paid to murder our troops & of those lost during the pandemic bc he refused to protect the people of this country over the need of his having his ego stroked along with his sheer laziness. I want him to see those photos with the names of everyone lost under his watch for the rest of his life. I hope it haunts him to his dying day.
Amen!
Free Acc: Don't be sad. Think like a global mind. Look at everyone who is staying in more than ever,
watching You Tube videos or their TV stations, seeing all this historic and highly entertaining chaos.
As an old man, I thought the American people got as far as they could after Dr. Martin Luther King
was assassinated and cities were burning. Every day, I see something humanistic about this new
America that brings tears to my eyes, never thinking I would see this again in my lifetime.
Every two-party system eventually becomes corrupt. Angry voters vote out a party and the previously
voted out party gets back in. Washington needs a third political party, not becoming a state to itself.
It CAN be better IF you and your compatriots come together against those scourges.
You must reach out to each other and become united again.
You must get rid of the pathetic loser who stole your last election and send him where he belongs, behind bars, for crimes against the people of the United State...
He is nothing but he is dividing you to better conquer you, for a foreign entity!
You must find a way to awaken his followers...
Good luck to you.
Be safe!
Thank you Lincoln project 😊😊😊😊😊
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The Lincoln Project reminds me that decency hasn’t died in America, we can stand against the discord of this administration. Happy July 4th everyone.
@Ben Grimm what's the name of your book? 🤔
A 31 I agree with you.
@Ben Grimm you should read other books then. Learn more that way.
A exactly! Happy Fourth of July to you also. Father God may America always remain free. One nation under God. Amen
Not finding much happiness this Fourth.
Too much is going on against the foundations of who we are now.
I’d rather say a Somber Fourth to us all and that we dig in, keep moving forward and shoulder the burden of removing this terrible thing in the WH.
Thank you to the Lincoln Project for all the WONDERFUL VIDEOS you have presented to the American People. You are Heros.🗽
THE CHOICE in November is our Democracy OR trump. You're either for our Democracy or you're against it.
Only a Sith deals in absolutes
Agree. Vote blue 💙
@John Daniels Well John, do you want a fascist republic or the democratic republic delineated in the Constitution?
I’m voting for our constitution, our republic, our bill of rights for democracy!
@John Daniels The constitution describes a representative democracy. It doesn't have to use the specific word "democratic" to do that. As for the impossibility of fascism... the autocrat doesn't give a damn if we're a "republic" or not.
Lincoln Project. Restoring faith in the United States.
By voting Biden?
Henry Rollins Yup.
@@henryrollins9177 If that's the right direction, then yes. A vote for Trump would be a move towards destruction, fear and division. Almost anything else is a move towards a better future.
By NOT voting trump, there, fixed it
I got choked up by the power of Lincoln's words. Now think of Donnie's words there past 3 plus years.
Republicans with a critical mindset..I love it..Keep up the good work please!!!
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You are making a difference! Kudos! Sending Love-Light for your continued success!
I live in Mexico, and I really admire President Lincoln. I few years ago, I read his 4 book biography . Great role model for the whole continent of America.
Well, done Lincoln Project.
The best things about this speech were that it was elegant, direct, inspiring and relatively short. Something more politicians should learn
“ As he died to make men Holy
Let us die to men free”
That’s BLM right there!
AMEN 🔥
I'm presuming that the first "he" means jesus dying for the world's sin right?
I don't usually support religion, but any religion used to better morality is something i can agree with
@@sovietunion7643 Exactly, it can be beautiful if used well, horrifying if used for evil.
The Lincoln Project.
Thank you.
VOTE FOR AMERICA 2020!
GOD BLESS OUR COUNTRY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
Please register to VOTE for America 🙏
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Truly amazing words from a truly amazing man. Shocking where we find ourselves today.
As this 4th of July unfolds, I have mixed feelings. Though I love my country dearly, I have decided not to put out my flag until there is equal justice 'for all;' until no more of the 10 million children in our country go to bed hungry, until there is equal pay for equal work, until Black lives matter, until voting rights are truly secure - and until trump goes away. We have an incredible potential that we have not yet met, let's work harder to be a true America. Go Lincoln!
Well said my friend, well said xx
Happy Independence Day to everyone at the Lincoln Project, and thank you for such an inspiring video.
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@@bobknight33 ◀ESCAPEE
Thank you for all that you do.
I want to personally thank every Republican that is willing to vote against their party lines because of what's gone on with this administration.
YUP!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!!!!
I am privileged to live within ten miles of Gettysburg. My husband and I often drive through and walk the battlefield, paying our respect to those who fought so that others should be free. I am thankful for the Lincoln Project!
Whoever is making these videos is a genius! Absolute excellence!
I miss the pride & honor.
BIDEN 2020
Freedom!
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@@bobknight33 ◀INSANE MENTAL WARD ESCAPEE
Integrity. The exact opposite of what's been seen in the current administration.
BWAAAHHAAAA. Apparently you have no concept of integrity.
Steven Bass please elaborate
@@stevenbass732 You arrived at the party too late. Perhaps try trolling at FoxNews, comrade!
@@stevenbass732 ◀DAIN BRAMMAGE
God Bless America and please God rid us of the anti-Christ Trump.
Amen!
What do you mean? Didn’t you see how well he held a Bible after they blasted everybody out of their Waze so he could have his photo op???
😢
Although I'm an Atheist, even I would pray for that. 🙂
The US would be in a much better place if everyone left their religious superstitions out of politics. Half the country thinks Trump is the second coming and the other half thinks he’s the antichrist. Grow up. This is the ‘reasoning’ they use in places like Iran...
@@Nan-59 That is true. Once he realized he was holding it upside down, and after everyone was threatened...he held it up very well!
Of the people, by the people, for the people! Very strong wisdom! We ALL must abide by these words! Thank you!
Amazing how these words continue to pry open the heart and moisten the eyes no matter how many times we hear or read them.
So true, Joseph!
Thank you, Lincoln Project
And he compared himself to Lincoln???? Never spoke 1 word, this eloquently---EVER!
Actually, he thinks he has it worse than Lincoln. who was ONLY assassinated
Or had one thought that didn't include how splendid he himself is.
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Nor has he spoken a word of truth.
@@bobknight33 that vid in that link provides selective information and doesn't tell the entire story.
There is little doubt that the political interests of the Klan and the Democratic Party, at least in the early years, intersected. But there is no evidence that it was founded as part of the Democratic Party, or that the party ever even had an official "military arm."
Carole Emberton, associate professor of history at the University at Buffalo, noted that the "party lines of the 1860s/1870s are not the party lines of today."
"Although the names stayed the same, the platforms of the two parties reversed each other in the mid-20th century, due in large part to white ‘Dixiecrats’ flight out of the Democratic Party and into the Republican Party after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964," she said. "By then, the Democratic Party had become the party of ‘reform,’ supporting a variety of ‘liberal’ causes, including civil rights, women’s rights, etc. whereas this had been the banner of the Republican Party in the nineteenth century."
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Every word respectfully summarizing the REUNION of the STATES, each word compelling us to
recognize and heal the past. To think that Trump COMPARES HIMSELF to Lincoln. He's just the opposite.
The Anti-Lincoln
To think that Trump COMPARES HIMSELF to Lincoln? tath makes me sick
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Democrat killed Lincoln (The First Republican and ran on freeing slaves) just as they killed blacks and other white black freedom lovers. Democrat values are not American Values.
@@bobknight33 Booth was a Know Nothing and Confederate sympathizer. If you need to know more about Know Nothings, you can read here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_Nothing
Trump is not only anti-Lincoln he is anti-American.
That beautiful speech is as stirring today as it must have been when Lincoln gave it at Gettysburg.
Can you just imagine how fantastic it would be to go back in time and actually be there when he said it for the first time. Can you imagine what they would all think of Trump standing there all hunched and orange, they would think he was a demon or something. By the way he is😠
I wasn't around in Lincoln's time, but it must have been magnificent to have a President capable of those words.
An incredible legacy!
Comrade Trumpsky won't like this one, it's not about him.
It is about him, but not in a way he will like. Trump is the exact opposite of "government of the people, by the people, for the people" and all it will take is for good men to do nothing (or even, not enough) come this November for him to prevail.
...but wdym? He's the best at the Gettysburg, no one is better at the Gettysburg than him.
;)
@@r6u356une56ney All it will take to prevail is for ALL GOOD MENT TO VOTE BIDEN!
Trump’s entire message and ideology is “Government of the Trump, by the Trump, for the Trump”.
*Putin orders, trmpsky obeys* !
Curious to get a glimpse into the mind of anyone who would give the Gettysburg Address a thumbs down
WHAT WAS YOUR MOST TERRIFYING NIGHTMARE? I mean besides the thoughts of Trumpism? scary stuff
Wouldn't be much to look at in there
The thumbs-downer is probably still resentful that the Confederate flag doesn't fly.
I am not one of them, but I suppose it could be those who dislike where we are now, a full 157 years removed from this historic address.
Thomas Mitchell: I'll bet anything that they're trump supporters.
Such a profound message delivered in 2 minutes. Iconic words honoring the dead and reminding Americans about sacrifice and national unity. Trump's grandiosity vs Lincoln's greatness. The ridiculous vs the sublime.
As a liberal progressive, I would like to deeply thank you for the great work you do to ensure justice, liberty and above all rationality for the American people and the world. You remind me that truly decent conservative Republicans do exist, a fact all too easily forgotten in this day and age.
Thank you so much for standing with us against Vacuous Trump! 😊😊😊
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@@bobknight33 ◀MENTAL ESCAPEE
Our Constitution should be taught in school instead of funding religious schools
History itself needs to be honestly portrayed.
To both of you, it is. We teach the constitution and as a teacher, I have led discussions on events such as the counter sit in, slavery and civil rights, the reasoning our founding fathers wrote the bill of rights, including looking up the supporting documentation that our forefathers wrote to explain their reasoning.....we've discussed the good, the bad and the ugly. What we need is people to actually know what happens in classrooms around the US, support the teachers and stand against stupid statements such as "our children are educated to hate their histories"-Trump, July 4th, 2020
@@reneekernee teachers really don't get the support they need. Education should be a priority instead of an afterthought
Not that Trump helped. I believe many Americans feel like you do and teachers appreciate this. I was livid at Trump's 4th of July speech at Rushmore about the lie that children are educated to hate their history. I haven't ever nor do I know a teacher who has not done their best to teach children how to gather facts, research and analyze them, then form information based ideas that are independent of a teacher's own beliefs or opinions. I have seen education evolve in the past 20 years, and I know it will take a while, but I do believe the children of this generation and the children in the upcoming generations will be more thoughtful, more of life long learners seeking growth. I truly do and I believe we will make you and everyone else proud of the thoughtful, aware, well rounded students we are teaching. I have a 15 year old and he is so much more aware of the world and social issues and reasons about them than we did at that age....so I truly believe there is hope for intelligence thought in the children of today. Our generation is creating a better generation and they will do a better job. Sorry for the speech! Lol. But I do wish people could see what's happening in classrooms today, because from kindergarten to graduation, we are teaching children to seek knowledge, reflect and learn from that. Much different from how I was taught. Lol
Save our democracy! #8645
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I can think of no words ever written, or spoken that I have moved me like the Gettysburg address. They always leave me with a feeling of unutterable gratitude.
I love Abraham Lincoln. He was so ahead of his time. He could’ve fell in line like everyone else, but he fought for change. 🇺🇸
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All of these values have been lost. Vote Trump and his GOP Lout of office. We want our America back.
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bobknight33 🤦🏼♂️ Democrats and Republicans aren’t the same as they were over 40 years ago
@@bobknight33 Yeah, the Democrats were racist monsters 150 years ago. Now focusing on the present day for a moment, Republicans want to protect lynchings. They literally have blocked the efforts of black americans to make lynchings a hate crime... in 2020. MLK shifted the parties in the 1960s, by working with Democratic presidents and attacking Republican presidential candidates who lost. Since that time, many KKK members fled to the Republican party, while EVERY ONE of MLK's disciples who went into politics, went into the Democratic party.
Welcome to this millennium.
Amen
@@bobknight33 ◀TROLL MENTAL CASE
thank you
Amen! Happy Fourth of July to Everyone. God Bless America !
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Right now God is punishing us for our big Sin the Orange Clown in the WHITE HOUSE
I remember my English teacher made my class memorize this speech and recite it. Truly a great speech, a literally art and a enduring message for democracy, freedom and a just government
Thank you LP.
That is the first time in my 65 years I heard it in its entirety.
Kinda tears one up! Sniff.
The Lincoln Project should work to start a new political party... one based in individual liberty, equal rights for all, fiscal responsibility, and a commitment to the environment for a secure future for our children and grandchildren. Such a party would be unstoppable.
This is a splendid idea.
Good idea but... in the U.S. same as here in Canada and I'm sure in every other country around the world, politics is run by the rich and powerful who have their own interests at heart. A political party along the lines of your suggestion wouldn't get the backing it would need to run and hopefully succeed.
Although there are many problems and issues I have with the Democrats, what you are describing sounds closer to them than to the Republican Party.
@@robrobson2197 Could that be because the Republicans no longer believe in fiscal responsibility?
Well done 👏
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It’s amazing and depressing when one realizes that the trash sullying the White House holds the same position that Lincoln once did.
DEFINITELY!
The same position?
I don't understand.
A man of ego (Trump) vs. a man of the people (Lincoln). There can not be a stronger contrast.
We can fix the problem
No patriots in the thumb downers for sure. One of the greatest speeches ever from our GREATEST PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN!
Just imagine trump trying to read this, let alone write something as eloquent and respectful.
🤣
Working with a 200 word vocabulary is hard work. Cut him some slack.
To imagine it is all anyone could do to make that possibility exist
Even if Trump really was a "very stable genius," writing anything like this would require him to have empathy, respect, and compassion .
Unfortunately, Trump can't read. He has to sound out the words on his teleprompter.
Trump Pledge of Allegiance;
I pledge allegiance to myself,
Screw the United States of America
And the Republic for which it stands,
Cries to God, divided, as I hold
Liberty and justice in thrall.
'Except the Republicans for which I stand'
Bubba Ho-tep obviously you don’t stand very tall!
It could say - and to the repulsive for which I stand
...and therefore offer buyers shares of my Disinfectants.
@ EXACTLY!.....100%
Right before this, I listened to NPR's annual reading of the Declaration of Independence, and God it is chilling how similar Trump is sounding to King George III.
"The men [that died here] shall not have died in vain". I guess I always took it as obvious that Lincoln meant THE PEOPLE DEFENDING THE UNION and THE PEOPLE FIGHTING SLAVERY. I guess some people these days think that there were "very fine people" on both sides of that civil war. Read it the way you want to. It says something about you whether you think this speech honors and cherishs the confederate flag waivers that sought to tear us apart and the defenders of slavery. Those people are very much still alive and breathing - today . . .
Lots of them might not be breathing for long, what with the Traveling Trump Troop of contagion super spreading the virus across the Land.
Sergio DuBois : I disagree with your assumption that Lincoln referred to only Union soldiers. Unlike Trump he sought to unite all the people of United States and viewed the confederates as prodigal sons that should be welcomed back into the family. Find and read his second greatest speech his 2nd inaugural address. After Gettysburg is was clear that eventually the north would win and like Nelson Mandela he wished to avoid the slaughter of the defeated but rather to move forward together. Some wanted to hang every confederate solider as a traitor, but not Lincoln. This is part of why is was such a great president.
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@@waynesulak1488 ◀GREAT STUFF! BRAVO!
This is why, as a child, it NEVER made sense to me given what I was taught in school (although it was way back in the OLDEN DAYS - the 1950s, GASP! - that we had statues to TRAITORS that stood in states that killed to support vile slavery. And WHY would we EVER have such a statute in a state that fought on the side of the Union? MAKES NO FRICKEN SENSE, PEOPLE!
A beautiful poem.
I never fail to be moved by it. Not only because it brings to mind the fallen warriors who are the subject of this address. But because it reminds me of the grace, the humanity, and the wisdom of the author.
Thank you Lincoln Project...beautiful!
“So, I think I’ve done more for the Black community than any other president, and let’s take a pass on Abraham Lincoln, cause he did good, although it’s always questionable....”
“They always said, ‘Lincoln, nobody got treated worse than Lincoln.’ I believe I am treated worse.”
- President Trump
Please, let’s VOTE trump out in November!!
What a pompousass
I sure wish someone would "treat" Trump like Lincoln. Maybe he can see a play sometime?
VanLifer: I am still waiting for someone at the end of a Cadet BoneSpurs press conference to ask him: "Want some cheeses to go with those whines?"
“The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here”
We’ve came a long way since. In another 100 years children will be in history class thinking what in the world happened in 2020.
POTUS Come and go. It’s the deep lasting values of the party (Dems VS Rep ) that we learn which truly holds American values.
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Will American kids in 3020 be speaking Russian as their 1st language? Trump would like that thought.
Its hard to go wrong when you have such good material to work with.
If we made it mandatory for presidential candidates to memorize this, there would never have been Orange monkey stealing his way into WH.
Make it mandatory that they take, and pass, the same civics test that people take to become citizens
@@gener.1253 At the bare minimum, certainly... I've always found it baffling that every other job of significant impact requires education and qualifications, and yet the position of leader of the free world has no such requirements whatsoever.
If only the American voter was told about this kind of thing when they were young maybe they wouldn't vote so poorly
Hey take that back, that is an insult to monkeys. XD
Mark Twaing - Memorize it. I'd like to see Trump try and read it.
Donald Trump: Second president of the Confederate States of America!
FOUR whores and multiple rape charges ago....
@Master Xehanort:
Putin is the president ... Trump is only the governor of Russia’s American provinces
@@XaldinLonkhe trump would be the obedient lapdog. Comrade putin is president ... til 2036. Anyone wonder why donnie wants to be king for a third term?
My fear is that intelligent, decent people will have to gather and secede this time around to escape this idiocracy
Voter suppression and gerrymandering leaves GoP candidates competing not against the ideas of the centre or left, but the extremes of their own party in primary selection process; forcing conservative moderates to chase an ever more insane base. The electoral college system reinforces this on a national level. Political TV advertising - illegal in many other countries - forces politicians into the pockets of big special interests, again forcing the debate to move into culture war stuff around taking knees, gun control, abortion, gay rights & a host of other issues that do matter - but fundamentally don't change anything that would threaten the profits of the powerful. America is a cautionary tale on how not to do democracy
I hope it's the last July 4th under the soon-to-be "You're fired" President Donald Trump.
It is.
Anyone remember when the conservatives were triggered by NPR reading the Declaration of Independence?
Oh yeah. They didn't even recognize it. They probably wouldn't recognize the Gettysburg Address either ...
It's amazing they still haven't reacted to the Pledge having been written by a socialist, Francis Bellamy, who wanted everyone to say the Pledge while directing a Bellamy salute -- identical to the Nazi salute -- toward the flag.
Thank you, Lincoln Project, for the reminder of what we, as Americans, should strive for. The greatest good for the many and equality for all people. I was finding it hard to be patriotic today.
Thank you for sharing! God Bless America! 🗽🇺🇸🙏🏼