We also stand here today to reaffirm a principle that runs deeper than politics. Political violence has no place in the United States. Of America. Our democracy rests on a fragile but enduring promise that disagreements are to be aired through speech, through debate and through the ballot box. Not through intimidation, not through violence, and not through bloodshed. That promise is enshrined in the Constitution, which protects freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, precisely because the framers … (21:17–21:26)
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Asserts that democracy relies on resolving disagreements through speech, debate, and voting.
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