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Obama 2012: "There are no red states or blue states, just the United States."

You may dismiss that as just words, but the modern right does not even attempt to speak in those terms.



Does the modern left?


What about the Harris-Walz campaign? There was no identity politics, it was a message of national unity and civic nationalism.


Biden's inaugural address was full of this

"To all those who supported our campaign, I'm humbled by the faith you've placed in us. To all of those who did not support us, let me say this. Hear me out as we move forward. Take a measure of me and my heart. If you still disagree, so be it. That's democracy. That's America. The right to dissent peaceably. Within the guardrails of our republic, it's perhaps this nation's greatest strength. Yet hear me clearly: disagreement must not lead to disunion. And I pledge this to you, I will be a president for all Americans, all Americans. And I promise you, I will fight as hard for those who did not support me as for those who did."


Fair enough.




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