Biden Makes Closing Argument in Georgia, Invoking Roosevelt

  • Biden picks once reliably Republican state a week before vote
  • Democrat contrasts FDR response to crises with Trump’s actions
“If you give me the honor of serving as your president: clear the decks for action,” Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says in a speech in Warm Springs, Georgia.(Source: Bloomberg)
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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden invoked the legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt in a speech near the former president’s Georgia retreat on Tuesday, promising to heal the nation from a set of cascading crises in his closing argument just a week before Election Day.

Speaking from Warm Springs, Biden used Roosevelt’s efforts to alleviate his polio in the therapeutic waters as a metaphor for the work that lies ahead.