Folks.
There's one reason why we've been able to do all of these things.
Our democracy itself.
The most fundamental thing of all.
Democracy.
Everything is possible.
Without it. Nothing is
The last few years, our democracy has been threatened in attack.
Put at risk.
Put to the test is very room on January, the sixth
And then just a few months ago.
On on hedged big lie.
A sale and unleashed a political violence. The home of the then speaker
of the House of Representatives.
Using the very same language insurrectionists used as they start
these halls and chanted on January 6th!
Here tonight in this chamber.
Is a man who bears the scars of that brutal attack.
What is this tough and as strong as resilient as they get my friend,
Paul Pelosi, Fallston.
Such a heinous act should have never happened.
Speak out.
There's no place for political violence in America.
We have to protect the right to vote not suppress the fat fundamental
right on the results of our elections, not subvert the will of people.
We have to uphold the rule of law and restore trust in our institutions
of democracy.
We must give hate and extremism in any form No Safe harbor.
Mark Rasi.
Not be a partisan issue.
It's an American issue.
Every generation of Americans face the moment where they haven't
been called to protect our democracy. Defended stand up for it.
And this is our moment.
My fellow Americans.
We made tonight in an inflection point.
One of those moments.
Only a few generations ever face.
With the direction
We now take is going to decide of course of this nation for decades
to come.
We're not bystanders of history.
Not powerless before the forces to confront us.
It's within our power of we, the people.
We're facing a test of our time.
We have to be the nation. We've always been at our best optimistic,
hopeful forward looking
A nation of the braces light over dark.
Hope over fear unity of reduces stability over chaos.
We have to see each other, not as enemies. But as fellow Americans.
We're good people
only nation in the world built on an idea.
The only one
Other nations.
Defined by geography and this city.
But we're the only nation based on an idea.
That all of us
Every one of us is created equal in the image of God.
A nation that stands as a beacon to the world.
A nation.
In a new age of possibilities.
I've come to
Fulfill my constitutional obligation to report in the state of the
union. And here's Why Margaret my report
Because the soul of this nation is strong.
Because the backbone backbone of this nation is strong because the
people of this nation are strong. The state of the union is strong.
I'm not new to this place.
I stand here tonight.
Having served as long as about any one of you have ever served here.
But I've never been more optimistic about our future about the future
America we just to remember who we are, where the United States of
America and there's nothing nothing beyond our capacity if we do
it together.