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"It is with great honor and humility, I accept this nomination," he said — but there was nothing humble about the agenda Biden laid out. He made perhaps the most ambitious promises any candidate ever has. In addition to solving the COVID-19 pandemic, restoring the economy and addressing climate change, he reached for sweeping cultural change.
"Will we be the generation that finally wipes out the stain of racism from our national character? I believe we’re up to it," he said.
"I will draw on the best of us, not the worst. I’ll be an ally of the light, not the darkness .... The current president has cloaked America in darkness for much too long ...."
Without saying the president’s name, Biden delivered searing criticism of the administration and said he offered a clear choice for a different path.
"Let history be able to say that the end of this chapter of American darkness began here tonight with love and hope and light," he said.
"This will determine what America is going to look like for a long, long time. Character is on the ballot. Compassion is on the ballot. Decency, science, democracy — they’re all on the ballot."