Biden Honors Martin Luther King Jr. Declaring a 'Time for Choosing'

"He referred to some of them as being "fiscally demented" for their opposition to government spending, as his administration prepares for a potential showdown over raising the government's debt ceiling."

""This is a time for choosing," Mr. Biden said at an annual breakfast in Washington hosted by the National Action Network and the Rev. Al Sharpton on what would have been Dr. King's 94th birthday."

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"Mr. Biden said he stands ready to work with the new Republican House majority, even as he criticized GOP lawmakers for blocking police reform and voting rights legislation."

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"House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) said Sunday he would seek to negotiate with the White House over raising the federal debt ceiling but renewed his calls for cuts in spending, days after the Treasury Department said the government may not be able to pay its bills by early summer."

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"Speaking before an audience that included Dr. King's sister, Christine King Farris, and other members of his family, Mr. Biden became the first sitting president to deliver a Sunday sermon at the historic church where Dr. King often preached."

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"Let's look at the places that we can change our behavior," Mr. McCarthy said in an interview on Fox News."

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"That's not being woke," Mr. Biden said."

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"Whereas the president spent much of his Sunday sermon drawing on the teachings of Dr. King, whom he praised as a "nonviolent warrior for justice," Mr. Biden's remarks at Monday's breakfast were more centered around his political agenda and congressional Republicans."

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""Why would we sit back and be so arrogant to say, 'No, there's no waste in government?'"Mr. Biden also objected to Republicans who have sought to play down the legacy of slavery, segregation and racial discrimination in the U.S., stating that "silence is complicity.""The idea that we're supposed to remain silent on the abuses of the past as if they didn't occur?"

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"The remarks came a day after Mr. Biden traveled to Atlanta for another celebration commemorating Dr. King, whom he referred to as one of his "only political heroes," at Ebenezer Baptist Church."

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"In both speeches, Mr. Biden struck a somber tone as he spoke of an "inflection point" for civil rights, democracy and social justice."

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