If you needed further proof of the stakes of this election, Thursday provided a stark contrast.
In the morning, President Joe Biden commemorated the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landing on the beaches of Normandy, France in which Allied troops fought to free Europe from the Nazis.
"Here we proved that the ideals of our democracy are stronger than any army or combination of armies in the entire world," Biden said during his address in Normandy, warning of "the price of unchecked tyranny."
Hours later, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump took the stage at a rally in Phoenix, Arizona, where he called the trial that led to his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records "fake" and railed against Biden's recent immigration order.
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