President Joe Biden highlighted Senator Bob Dole's concerns about U.S. democracy in a tribute on Friday to the former Republican presidential candidate, a World War II veteran Biden called a hero.
Dole, who died on Sunday at age 98, was heralded at a service at the Washington National Cathedral attended by Biden and his wife Jill, Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff, former President Bill Clinton, former Vice President Mike Pence, Republican and Democratic leaders from the U.S. House and Senate, as well as actor Tom Hanks.
Biden, who served with Dole in the Senate for many years, laid his hand on the casket before and after his speech, and clasped the hand of Dole's widow, former Senator Elizabeth Dole."Bob Dole was a man of his word. He loved his country, which he served his whole life," Biden said in his remarks, adding that Dole was a "proud Republican" who valued compromise and a "willingness to see the other side.
But, Biden said, "in his final days, Bob made it clear he's deeply concerned about the threat to American democracy. Not from foreign nations, but from the divisions tearing us apart from within. And this soldier reminded us, and I quote, 'Too many of us have sacrificed too much in defending freedom from foreign adversaries to allow our democracy to crumble.'"
Dole was a supporter of former President Donald Trump but did not share his false contention that the 2020 election Biden won was marred by massive fraud. Biden told NBC's "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon that Dole asked him on his deathbed to deliver the eulogy at his funeral.Military Honor Guard members wait for the casket of former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole to arrive for a funeral service at the National Cathedral in Washington, U.S., December 10, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst"We disagreed, but we were friends," Biden said during his first late-night TV appearance since taking office.
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