A lot of vague words are used. Unlike the other speech, Trump's speech doesn't use history for context or draw from any specifics. It's a lot of vague words and promises.

Hasty generalizations and oversimplifications.

strawman

Begging the question.

Countering the common rebuttal of erasing history to introduce the idea of a better future. He's reframing the debate. Rather than tearing down the statues to erase history, instead it becomes tearing them down out of an understanding of history.

The image of a black child passing by a Civil War monument on his way to school creates pathos in Landrieu's argument. Children's innocence is a stark opposition to the violent history represented by the monument.

More patriotism.

An example of how diversity not only makes things better, but is the reality of America. In mentioning "everything in the pot" he is gesturing at the "melting pot" story of America, which brings in some Patriotism. He continues to comment on America's greatness perhaps to balance his argument and protect it from those would suggest he is simply being unpatriotic.

"they called you everything but a child of God" is a variation of a southern saying. "They called me everything but a child of God" or, the more rocky "They called me everything but a white man." Landrieu is building his ethos. He is from here. I see a lot of this within his speech. It is an effective way to argue an unpopular and polarizing topic.

Landrieu's speech is coming from a person from this community. The ease of fighting online has created a highly polarized us vs. them mentality. I view this line as a way Landrieu to continue this idea that he is from here. He is not from away. There are many different religions in New Orleans and there are many people "from away" that practice Christianity, but there is a significant amount of Christian ethos in the south.