Standing in front of Independence Hall, President Joe Biden warned the democracy born there faces an existential threat from former President Donald Trump and his allies, seeking to reframe the stakes and consequences of this fall’s midterm elections.
that the democracy born there faces an existential threat from former President Donald Trump and his allies, seeking to reframe the stakes and consequences of this fall’s midterm elections.
“MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution, they do not believe in the rule of law, they do not recognize the will of the people,” Biden said, with Independence Hall behind him awash in red and blue lights. “They refuse to accept the results of a free election, and they’re working right now as I speak in state after state … to [empower] election deniers to undermine democracy itself.”across the country, putting them within steps of governor’s offices, Senate and U.S.
And in calling on voters to reject “MAGA Republicans,” Biden aimed to reframe the election, and change it from a referendum on his own administration — whichin most polls — to a choice between Democrats and the Republicans whom he described as a threat to peace and the rule of law. He also attempted to calibrate his criticism, saying the majority of Republicans don’t fit his dire description, but that the party has come to be dominated and intimidated by the wing that does follow Trump.
Republicans said Biden’s speech will only worsen the divisions he pledged to heal when he ran for president in 2020. And he spoke in a key area for Democrats: along with deep blue Philadelphia, the city’s suburbs largely recoiled from the Trump presidency, helping swing the state back to Democrats in 2020.released this week, including almost identical shares of Democrats, Republicans, and independent voters. That represented a 9-percentage-point increase from January.scheduled for Saturday night, also in Wilkes-Barre, as he looks to boost GOP candidates and continues to hint at another presidential run.
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