‘Extremist threat to our democracy’: What Biden hopes to accomplish in prime-time speech Thursday
- Philadelphia is known as the birthplace of American democracy and where Biden launched his 2020 presidential campaign.
- A NBC News poll last week found 21% of voters say “threats to violence” is the top issue facing the country.
- “They just don’t respect the rule of law,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said of MAGA Republicans.
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden will argue democracy is at stake amid rising threats of political violence during a speech Thursday night less than 70 days before the midterm elections.
Biden is set to deliver the remarks at 8 p.m. ET outside Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia in what will be the president’s second of three trips to Pennsylvania – a crucial Senate battleground – over a one-week stretch.