“We must be honest with each other and with ourselves: Too much of what’s happening in our country today is not normal,” Biden said. Still, he called on his audience to go to the polls in November and lashed into his predecessor, backed by traditionally apolitical symbols like the United States Marine Band and two Marines who were positioned in a spot where they were on camera throughout the speech. Officials insisted Biden’s message wasn’t partisan and instead targeted to an extreme wing of the GOP. “They fanned the flames of political violence.”Īfter tearing into Republicans for what he calls “MAGA extremism” and “semi-fascism” over the past week, administration officials say Biden determined the time was right to provide a more serious, sober reckoning on what he regards as growing anti-democratic forces building across the country. “They promote authoritarian leaders,” he went on. No right to contraception, no right to marry who you love,” he said, striking on cultural issues Democrats believe can help them win in November.
Backwards to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy. “MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards. And as he concluded, he sought to strike a more upbeat note, saying it was still within voters’ power to rein in the nation’s darkest forces.īut the heart of Biden’s address was a ringing alarm bell about what he called “an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.” “We do ourselves no favor to pretend otherwise.”īiden attempted to separate Trump’s most loyal followers from the Republican Party as a whole. “As I stand here tonight, equality and democracy are under assault,” Biden said.
He named his predecessor within minutes of taking the stage, and suggested Americans faced an existential choice in the coming elections. Biden’s remarks, while billed as an official address, provided the broad contours of his election message heading into the fall.Įven as he worked to balance a dose of optimism about the country’s future – and his own string of recent accomplishments – Biden painted a dark portrait of his political opponents, saying Trump and his followers are threatening the entire American experiment. It was a strident and urgent call to Americans months ahead of midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. “They live not in the light of truth but in the shadow of lies,” Biden said in front of a red-lit Independence Hall, harnessing the historic setting to call for a reckoning on the movement led by former President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden delivered his sharpest rebuke yet of Republicans and their fealty to his predecessor in an evening speech in Philadelphia on Thursday, alleging they “thrive on chaos” and warning their attempts to undermine democracy could devolve into violence.
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