Biden Urges Voters to Reject Trump, Warning Democracy at Risk
- President stepped up attacks on Trump, GOP lawmakers
- Speech previewed campaign message as Biden pivots to midterms
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President Joe Biden accused Donald Trump and Republicans who back him of endangering US democracy and urged Americans to reject any candidate backed by his predecessor in the November midterm election.
“Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundation of our republic,” Biden said Thursday in a prime-time speech from Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park, the site of the signing of the US Constitution.