Biden gives a speech on ‘preserving and protecting our democracy’:
- Biden made a speech on the threats to democracy from Union Station in the nation’s capital on Wednesday night
- He tied the attack on Paul Pelosi to former President Donald Trump and his refusal to accept defeat in the 2020 presidential election
- ‘American democracy is under attack because the defeated former president of the United States refused to accept the results of the 2020 election,’ Biden said
- Biden attempted to pivot the conversation back to the protection of American democracy at a time voters say they are most worried about the economy
- He tried to make the November 8th election a choice of democracy
- ‘We the people must decide whether the rule of law will prevail or whether we will allow the dark forces and thirst for power put ahead of the principles that have long guided us,’ he said
- Republicans accused him of trying to change the subject from his economic record