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last week; they endured yet another round of criticism from the president, who warned that Trump and his followers “represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.”
“For a long time, we’ve told ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed, but it’s not. We have to defend it, protect it, stand up for it — each and every one of us,” Biden said Thursday outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia. “Democrats, independents, mainstream Republicans: We must be stronger, more determined, and more committed to saving American democracy than MAGA Republicans are to destroying American democracy.
It was a powerful speech, harkening back to the pro-democracy themes of Biden’s 2020 campaign while also expanding upon them in light of more recent events. “I believe in the give-and-take of politics, in disagreement and debate and dissent,” Biden said. “We’re a big, complicated country. But democracy endures only if we, the people, respect the guardrails of the republic.
“I believe America is at an inflection point — one of those moments that determine the shape of everything that’s to come after,” Biden said. “And now, America must choose: To move forward or to move backwards? To build the future or obsess about the past? To be a nation of hope and unity and optimism, or a nation of fear, division, and of darkness?”
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