Biden Is Speaking to an America That Doesn’t Exist
Many citizens support the recent attacks on democracy, and those who don’t face a system stacked against them.
by David A. Graham
Jul 14, 2021
3 minutes
Joe Biden is not known as a fiery orator, but the president was riled up yesterday.
Biden spoke in Philadelphia about voting rights, calling a current round of state laws and bills, plus rhetoric emanating from Donald Trump and others, “the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War.” The president defended the 2020 election, celebrating the record voter turnout, praising election officials who made sure voting was smooth, and rebutting attacks lodged by Trump and his aides, who have baselessly claimed that the election was stolen or marred by
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