US President Joe Biden warned on Wednesday that US democracy is under attack from “election deniers” who are running in the midterm elections, which will be held next year. week.
“This intimidation, this violence against Democrats, Republicans and non-partisan officials just doing their jobs are the consequences of lies told for power and profit, lies of conspiracy and malice, lies repeated to generate a cycle of anger, hatred and even violence.” Biden said. “Right now, we have to confront these lies with the truth. The very future of our nation depends on it.”
Aides to the President of the United States told the CNN that Biden and his team had been thinking about giving a speech on this topic for some time — but that his decision-making in recent days has been shaped by what he and his team saw as an upsurge of anti-democratic rhetoric and threats of violence.
One recent headline in particular that deeply alarmed Biden and his top advisers was last week’s violent attack on Paul Pelosi, which officials say is politically motivated.
Aides said before the speech that Biden felt it would be important to directly condemn these types of threats and acts of violence. The theme of protecting the nation’s soul — and the pillars of the country’s democratic system — was central to Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign. The president has since addressed these topics throughout his presidency.
The day before his speech in Washington, Biden warned a group of Democratic donors in Florida that “democracy is at the polls” this year – and offered a preview of his message for a day later.
“That hasn’t happened since the Civil War. It sounds like hyperbole, but it hasn’t happened since then, as bad as it is now,” he said.
Biden’s reference to the Civil War hardly seemed like a coincidence; he was seen this week carrying a copy of historian Jon Meacham’s new book, “And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle,” which explores how the 16th president of the United States faced secession and threats to democracy.
Meacham is an informal adviser to Biden and has helped write some of his most prominent speeches.
Source: CNN Brasil
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