Joe Biden
Where Things Stand: What You’ll Hear In Biden’s Speech On Democracy Tonight
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President Biden and his team have reportedly been planning to have the President deliver a speech on protecting democracy ahead of the midterms for some time. But the recent uptick in threats and political violence as we get closer to the election — including the very high profile attack on the husband of the woman second in the line of secession — expedited the urgency of the message.
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