Biden sounds newly strong alarm: Trumpism menaces democracy
PHILADELPHIA (AP) President Joe Biden charged in a prime-time address that the extreme ideology of Donald Trump and his adherents threatens the very foundation of our republic, as he summoned Americans of all stripes to help counter what he sketched as dark forces within the Republican Party trying to subvert democracy.
In his speech Thursday at Philadelphias Independence Hall, Biden unleashed the trappings of the presidency in an unusually strong and sweeping indictment of Trump and what he said has become the dominant strain of the opposition party. His broadside came barely two months before Americans head to the polls in bitterly contested midterm elections that Biden calls a crossroads for the nation.
Too much of whats happening in our country today is not normal, he said before an audience of hundreds, raising his voice over pro-Trump hecklers outside the building where the nations founding was debated. He said he wasnt condemning the 74 million people who voted for Trump in 2020, but added, Theres no question that the Republican Party today is dominated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans, using the acronym for Trumps Make America Great Again campaign slogan.
The explicit effort by Biden to marginalize Trump and his followers marks a sharp recent turn for the president, who preached his desire to bring about national unity in his Inaugural address.
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