as president biden formally announcing his bid for reelection today, in his video announcement, biden made it clear that he will still fight what he calls maga extremism. around the country, maga extremists are lining up to take out those [inaudible] , cutting social security that you paid for your entire life wall cutting taxes from the very wealthy. dictating the health care decisions, banning books, telling people who they can love. all while making it more difficult for you to be able to vote. okay, priscilla is covering this for us. so, priscilla, his first message is sort of focused on what he thinks the evils of maga extremism are. is that going to be this ongoing message for the next year? or is this just the opening [inaudible]
yes, he s running fo reelection, for the same reasons he ran against donal trump in 2020, because republican extremists are stil threatening american democracy - that s been the work of my first term to fight for our democracy it shouldn t be a revolution t protect our rights, to mak sure that everyone in this country is treated equally i that everyone is given a fai shot at making it. but, yo know, around the country, maga extremists are lining up t take away those bedroc freedoms, cutting social security that you paid for you entire life while cutting taxe for the very wealthy, dictatin what health care decisions whe can make, banning books an telling people who they ca love all while making it mor difficult for you to be able t vote now, polls show donald trump, the twice impeached and no indicted former presiden remains the front runner for the republican nomination. president biden s announcement video eludes to the former guy with images of the capitol insurrection incited b
he appeared in a video released this morning saying, we still are in a fight for the soul of the nation. he spoke about the need to, in his, words defender mobocracy. he repeatedly spoke with the need to stand up for what he termed personal freedom. this time, not just against the extremism of former president who hopes to retake the white house, but republican party, the president believes is enabled by him. and has been the work of my first term to fight for it democracy. this shouldn t be a red and blue issue. to protect our, rights to make sure that everyone in this country is treated equally, and everyone is given a fair shot at making it. but around the country, maga extremists are those bench rock freedoms, cutting social security that you paid for your entire life, while cutting taxes for the very wealthy. dictating what health care decisions women can make. banning books, telling people who they can love. all making it more difficult for you to be able to vote. later
to make sure everyone in this country is treated equally and everyone is given a fair shot at making it. but you know around the country, maga extremists are lining up to take on those bedrock freedoms. cutting social security, that you paid for your entire life while cutting taxes from the very wealthy. dictating what healthcare decisions women can make. banning books. and telling people who they can love. all while making it more difficult for you to be able to vote. when i ran for president four years ago, i said we re in a battle for the soul of america. and we still are. the question we re facing is whether the years ahead we have more freedom or less frae dom. more rights or fewer. i know what i want the answer to be, and i think you do, too. this is not a time to be complacent.