bye. victor blackwell, vicky lawrence. thank you, everyone for joining us. this is don lemon tonight. president joe biden in a major prime time speech, did you see it? saying he is battling for the soul of america. that is the former president is battling america s institutions in court, and we just heard from president biden speaking in philadelphia in a fiery 24 minute speech calling out donald trump by name and warning that what he calls maga republicans are a threat to america, while making it clear that when he says maga republicans, he doesn t mean all republicans. too much of what s happening in our country today is not normal. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. now, i want to be very clear [ applause ] very clear upfront. not every republican, not even a majority of republicans are maga republicans. not every republican embraces their extreme ideology. i know because i ve been able
my cholesterol is borderline. so i take garlique to help maintain healthy cholesterol safely and naturally. and it s odor free. i m taking charge of my cholesterol with garlique. it has been a big night, however you look at it, and they re still more to come, with that in mind, i will hand it over to don lemon. this is don lemon tonight. and we have two big stories to tell you about. president joe biden in a major primetime speech, did you see it? saying he s battling for the soul of america. that is the former president is battling americas institutions in court. we just heard from president biden speaking in philadelphia in a fiery 24-minute speech, calling out donald trump by name and warning that what he calls maga republicans are a threat to america, while making it clear that when he says maga republicans, he does not mean all republicans. too much of what is happening in our country today is not normal. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism t
happens next. that s a pretty scary thing if you have election deniers in those leadership roles and those decision-making roles. yeah, but here s the thing, don. the process for how we pick people cannot be determined by one person and one office. it s extremely complicated and it s comprehensive, and if you take a look at what happened here in this election where, you know, there was a big head of steam saying this was not a legitimate election, they never got anywhere because the system is built in such a way that one person can t tip it. they couldn t do it in pennsylvania. they couldn t do it in michigan. they couldn t do it in arizona, they couldn t do it in georgia because there s a pretty good system. but those people who are the deniers, i hope they all lose. i don t care what party they were in. we re talking republicans now, i hope they don t win, and i think what we re going to see is the reason why the united states senate is at risk in terms of republicans winning it or
they should have taken extra effort not to make it political? you know, i think this is an argument that really has no substance because political speeches are delivered by presidents, but look, i think it was an important message at an important time for the american people. was it a message that cwill convince people to vote for democrats? maybe. the message is even more important than that. the message is if you re a good republican and you want to vote republicans make sure your name and the names of your party doesn t threaten the families of an election official. that s important. governor, our democracy is under assault, but you know, is that what motivates working class americans struggling with crippling inflation to get out and vote? americans are motivated by a myriad of things. i ve run for office 12 times, if you can tell me what motivates voters exactly, i d love to hear it. it s different.
the president is a democrat. the president uses the bully pulpit. donald trump did the same thing. bill clinton did the same thing, barack obama did the same thing. they all use the bully pulpit and they talk about the things they want to talk about. i m not saying it s right but that s the weakest argument to say it s a political speech. why do you let them off the hook when they say this isn t about politics. this is a presidential this is a speech i m not letting anybody off the hook. you re saying i m making a weak argument by holding them to account. you re making a weak argument because you re saying someone who is the president of united states who is elected because of politics that it s a political speech, that s the whole point of this. it s called politics, of course he s going to use everything in his arsenal to give a speech to try to do what he says it s a battle for the soul of democracy. in his estimation according to him, republicans, maga republicans are,