Only requirement is that we don t just think about ourselves in democracy. and that s something that donald trump has proven time and time again that he has completely and utterly and incapable of doing since trump has been convicted on 34 felony counts, he has been claiming with i d evidence that the judicial system is being weaponized against him to help biden win the election. here s some of what he s saying you have to straighten out what s going on. are these sports we ve got a rig deal going. they are doing it for the purposes of hurting a political opponent of biden. we re dealing against these system that is so corrupt. it s so bad, it s making our justice system look so bad now, despite that being untrue, do you worry at all that it s muddying the waters with some voters on the question of who will better protect democracy? not at all. donald trump is a convicted felon. and here s the latest proof point that he will do anything in his power,
Than perhaps ever dark and then staying pages of human history. so i think that was his message and it s clear that democracy is under threat, not just in the united states, but in europe, european parliamentary elections, the liberal populist movements or are gaining traction there too. and so i think that s what this is about, but we have to remember though a lot of voters are not necessarily looking at this as the most important issue there. they re thinking about their looking at other immediate issues like the cost of groceries, housing, mortgage rates. of course the border, there are a lot of issues that are more immediate maybe to voters than this one as important as it is the issue of democracy it isn t the top issue on voter s minds in that reason, quinnipiac university pull of course, the economy is it s not too distant a second though, which voters do you think this message might specifically persuade? is there a slice of voters that you think this might appeal to it s
Can not be more greater of justification of the character of the two men and the focus of the two men who are running to be president of the united states biden made the case today in his speech for ukraine s fight against russia and he made the case for us support for that. he also apologized to president zelenskyy for the delay in american military aid. but when you look at a recent quinnipiac university poll, it found only 2% of americans rank the russia, ukraine war is their top issue. how do you engage people on that when there s so disinterested in it well, look, i think that one we have to follow the leadership of president biden because he knows with the experience that he has that this is important, that democracy is fragile and that we had to keep working we continue it. meanwhile, on the other side, donald trump says that russia should be able to do whatever the hell they want to. nato allies. that s a stark contrast and look when it comes to the polls, the only thing
Sending a very clear message to voters at home. biden didn t use trump s name, but he made it abundantly clear who he was talking about. we talk about democracy. american democracy we often talk about the ideals of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness well, we don t talk about is how hard it is. how many ways we re asked to walk away, how many instincts are to walk away? the most natural instinct is to walk away to, be selfish, to force our will upon others to seize power. never give up american democracy asks the hardest of things to believe. that we re part of something bigger than ourselves so democracy begins levers, begins when one person decides there s something more important themselves something more important than themselves. a clear message to trump who
ariane, thanks. have a great weekend. the news continues right here on cnn how frown next defending democracy. president biden making that a cornerstone of his campaign as he takes on trump who is doubling down on his calls for revenge, plus exotic vacations, a private jet supreme court justice clarence thomas finally admitting that the lavish trips they were paid for by a republican megadonor, the reporter who first expose the trips is my guest. and an outfront exclusive for the first time we take you inside the unprecedented security operation now underway to protect one of the biggest political events. let s go out front good evening. i m briana keeler in for erin burnett outfront tonight. biden takes on trump, the president defending democracy today on the world stage, while the former president was on on social media attacking the american justice system, president biden in france to commemorate the 80th anniversary of d-day. but