president of the united states call his predecessor a threat to this country. that s exactly what we heard tonight from president joe biden about donald trump and trumpism in his renewed battle for the soul of america campaign, this time ahead of the midterms. what is happening today in america, he says, is not normal. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. they promote authoritarian leaders and they fan the flames of political violence that are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country. they look at the mob that stormed the united states capitol on january 6th, brutally attacking law enforcement, not as insurrectionists who placed a dagger at the throat of our democracy, but they look at them as patriots. and they see their maga failure to stop a peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election as preparation for the 2022 and 2
fink nower and alex burns and se cup. abby, let me start with you. this was a fiery speech, as i said. the white house said this was not about donald trump, but he called him out by name and it was the first applause line of the speech. look, that speech was joe biden. that speech was exactly why president biden ran for president in the first place. i still remember talking to him before he announced, and it was because he was worried about our democracy. he was worried about where our country was headed. and now that he is president and we ve seen how trump has continued to divide folks, he has continued to have the backs of insurrectionists who went after our democracy, after my friends in the capitol that day, and he is doubling down, making sure that the country knows that president biden is there defending it, will do whatever he can to keep fighting for them, keep fighting for this country, democracy, and again, who he is.