The president framed the election as a choice between a candidate devoted to upholding American ideals and a chaos agent willing to discard them for his personal benefit.

President Biden on Friday delivered a ferocious condemnation of Donald J. Trump, his likely 2024 opponent, warning in searing language that the former president had directed an insurrection and would aim to undo the nation’s bedrock democracy if he returned to power.

On the eve of the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by Mr. Trump’s supporters, Mr. Biden framed the coming election as a choice between a candidate devoted to upholding America’s centuries-old ideals and a chaos agent willing to discard them for his personal benefit.

“There’s no confusion about who Trump is or what he intends to do,” Mr. Biden warned in a speech at a community college not far from Valley Forge in Pennsylvania, where George Washington commanded troops during the Revolutionary War. Exhorting supporters to prepare to vote this fall, he said: “We all know who Donald Trump is. The question is: Who are we?”

In an intensely personal address that at one point nearly led Mr. Biden to curse Mr. Trump by name, the president compared his rival to foreign autocrats who rule by fiat and lies. He said Mr. Trump had failed the basic test of American leaders, to trust the people to choose their elected officials and abide by their decisions.

“We must be clear,” Mr. Biden said. “Democracy is on the ballot. Your freedom is on the ballot.”

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  • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    There is no pressuring Dems into anything if they are allowed to do whatever they want with no repercussions then get elected again.

    And what does it say to Republicans when they can attempt a literal insurrection to overthrow the government with no repercussions then get elected again? “That’s okay, just give it another shot.”

    The working class doesn’t have the money necessary to pressure anything like the donor class does.

    And how much voice do you think the working class would have under a 2nd term of Trump?

    This is hyperbole

    They attempted a literal insurrection to overthrow the government to keep control of it What makes you think they won’t try harder given a 2nd chance?

    regardless of what Trump says, the Constitution allows 2 terms total, and that’s it.

    Constitution also says the candidate with the most electoral collage votes gets elected president. They didn’t obey then, they won’t obey it at the end of the 2nd term. “He gets another because his 2nd was stolen!” or some stupid bullshit like that.

    How is it democrats believe Biden is completely powerless to pass anything because of Republicans, but believe Republicans would be able to pass all these things immediately? If democrats are so weak they can’t pass effective legislation then reelecting them is not the answer to the question.

    Nobody is saying the Republicans will “pass all these things”. Republicans won’t bother with following the legal pathways because getting reelected will prove to them that they don’t have to. Biden is having difficulty because he is obeying the constitution and laws, Republicans have already shown that they won’t.

    At this point I have to believe you’re a Russian Troll. That’s the only logical explanation for “The law abiding President isn’t doing everything I want, so I’m not going to stop the Dictator from taking over who definitely won’t do anything I want.”