President Joe Biden will sound an alarm Thursday night about what he views as “extremist” threats to American democracy from the restive forces of Trumpism, aiming to reframe the November elections as part of an unceasing battle for the “soul of the nation.”
The explicit effort by Biden to marginalize Trump and and his “Make America Great Again” adherents marks a sharp turn for the president, who preached his desire to bring about national unity in his Inaugural address.
So did Abraham Lincoln in his first Inaugural on the eve of civil war. By the time of his "mid-terms" Lincoln had done all the Kumbaya singing he was gonna do.
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Biden allies stress that he is not rejecting the entirety of the GOP and would use his remarks to call on traditional Republicans to join him in condemning Trump and his followers.
A senior White House official...said the president’s speech...aimed...Trump supporters who have denied the 2020 election results and sow doubt about future contests.
