Biden makes defending democracy a touchstone in his reelection campaign -- and a rejoinder to Trump

28-9-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 22

On the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, President Joe Biden stood in early 2022 at the literal epicenter of the insurrection and accused Donald Trump of continuing to hold a "dagger" at democracy's throat. Biden closed out the summer that year in the shadow of Philadelphia's Independence Hall, decrying Trumpism as a menace to democratic institutions.

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