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President Joe Biden will deliver a speech in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday night, warning about escalating threats against the nation's ...

But while Democrats’ hopes were bolstered this summer in the wake of the Supreme Court decision overturning federal abortion protections, the final stage of the campaign has been dominated by fears about crime and the economy, issues that tend to benefit Republicans. Biden has largely stayed on the campaign sidelines but will plunge into the foray this week with stops in Pennsylvania, Illinois, New Mexico and California. When mapping out the president’s final weeks of the campaign, aides had planned for Biden to stay the course and center his closing argument largely on pocketbook issues. Biden has declared the foundation of his presidency was to prove that democracies could still deliver for their people and stand up to rising autocracies across the globe. The speech Wednesday night in Washington will act as a sort of bookend, with the president trying to impress upon voters that their bottom lines aren’t the only things at stake in these midterms. He also has repeatedly said that he launched his presidential campaign because he felt then-President Donald Trump was tearing the nation’s very fabric.

President Joe Biden speaks about threats to democracy ahead of next week's midterm elections, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, at the Columbus Club in Union Station, ...

“How can you say that you in fact care about democracy when you deny the existence of a win? Biden and his team had been contemplating giving a speech on the topic of democracy for some time, but their decision-making in recent days had been shaped by what they’ve viewed as a surge in anti-democratic rhetoric and threats of violence. Defense of democracy has been an animating feature of Biden’s thinking this political season and has emerged more abundantly in his off-camera conversations with Democrats. “In this moment, we have to confront those lies with the truth, the very future of our nation depends on it.” The president has since spoken about these topics throughout his presidency, but Wednesday’s speech marked an effort to emphatically underscore what is at stake heading into the midterms. It was a sharp message to Americans considering sitting out next week’s congressional elections that the very future of the country was at stake.

Biden shined a spotlight on “ultra MAGA” Republicans — a reference to Donald Trump's “Make America Great Again” slogan — and mounting concerns over ...

1 outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, in which he condemned the “MAGA forces” of Donald Trump and his adherents as a threat to America’s system of government. “Our brave men and women are working around the clock to meet this urgent mission during this divisive time,” he said in a statement. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said he’s reviewed the attack on Pelosi’s husband and believes today’s political climate calls for more resources and better security for members of Congress after a massive increase in threats to lawmakers following Jan. He also made a rare call to stop the rancorous conspiracy talk that has swirled around the attack. Biden was straddling two roles in the moment, speaking as both a president defending the pillars of democracy and a Democrat trying to boost his own party’s prospects against Republicans. It took five days before the results of the 2020 presidential election were final. “There’s an alarming rise in the number of people in this country condoning political violence or simply remaining silent,” Biden added. Biden delivered his remarks from Washington’s Union Station, blocks from the U.S. Emphasizing that it is the first federal election since the Jan. “But we are this year.” Capitol, the White House said, just six days before polls close on Nov. At least five people have been charged with federal crimes for harassing workers as early voting has gotten underway.

With election night for the 2022 midterms only days away, President Biden is set to deliver a speech outlining threats to democracy. Follow live.

[the speech here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJfFPaKiew4). [attacked in his home](https://www.npr.org/2022/10/31/1132944661/pelosi-david-depape-charges-assault-attempted-kidnapping). [heightened threat from domestic violent extremists](https://www.npr.org/2022/11/02/1132822805/election-violence-concerns-voting-threats).

The president warned of escalating threats of political violence after the assault of the husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Mr. Biden asked Americans to vote ...

And the answer to that question hangs in the future of the country we love so much, and the fate of the democracy that has made so much possible for us. Will that person accept the legitimate will of the American people and the people voting in his district or her district? That means in some cases we won’t know the winner of the election for a few days — until a few days after the election. All of us who reject political violence and voter intimidation, and I believe that’s the overwhelming majority of the American people, all of us must unite to make it absolutely clear that violence and intimidation have no place in America. What we’re doing now is going to determine whether democracy will long endure and, in my view, is the biggest of questions, whether the American system that prizes the individual bends toward justice and depends on the rule of law, whether that system will prevail. Democracy means the rule of the people, not the rule of monarchs or the moneyed, but the rule of the people. A promise in America is big enough, is big enough, for everyone to succeed. It’s a choice, a decision of the people, by the people and for the people. And he’s made a big lie an article of faith in the MAGA Republican Party, the minority of that party. We the people must decide whether we’re going to sustain a republic, where reality’s accepted, the law is obeyed and your vote is truly sacred. in the morning, a man smashed the back windows and broke into the home of the speaker of the House of Representatives, the third-highest-ranking official in America. Even before January the 6th, we saw election officials and election workers in a number of states subject to menacing calls, physical threats, even threats to their very lives.

Washington — With less than one week to go before the midterm elections, President Biden began a Wednesday night speech on democracy by recounting the last ...

"He refuses to accept the will of the people." "Democracy is on the ballot for all of us." "And political violence, the threat of political violence, which most Americans find abhorrent, the idea that you would use violence to further your political means, you know, it's something that unites almost all Americans, and that we can all be united against." "American democracy is under attack because the defeated former president of the United States refuses to accept the results of the 2020 election," Mr. "We just need to remember who we are. "I wish I could say the assault on our democracy ended that day. Biden also noted this is the "first national election since the events of Jan. But I cannot," the president said. The future of American democracy and threats to it have been a theme in several of Mr. "But we are all called to defend it, now. "... Detailing the assault as described by police and alleged in court documents, Mr.

In a prime-time address, President Biden condemned election violence and voter intimidation just days before Tuesday's midterm elections.

Democrats have [seized on the proposals](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/us/politics/biden-campaign-florida.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-2022-midterms&variant=show®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_1&block=storyline_top_links_recirc)to galvanize voters. Trump as the danger, supporters of the former president see the true risk as Mr. “It all depends on whether or not we’re able to make the case to the American people that some of this is being set up to try to alter the outcome of the election,” We debunked [five of the most widespread voting-related claims](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/02/technology/midterm-elections-falsehoods.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-2022-midterms&variant=show®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_1&block=storyline_top_links_recirc). The president has talked about what he perceives as the threat to democracy posed by Mr. “The Big Lie has been proven to be just that, a big lie, every single time,” Mr. “He refuses to accept the will of the people. Some battleground races could also determine [who controls the Senate](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/29/us/governor-races-senate-control.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-2022-midterms&variant=show®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_1&block=storyline_top_links_recirc). 6 attack to pressure Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to “find” him enough votes to reverse the outcome of the election in that state. He refuses to accept the fact that he lost. “This intimidation, this violence against Democrats, Republicans and nonpartisan officials just doing their jobs are the consequence of lies told for power and profit, lies of conspiracy and malice, lies repeated over and over to generate a cycle of anger, hate, vitriol and even violence,” Mr. [violent attack Friday on Paul Pelosi](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/31/us/pelosi-home-attack-suspect-charged.html) by a hammer-wielding assailant who the police say was seeking to kidnap his wife, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, using words reminiscent of those called out by rioters on Jan.