National Constitution Center
2:46 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) I see an awful lot of good friends out there. Please have a seat if you have one.
I let me begin by saying I used to be important. (Laughter.) I used to be the chairman of the board of this place. And Jeffrey Rosen allowed me to do that for a while.
But thank you all for being here. I truly appreciate it. Governor, it’s above and beyond the call. Mr. Mayor, I’d compli- I thought you were a great mayor still think you are but your judgment in fiancées is even stronger. And but but all of you. And a good friend, Bobby Brady. I see so many friends out. Al Sharpton Al, how are you, pal? It’s great to see you. (Applause.)
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Washington, Jul 13 (EFE).- The president of the United States said Tuesday that election changes already enacted or being pursued by several Republican-controlled states constitute the biggest threat to American democracy since the 1861-1865 Civil War.
In a speech in Philadelphia, Joe Biden denounced the attempted state election law overhauls by the Republican opposition, saying they are aimed at denying African-American and Hispanic citizens – voters who consistently support the Democrats by wide margins – the right to vote.
“We’re facing the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War,” Biden said. “That’s not hyperbole. Since the Civil War. The Confederates back then never breached the Capitol as insurrectionists did on January the 6th.”
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(PHILADELPHIA) President Joe Biden in a fiery speech on Tuesday decried Republican efforts to limit ballot access across the country as a “21st Century Jim Crow assault,” while warning Americans that the GOP push to restrict voting and “selfish” challenge of the 2020 election results were “the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War.”
His use of the bully pulpit from Philadelphia to invoke the Constitution comes as his administration wades more aggressively into the fight over ballot access at the urging of civil rights groups and Democrats as Republican-led legislatures advance new voting restrictions in places like Texas and Congress remains deadlocked over proposed legislation.
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(PHILADELPHIA) President Joe Biden in a fiery speech on Tuesday decried Republican efforts to limit ballot access across the country as a “21st Century Jim Crow assault,” while warning Americans that the GOP push to restrict voting and “selfish” challenge of the 2020 election results were “the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War.”
His use of the bully pulpit from Philadelphia to invoke the Constitution comes as his administration wades more aggressively into the fight over ballot access at the urging of civil rights groups and Democrats as Republican-led legislatures advance new voting restrictions in places like Texas and Congress remains deadlocked over proposed legislation.