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President Biden is expected to launch a ferocious attack on Republicans in a primetime address from outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
Biden will visit the birthplace of the U.S. Constitution on Thursday to explain what Democrats see as the Republican indictment.
The remark is expected to be a darker version of the speech Biden often gave during the 2020 campaign, comparing the election to a battle for the “soul of the nation.”
At a rally in Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, Mr. Biden accused Republicans of abandoning the rule of law and hinted at the tone and content of his speech.
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“I heard some of my friends on other teams talk about political violence and how it was necessary.” No one should be encouraged to use political violence. .”
Biden made a similarly inflammatory remark during a rally in Maryland last week.The president accused the Republican Party of becoming a “half-fascist” party. At that event, Biden went one step further, saying that former President Trump and Republicans “are not only a threat to individual rights and economic security, but also to our democracy itself.”
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The president’s primetime address on Thursday is expected to amplify those attacks. Biden, in particular, is likely to see the upcoming midterm elections as an opportunity to reject extremism rather than just a Democratic-Republican struggle.
At a rally in Maryland last week, Mr. Biden said, “We now see either the beginning of an extreme MAGA agenda or the death knell.” America must choose. You must choose. I won’t.”
The speech comes at a time when Biden’s approval ratings are up slightly and Democrats are becoming more optimistic about the midterm elections.
The boost in morale comes from Congress’ passage of the White House’s $739 billion climate and tax bill and a key victory for Democrats in New York’s special election for a key congressional seat.
“Biden’s popularity is picking up and he’s regaining confidence,” said Brad Bannon, a political strategist for the Democratic Party. I have.”
It remains to be seen whether Biden’s offensive line will work.
Earlier this year, Biden’s lashing out at Republican senators who oppose rewriting the country’s voting laws backfired. Even top Democrats said the president may have gone “too far” by comparing Republican opponents to racists.
“These attacks have no track record,” said Richard Butts, a Towson University professor and author of a book on political messaging. “Politics is always full of slander, but when it’s directed at the majority of the electorate, it backfires as a result.”
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton learned her lesson the hard way during the 2016 presidential election by lashing out at Trump supporters as “deplorables.” Political experts say such comments end in a fiery flop of misdirection due to the polarizing partisanship.
“This rhetoric tries to attract moderate Republicans or Democrats, but it usually fails to capture their mindset,” Vatz said. “In Clinton’s case, people around her probably talked about Trump supporters that way.
Republicans say Biden’s attack is dangerous and intended only to distract the public from the perilous state of the economy.
Republican National Committee Chairman Ronna McDaniel said, “Joe Biden’s tragic attack on millions of Americans has led to attacks on pregnancy centers, Republican offices, and assassination attempts on Supreme Court justices. “Joe Biden is chairman of the Divide Commission and epitomizes the current state of the Democratic Party: one of division, loathing and hostility towards half the country.”