President Joe Biden is arguing that ā€œthere is something dangerous happening in Americaā€ as he revives his warnings that Donald Trump and his allies represent an existential threat to the countryā€™s democratic institutions.

ā€œThere is an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs of our democracy. The MAGA movement,ā€ Biden says in excerpts of the speech Thursday in Arizona, released in advance by the White House, referring Trumpā€™s Make America Great Again slogan.

Although voting in the 2024 Republican primary doesnā€™t begin for months, Bidenā€™s focus reflects Trumpā€™s status as the undisputed frontrunner for his partyā€™s nomination despite facing four indictments, two of them related to his attempts to overturn Bidenā€™s victory in the 2020 election.

  • Jeremy [Iowa]
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    1 year ago

    I think the right move for the rest of us right now is to support the group who is in support of democracy.

    Oh? So ā€œsupport this candidateā€ is somehow mutually exclusive with providing valid criticism of missteps and flaws?

    That seems like a degree of intentional ignorance.

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      1 year ago

      Thatā€™s not what Iā€™m saying and you know it.

      Not here to argue Iā€™m just here to present my side. If youā€™re not interested then Iā€™ll stop engaging.

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        1 year ago

        Frankly, if thatā€™s somehow not what youā€™re saying, Iā€™m not sure how else one would interpret such a response to

        ā€œwithhold criticism from this candidate because the other is worseā€ is not the defense you seem to think it is.

        and the preceeding suggestion of exactly that.