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Biden Just Delivered One of the Most Important Speeches Any President Has Had to Deliver
Last night, President Joe Biden publicly acknowledged in a prime time speech the existential threat myriad political writers (including this one), pundits, podcasters, former and current politicians, and journalists have been warning about for years — the rise of right-wing extremism.
While there have always been racist, xenophobic, fascistic elements present in American life, it is not hyperbole to compare today’s escalating peril to democracy to that which engulfed Europe a century ago.
Speaking for 23 minutes in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pa., Biden called his predecessor out by name when alerting the American people that “Donald Trump and the MAGA republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our Republic.”
While citing all examples of these extreme threats over just the past half decade is too daunting, the president summed it up:
“History tells us blind loyalty to a single leader and a willingness to engage…
