Days before election day, President Biden gave a warning to voters about the threats against democracy in Washington, D.C.
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Speaking at a train station just blocks from the U.S. Capitol, Biden reminded Americans that next week’s election will be the first since a violent mob stormed the seat of democracy on Jan. 6, 2021 – a horde that was “whipped up into a frenzy,” he said, by former President Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election.
“I wish I could say the assault on our democracy ended that day,” Biden said. “But I cannot.” Candidates are running for every level of office – for Congress, governor, attorney general, secretary of state – who refuse to commit to accepting the election results if they lose, Biden said.
“This is the path to chaos in America,” he said, standing in front of eight American flags. “It’s unprecedented. It’s unlawful. And it’s un-American. As I’ve said before, you can’t love your country only when you win.” Concerns about political violence have increased in advance of the Nov. 8 election and after an intruder attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul, with a hammer in their San Francisco home last Friday.
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