“we must be honest with each other and with ourselves.”

Things are not normal, he said...“Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.”

...(Biden) acknowledged the truth that “the Republican Party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans, and that is a threat to this country.”

They “do not respect the Constitution. They do not believe in the rule of law. They do not recognize the will of the people. They refuse to accept the results of a free election. And they’re working right now, as I speak, in state after state to give power to decide elections in America to partisans and cronies, empowering election deniers to undermine democracy itself.”

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