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President Biden will use a Wednesday night speech to describe the midterm elections as a choice between preserving democracy by voting for Democrats or putting it “at risk” by supporting Republicans, according to excerpts.
Biden’s appeal to voters will again ask them to recall last year’s Capitol riot — attempting to flip the focus from less favorable issues for Democrats, such as the economy.
“I ask you to think long and hard about the moment we are in. In a typical year, we are not often faced with the question of whether the vote we cast will preserve democracy or put it at risk. But we are this year,” Biden will say, according to a partial script released ahead of the event by the Democratic National Committee.
Biden, speaking at the Union Station rail center near the Capitol, will say that “this is the first national election since the events of January 6th, when an armed, angry mob stormed the US Capitol. I wish I could say the assault on our democracy ended that day. But I cannot.
“As I stand here today, there are candidates running for every level of office in America: for Governor, for Congress, for Attorney General, for Secretary of State who won’t commit to accepting the results of the elections they’re in,” Biden is prepared to say.
“That is the path to chaos in America. It’s unprecedented. It’s unlawful.
