President Joe Biden denounced “extreme MAGA ideology” in a Thursday evening speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Penn., where the precepts of the American project were forged by the Founding Fathers nearly three centuries ago.
“They embrace anger. They thrive in chaos. They live not in the light of truth, but in the shadow of lies," Biden said of Trump’s most ardent supporters. Speaking in impassioned tones, he avoided the kind of stumbles that have marked other occasions and have given his critics on social media fodder. This time, White House press staffers were not dispatched, as they often have been, to issue clarifications or explanations.
A more substantive challenge to Biden’s sharpening attacks came from Kevin McCarthy, the Republican leader in the House. Speaking before the president’s own address, McCarthy complained that Biden had forsaken earlier promises at a bipartisan approach. “President Biden has chosen to divide, demean and disparage his fellow Americans,”Former president Donald Trump attends a LIV Golf tournament at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster.
And while the location of the speech was historically significant, there were more immediate considerations at work, too. Biden had visited Pennsylvaniaand will return on Monday, for a Labor Day parade in Pittsburgh. Democrats are fiercely fighting for a Senate seat from the state, as well as to retain the governor’s mansion.
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