US President Joe Biden has urged Americans to show their opposition to “political violence and voter intimidation” just days before the midterm elections.
“We can no longer take democracy for granted,” warned the Democrat, this Wednesday, in a speech with a darker tone than has been usual and at a time when the authorities fear acts of violence, due to the midterm elections. order of November 8.
Joe Biden has argued that democracy is threatened by former President Donald Trump and his lies and the violence they inspire.
Pointing in particular to the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Biden said Trump’s false claims about a stolen election “have fueled the dangerous rise in political violence and voter intimidation in recent years.” two years”.
“As I stand here today, there are candidates running for every level of office in the United States, for governor, for Congress, for attorney general, for secretary of state, who will not commit to accepting the election results.” Biden said. , six days before the midterm elections.
“This is the path to chaos in America,” he added. “It is unprecedented. It is illegal. And it’s un-American,” he said.
Biden’s speech came days after a man seeking to kidnap Nancy Pelosi seriously injured her husband, Paul Pelosi, at their home in San Francisco.
“There is an alarming increase in the number of people in this country who tolerate political violence or simply remain silent,” Biden said. “Silence is complicity.”
Emphasizing that this is the first federal election since the January 6, 2021 insurgency and Trump’s attempts to go against the wishes of voters in the 2020 presidential election, Biden urged Americans to reject candidates who denied the results of the survey.
Before Biden’s speech, US Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said he had reviewed the attack on Pelosi’s husband and believes the current political climate calls for more resources and better security for members of the Capitol. Congress, after a massive increase in threats to lawmakers after January 6. .
Source: TSF
