NEW YORK (Dagbladet): – Do you not own shame? said Biden to Republicans who want to tighten election laws, during a speech at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia Tuesday night local time.
Across the United States, Republican state lawmakers are trying to make it harder to vote. According to Biden, 17 states have already enacted 28 such laws, while 400 other laws are on the way. Republicans claim they want the laws to prevent widespread election fraud after the presidential election that Trump claims was stolen from him.
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However, no evidence has been presented that Trump lost as a result of widespread electoral fraud. On the contrary, no election in American history has been examined more thoroughly.
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– For God’s sake
– For God’s sake, stand up and help prevent the collective effort to undermine the elections and the sacred right to vote. Do you not own shame? says Biden.
Until Tuesday night, Biden has largely ignored Trump’s many attacks and accusations in an alleged attempt to restore some form of decency in Washington DC. But during the speech, he attacked Trump’s claims that the election was stolen from him.
Biden pointed out that more people participated in this presidential election than ever before. He also points out that the allegations of widespread electoral fraud were rejected by local shop stewards, state assemblies and more than 80 judges. There were also polls in Arizona, Wisconsin and Georgia without changing the outcome.
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– It is clear to everyone that challenges the results and questions the integrity of the election: No election has ever been more thoroughly investigated or kept to such high standards. The big lie is just that: A big lie, says Biden, according to Yahoo News.
The audience cheered enthusiastically for the clear attack on Trump, who still refuses to acknowledge the defeat.
– If you lose in the US, you accept the result. You follow the constitution. You’re trying again. You do not call the facts “fake” and then try to tear down the American experiment just because you are dissatisfied. It’s not statesmanlike. It is selfishness, says Biden.
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He believes Trump and the Republicans’ approach is trying to deny people the right to vote.
– It oppresses, it is a denial of full and free and fair choices. It’s the most un-American thing any of us can imagine. The most un-American. The most unpatriotic, says Biden.
He also says that the rest of the world is watching. He himself recently attended G7 and NATO meetings in Europe.
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– They ask me: Will it go well? says Biden.
The President of the United States describes what is happening as an assault on democracy.
– Bullies and sellers of fear, sellers of lies, threaten the very foundation of our country. We are facing the most important test of our democracy since the Civil War. This is not an exaggeration. The southern states at the time never managed to get into Congress. The January 6 uprising did. I’m not saying this to scare you. I say that because you should already be scared, says Biden.
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He now promises that the US Department of Justice will use its authority to challenge all the restrictive election laws in US states.
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Biden is also asking Congress to pass the For The People Act, which aims to prevent voter repression, put an end to gerrymandering and hidden money in politics. Last month, Republicans in the Senate once refused to bring the law up for debate.
However, some on the American left were not happy with the president’s speech. They believe he should have stepped in to remove the so-called filibuster system in the Senate, which now allows Republicans to prevent a new law even though they are in a barely minority.
– We have been waiting for more than six months for the president to give a speech on democracy. And this is what they managed to come up with? You can not stop the Republicans’ attack on democracy just by informing voters before 2022. You will lose. We will lose. Our democracy will lose. Stop pushing the responsibility away from you and focus on getting the condemned law passed, says the leader of the grassroots movement Indivisible on Twitter, according to The Guardian.
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