Biden to give speech on protecting democracy Wednesday night in DC 7 p.m. ET
President Biden delivers a speech on democracy. Date: Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022 Time: 7 p.m. ET Location: Columbus Club at Union Station in Washington, D.C. Online stream: Live on CBS News in ...
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President Joe Biden is set to deliver a speech Wednesday on protecting democracy, just six days before the midterm elections as the nation deals with a tense political climate following the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband.
“On Wednesday, November 2, President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on preserving and protecting our democracy as Election Day approaches. The President will address the threat of election deniers and those who seek to undermine faith in voting and democracy; and the stakes for our democracy in next week’s election,” a Democratic official tells CNN.
The speech – a political event hosted by the Democratic National Committee, not the White House – will underscore the points Biden has been making for weeks since a prime time speech in Philadelphia. That address, which covered many of the same topics that the president is expected to touch on Wednesday night, was criticized by Republicans and others for being too political for an official White House event.
“Biden has been speaking about democracy for the entire time he’s been in office,” said Jen O’Malley Dillon, the president’s deputy chief of staff, in a conversation with Axios. “You can expect to hear from him this evening, similar to what he’s been saying over the course of the last several months, that there is a lot at stake, including democracy, and that everyone has a role in that.”
She said Biden would emphasize that results may take time to tally, but that it shouldn’t undermine confidence in the results.
“That’s how democracy works, to make sure every vote is counted, so he’ll highlight that, as well,” O’Malley Dillon added.
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