In an Arizona speech on the importance of democracy, President Biden also announced a new library honoring the late Sen. John McCain.
Cindy McCain, wife of late Sen. John McCain, greets President Joe Biden as he arrives to deliver remarks on democracy and honoring the legacy of McCain at the Tempe Center for the Arts, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in, Tempe, Ariz.
As part of the speech, Biden also announced plans to use federal funds to help construct the McCain Library, embracing the legacy of the late Sen. John McCain to argue that democracy is not a partisan issue. Biden, who lauded McCain’s willingness to buck party orthodoxy on major issues, held up the former senator as a counter-example to Trump and other Republicans, whom he criticized for their “deafening” silence on the former president’s continued threats to democracy.
“Trump says the Constitution gave him the right to do whatever he wants as president,” Biden said. “I’ve never even heard a president say that in jest. Not guided by the Constitution or by common service and decency toward our fellow Americans, but by vengeance and vindictiveness.” As a candidate for president in 2020, Biden centered democracy in his campaign pitch, castigating Trump as a unique threat to the American experience. Since taking office, he has tried to use the bully pulpit to remind Americans of the ongoing threats to democracy in the United States and rally citizens to protect it.
In his third address on democracy, just before the 2022 midterm elections, Biden warned that candidates who refuse to accept legitimate election results could set the nation on a “path to chaos.” At one point on Thursday, Biden was interrupted by a heckler demanding that he declare a climate emergency. “I tell you what, if you shush up, I’ll meet with you immediately after this,” Biden said.
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