{"id":505888,"date":"2022-11-03T03:36:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T00:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/biden-implores-voters-to-save-democracy-from-lies-violence\/"},"modified":"2022-11-03T03:36:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T00:36:59","slug":"biden-implores-voters-to-save-democracy-from-lies-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-implores-voters-to-save-democracy-from-lies-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"#Biden implores voters to save democracy from lies, violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a409b0221523\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a409b0221523\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-implores-voters-to-save-democracy-from-lies-violence\/#Biden_implores_voters_to_save_democracy_from_lies_violence\" >Biden implores voters to save democracy from lies, violence<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Biden_implores_voters_to_save_democracy_from_lies_violence\"><\/span>Biden implores voters to save democracy from lies, violence<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Warning that democracy itself is in peril, President Joe Biden called on Americans Wednesday night to use their ballots in next week&#8217;s midterm elections to stand up against lies, violence and dangerous \u201cultra MAGA Republicans\u201d who are trying to \u201csucceed where they failed\u201d in subverting the 2020 elections.<\/p>\n<p>This is no time to stand aside, he declared. \u201cThe silence is complicity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After weeks of reassuring talk about America&#8217;s economy and inflation, Biden turned to a darker, more urgent message, declaring in the final days of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/2022-midterm-elections\" data-ylk=\"slk:midterm election voting\" class=\"link \">midterm election voting<\/a> that the nation&#8217;s system of governance is under threat from former President Donald Trump&#8217;s election-denying lies and the violence Biden said they inspire.<\/p>\n<p>The president, who has been focused on drawing an economic contrast between Democrats and the GOP, shined a spotlight <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-michigan-local-misinformation-829943ed5dd5fe2e470fd754edf6902c\" data-ylk=\"slk:on \u201cultra MAGA\u201d Republicans\" class=\"link \">on \u201cultra MAGA\u201d Republicans<\/a> \u2014 a reference to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-41b12f18f536017920d2f74803980899\" data-ylk=\"slk:Trump's\" class=\"link \">Trump&#8217;s<\/a> \u201cMake America Great Again&#8221; slogan \u2014 calling them a minority but \u201cdriving force\u201d of the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Pointing in particular to the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s husband, he said that Trump\u2019s false claims about a stolen election have \u201cfueled the dangerous rise of political violence and voter intimidation over the past two years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s an alarming rise in the number of people in this country condoning political violence or simply remaining silent,\u201d Biden added. \u201cIn our bones we know Democracy is at risk, but we also know this: It&#8217;s in our power to preserve our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s speech \u2014 focused squarely on the rite of voting and the counting of that vote \u2014 amounted to a plea for Americans to step back from the inflamed rhetoric that has heightened fears of political violence and challenges to the integrity of the elections. Biden was straddling two roles in the moment, speaking as both a president defending the pillars of democracy and a Democrat trying to boost his own party\u2019s prospects against Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>He called out the hundreds of candidates who have denied the 2020 election result and refused to commit to accepting the results of the upcoming midterms.\u201cThis driving force is trying to succeed where they failed in 2020 to suppress the rights of voters and subvert the electoral system itself,&#8217; Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is the path to chaos in America. It\u2019s unprecedented. It\u2019s unlawful. And it is un-American.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pointing to mounting <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-wisconsin-madison-86a4ad0ef6f4d0f74f43d7d825ed501e\" data-ylk=\"slk:concerns over political violence\" class=\"link \">concerns over political violence<\/a> as well as threats of America&#8217;s long tradition of hard-fought but peaceful and accurate elections, he said these Republicans are \u201ctrying to succeed where they failed in 2020 to suppress the rights of voters and subvert the electoral system itself,.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The speech came days after a man seeking to kidnap House Speaker Pelosi severely injured her husband, Paul Pelosi, in their San Francisco home in the worst recent example of political violence that burst forth with the Jan. 6 insurrection and has continued with alarming, though less-spectacular incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Election workers nationwide have questioned whether to go back to work following increased intimidation and harassment ahead of the Election Day. At least five people have been charged with federal crimes for harassing workers as early voting has gotten underway.<\/p>\n<p>Reports of people watching ballot boxes in Arizona, sometimes armed or wearing ballistic vests, have raised serious concerns about voter intimidation. Election officials nationwide are bracing for confrontations at polling sites led by a flood of conspiracy theorists who have signed up to work as partisan poll watchers.<\/p>\n<p>Emphasizing that it is the first federal election since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and Trump&#8217;s attempts to overturn the will of voters in the 2020 presidential election, Biden called on voters to reject candidates who have denied the results of the vote \u2014 which even Trump&#8217;s administration declared to be free of any widespread fraud or interference.<\/p>\n<p>Biden asked voters to \u201cthink long and hard about the moment we are in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a typical year, we are not often faced with the question of whether the vote we cast will preserve democracy or put it at risk,\u201d he said. \u201cBut we are this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden also aimed to get ahead of conspiracy theories about the ongoing vote, saying Americans were voting early, by mail and by absentee ballot and it would take time to tally them \u201cin a legal and orderly manner.\u201d Major changes in voting in 2020 because of the pandemic prompted more early voting and mail-in voting and saw record turnout. It took five days before the results of the 2020 presidential election were final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important for citizens to be patient,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>Biden delivered his remarks from Washington\u2019s Union Station, blocks from the U.S. Capitol, the White House said, just six days before polls close on Nov. 8 and as more than 27 million Americans have already cast their ballots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s from Capitol Hill, because that is where there was an attempt to subvert our democracy,\u201d said White House senior adviser Anita Dunn told Axios, referencing to the Jan. 6 attack.<\/p>\n<p>Before Biden&#8217;s speech U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said he\u2019s reviewed the attack on Pelosi&#8217;s husband and believes today\u2019s political climate calls for more resources and better security for members of Congress after a massive increase in threats to lawmakers following Jan. 6. He also made a rare call to stop the rancorous conspiracy talk that has swirled around the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur brave men and women are working around the clock to meet this urgent mission during this divisive time,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cIn the meantime, a significant change that will have an im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te impact will be for people across our country to lower the temperature on political rhetoric before it\u2019s too late.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden last delivered <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-biden-donald-trump-presidential-philadelphia-5d0f7c02df093f0d3a3340474a53be4b\" data-ylk=\"slk:a prime-time speech\" class=\"link \">a prime-time speech<\/a> on what he called the \u201ccontinued battle for the soul of the nation\u201d on Sept. 1 outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, in which he condemned the \u201cMAGA forces&#8221; of Donald Trump and his adherents as a threat to America&#8217;s system of government.<\/p>\n<p>The new remarks come as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-politics-donald-trump-arizona-9b675ed2223da37a90e5b53cfb6cf9b8\" data-ylk=\"slk:hundreds of candidates\" class=\"link \">hundreds of candidates<\/a> who have falsely denied the legitimacy of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-wins-white-house-ap-fd58df73aa677acb74fce2a69adb71f9\" data-ylk=\"slk:the 2020 presidential election\" class=\"link \">the 2020 presidential election<\/a> are on ballots across the country, with many poised to be elected to critical roles overseeing elections.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast to the September remarks, which drew criticism from some corners for being paid for by taxpayers, Biden&#8217;s Wednesday night speech was hosted by the Democratic National Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Many Americans remain pessimistic about the state of U.S. democracy. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-presidential-election-2020-democracy-33823de7f22a601a192fc82eeb88e630\" data-ylk=\"slk:An October poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research\" class=\"link \">An October poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research<\/a> found that just 9% of adults think democracy is working \u201cextremely\u201d or \u201cvery well,\u201d while 52% say it\u2019s not working well.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP writers Seung Min Kim and Colleen Long contributed.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Follow the AP\u2019s coverage of the 2022 midterm elections at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/2022-midterm-elections\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/2022-midterm-elections\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/2022-midterm-elections<\/a>. 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