US President Joe Biden walks into the White House from Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, US, September 17, 2023.
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President Joe Biden warned that Donald Trump and other MAGA Republicans are “determined to destroy democracy.”
Biden criticized former President Trump at a fundraiser in New York City on Monday night.
Given current public opinion PollsIn 2024, the two men are likely to repeat their 2020 election competition, as Biden indicated.
“I don’t think anyone doubts today that our democracy was at stake in 2020,” Biden said. “Thank God we won because of people like you.”
“I’m running because democracy is at stake, because in 2024 democracy will be on the ballot again,” he said, adding that if he is re-elected, “we will have saved American democracy.”
“There is no doubt: Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans are determined to destroy American democracy,” Biden said. “I will always defend, protect and fight for our democracy.”
Biden also compared his view of Russian President Vladimir Putin to how Trump views him.
“I will not stand with dictators like Putin. Maybe Trump and his MAGA friends can bend, but I won’t,” Biden said.
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