President at the beginning of August United States of AmericaJoe Biden had a private two-hour meeting with a group of historians at the White House. Much of the talk focused on the contrast between democratic values and institutions and the intensifying trends towards autocracy globally. At this meeting, academics also raised their alarm about the situation in the country. democracy inside United States of Americadrawing parallels with previous threats civil war and when the fascist movement took over before the Second World War.
These are the alarms that Biden has included in his long speech, both as a presidential candidate and later in the Oval Office. He mentioned many timesfight for the soul of the nation”, a phrase inspired precisely by a book by one of the reference historians, Jon Meachan. He also saved her on her first anniversary. attack the capital. And he’ll get the message this Thursday in a speech to the country in prime time outside the highly symbolic stage of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. This is where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were discussed and signed (it also reminds us of the complex reality of US history that Blacks trying to escape from the South were held captive only to be returned to slavery). ).
election campaign
Although it is a public speech and not an official campaign act, it is impossible to isolate it from the political moment. this parliamentary election has control Congress and where the ruling party is traditionally punished, they are held for a little over two months on 8 November. And it is precisely because of this way of speaking to the nation that although the Democrat may seek first and foremost a high and constructive oratory, he has found his formula to include the electoral message explicitly to highlight the legislative achievements, both of which have been particularly harvested in the United States. in recent months as a sign of democracy and democracy. state they can function as a signal to the opposition. “It will tell you how much progress we have made as a nation in protecting our democracy and how we are protecting ours. rights and freedoms under attack”, asserted a source of the Administration. And it will make clear who is fighting for these rights, these freedoms and our democracy.”
Negotiations at the White House are still debating whether Biden should mention Donald Trump’s name in his direct speech when he accused him of “putting a dagger in the throat of democracy” on the anniversary of the attack on Capitol Hill. “What is certain is that he is going to make a big accusation. Republican Partynot just to continue accepting and nurturing”big lie” about her nonexistent fraud in presidential elections promoted by Trump, but also a radical and extremist agenda influencing and threatening, from voting rights to abortion or weapons.
Last week, Biden stepped up this direct attack. He did so in his speech on Tuesday. weaponry (It also happened in Pennsylvania, where one of the races is open, which is a key swing state and could help Democrats keep control of the Senate). And he did it last Thursday at a rally in Maryland, where many in the Republican Party said, “half fascism” and “Trump and the Republicans MAGA (English acronym for “Make America Great Again”) chose to go backwards filled with anger, violence, hatred and division”. “They accepted political violence And they don’t believe in democracy,” he said.
Polarization and violence
The specter of violence in the US is not something Biden instigated, but has been entrenched for some time in a particularly polarized country since the emergence of the US. embers. A poll this week found that 43% of Americans civil war in the next ten years. And provocative rhetoric from the extremes of the conservative movement intensified.
He did this especially after the FBI search of Trump’s home on August 8. From the Sea to the Lake. Politicians and influential media and ideological figures, “war”. And now threats against agents FBI they are added to those previously fired for judges, teachers, or election positions.
This Sunday, in controversial statements, Senator Lindsay Graham Justice warned that this would happen if he blamed the former president for irregular use or obstruction of classified documents. “Revolts in the streets”. and your own embersContinuing to spread ideas of conspiracy, he called for Monday’s electoral defeat to be rescinded.