I will not stand by and watch the will of the American people be overturned by wild conspiracy theories and baseless, evidence-free claims of fraud.

This is a nation that honors our Constitution. We do not reject it.

They don`t understand what every patriotic American knows.

Democracy must be defended, for democracy makes all these things possible.

I believe we can and we must do that again, and we are.

Now, I want to be very clear, very clear up front, not every Republican, not even the majority of Republicans, are MAGA Republicans. Not every Republican embraces their extreme ideology.

People turned out in droves to stand up for the principle that women should have the freedom to make their own decisions about their health care instead of politicians.

I will defend our democracy with every fiber of my being, and I’m asking every American to join me.

Equality and democracy are under assault. We do ourselves no favor to pretend otherwise.

We can’t afford to have -- leave anyone on the sidelines. We need everyone to do their part.

We are not powerless in the face of these threats. We are not bystanders in this ongoing attack on democracy.

Vote for freedom, vote for democracy because as he gave this speech in defense of democracy, Donald Trump in the very same day literally implied that he wanted to pardon insurrectionists.

MAGA Republicans look at Americans seek carnage and darkness and despair. They spread fear and lies, lies tool for profit and power. But I see a different America and America with unlimited future. An America that is about to take off. I…

Too much of what is happening in our country today is not normal. Donald Trump in the MAGA Republicans represented extremism that threatens the foundations of our republic. There is no question that the Republican Party today is dominated…

He said there were millions of Americans -- we don`t have a number -- who are a profound threat to American democracy because they don`t abide by the rules of American democracy and want to see it overturned.

I don't consider any Trump supporter a threat to the country. I do think anyone who calls for the use of violence, who fails to condemn violence when it's used, refuses to acknowledge when an election has been won, that is the threat to…

And if we all do our duty -- if we do our duty in 2022 and beyond, then ages still to come will say we -- all of us here -- we kept the faith.

But as I stand here tonight, equality and democracy are under assault.