On the recordSeptember 1, 2022
Here we are, I am president, but the democracy is in peril, like 1860, like 1940. We are in a situation where few things go the wrong way, we could lose our system, our rule of law, our free and fair elections.
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Biden warns of the current threats to democracy, comparing it to historical moments of peril.
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