Joe Biden

This is not a problem that can be solved without Congress, because the courts have taken our laws so far off track.

More than 80 judges including those appointed by my predecessor heard the arguments. In every case, neither cause nor evidence was found to undermine the national achievement of administering the historic election in the face of such…

Because of the extraordinary courage of election officials, many of them Republicans our court system and those brave capitol police officers, because of them democracy held.

They want to make it so hard and inconvenient that they hope people don`t vote at all. That`s what this is about.

It`s no longer just about who gets to vote or making it easier for eligible voters to vote. It`s about who gets to count the vote, who gets to count whether or not your vote counted at all. It`s about moving from independent election…

In America, if you lose you accept the results, you follow the Constitution, you try again. You don`t call facts fake and then try to bring down the American experience just because you`re unhappy. That`s not statesmanship. That`s…

Let`s think about the past election. A 102-year-old woman in Arkansas who voted for the first time on the very spot she once picked cotton, a 94-year-old woman in Michigan who voted early and in person in her 72nd consecutive election. You…

So, hear me clearly. There’s an unfolding assault taking place in America today, an attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote and fair and free elections, an assault on democracy, an assault on liberty, an assault on who we are…

The big lie is just that, a big lie.

If these attacks continue to happen, the U.S. will respond.

He thinks Putin is responsible for the actions of these groups and that Putin will be held responsible for the actions of these groups.

Just remember, our late friend John Lewis said, freedom is not a state, it`s an act. Freedom is not a state, it`s an act. And we must act and we will act for our cause is just.

I`ve said it before. We`re facing the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War. That`s not hyperbole, since the Civil War.

There is an unfolding assault taking place in America today an attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote in fair and free elections, an assault on democracy, an assault on liberty, an assault on who we are -- who we are as…

Last month Republicans opposed even debating, even considering the For the People Act. Senate Democrats stood united to protect our democracy and the sanctity of the vote. We must pass the For the People Act. It`s a national imperative. We…

We`ll be asking my Republican friends in Congress in states and cities and counties to stand up for God`s sake and help prevent this concerted effort to undermine our election and the sacred right to vote. Have you no shame?

The 21st Century, Jim Crow assault is real. It`s unrelenting. And we`re going to challenge it vigorously. It`s no longer just about who gets to vote, or making it easier for eligible voters to vote, it`s about who gets to count the vote…

President Joe Biden will now forever hold the distinction of having served as president during one of the greatest rollbacks of access to the polls in recent American history.

Are you going to let the very nature of politics, the very nature of voting in this country, are you going to give that up in pursuit of some political benefit? And is it worth that?

In 2020, democracy was put to a test, first by the pandemic, then by a desperate attempt to deny the reality, the results of the election. With recount after recount after recount, court case after court case, the 2020 election was the…

We're going to get this done.

In Texas, for example, Republican-led state legislature wants to allow partisan poll watchers to intimidate voters and impartial poll workers. They want voters to dive further and be able to be in a position where they wonder who is…

The assault on free and fair elections is just such a threat, literally. I've said it before. We're facing the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War.

There's an unfolding assault taking place in America today, an attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote in fair and free elections, an assault on democracy, an assault on liberty, and an assault on who we are -- who we are as…

In America, if you lose, you accept the results, you follow the Constitution. You try again. You don't call facts fake, and then try to bring down the American experiment just because you're unhappy. That's not statesmanship.