President Biden is not speaking to the MAGA Republicans, including the 100 or so Republican nominees for everything from secretary of state to the United States Senate who deny that he’s the president of the United States. He’s speaking to each of us who has a deeply embedded hope and aspiration that we can maintain our democracy.
Welch explains Biden's intended audience and the importance of defending democracy.
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