Biden had promised such an event early in his presidency as an answer to Trump and what he and other Democrats see as his predecessor’s undermining of democratic values and American leadership. Biden’s 2019 campaign pledge could not foresee the pandemic and its effects, nor did it envision the full measure of Trump’s effort to sow doubt about the legitimacy of the 2020 election.

Source: Washington Post August 11, 2021 09:56 UTC