President Joe Biden speaks Friday at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, about the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump who sought to block Biden from taking office. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden tore into former President Donald Trump in a speech Friday, describing his likely Republican opponent as a wannabe authoritarian who is willing to destroy a quarter-millennium of American democracy to hold on to power. “As we begin this election year, we must be clear: Democracy is on the ballot,” Biden said at Montgomery County Community College outside of Philadelphia. “Donald Trump’s campaign is about him, not America, not you,” Biden said. “Donald Trump’s campaign is obsessed with the past, not the future.

Source: Huffington Post January 06, 2024 17:13 UTC