President Biden in Mountain View, Calif. on Sept. 26, 2023. Biden is giving a speech on democracy in Phoenix on Thursday.
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President Biden is set to give remarks in Phoenix on Thursday on a theme that he is returning to for his 2024 reelection campaign: the need to protect democracy.
Biden is trying to create an opportunity for a split-screen moment, pitting his vision against a Republican party grappling with some serious internal divisions.
Biden’s speech comes as House Republicans launch an impeachment inquiry panned for its lack of evidence — and careen toward an unpopular government shutdown sparked by intraparty disagreements over spending.
Internal GOP fissures were also on full display on Wednesday during a primary debate that the front-runner, former President Donald Trump, skipped in favor of doing his own event.
In his remarks, Biden will pay tribute to a Republican presidential candidate from another era — Arizona Sen. John McCain, who died in 2018. Biden will discuss the need for “constant loyalty” to the U.S. Constitution and the importance of American institutions, a White House official told reporters.
“President Biden will talk about his conviction that we must not walk away from the sacrifices generations of Americans have made to defend our democracy,” the official said.
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