Joe Biden addresses threat to American democracy in primetime speech – live

The president will speak from Philadelphia, the birthplace of US democracy, and is expected to evoke a battle for the ‘soul of the nation’

“As I stand here tonight, equality and democracy are under assault,” Biden dives in. “We do ourselves no favor to pretend otherwise. So tonight, I’ve come to this place where it all began to speak as plainly as I can to the nation, about the threats we face, about the power we have in our own hands to meet these threats, and about the incredible future that lies in front of us.”

Caveating with “not every Republican” is an extremist, he singles out “Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans.”

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