usa news: WASHINGTON – Days before the midterm elections, President Joe Biden amplified his argument that democracy itself is at stake, warning in a speech Wednesday evening that the United States is “on a path to chaos” amid growing fears of political violence.
Speaking at a train station just blocks from the U.S. Capitol, Biden reminded Americans that next week’s election will be the first since a violent mob stormed the seat of democracy on Jan. 6, 2021 – a horde that was “whipped up into a frenzy,” he said, by former President Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election.
“I wish I could say the assault on our democracy ended that day,” Biden said. “But I cannot.”
Candidates are running for every level of office – for Congress, governor, attorney general, secretary of state – who refuse to commit to accepting the election results if they lose, Biden said.
