President Joe Biden’s prime-time televised speech Thursday outside Independence Hall will try to put the country’s focus on defending democracy, as the actions of his predecessor are once again taking center stage.
“He will talk about the progress we have made as a nation to protect our democracy but how our rights and freedoms are still under attack and how we will make clear who is fighting for those rights, fighting for those freedoms, and fighting for our democracy,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters traveling aboard Air Force One on Tuesday about the planned remarks Thursday night in Philadelphia.
The speech will follow remarks Tuesday in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and come ahead of a Labor Day trip to Pittsburgh, marking three trips by Biden in less than a week to the Keystone State, which was vital to his presidential victory in 2020 and is a key Senate battleground in the November midterm elections.
