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Biden campaign running 'like the fate of our democracy depends on it' (www.npr.org)

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For months, President Biden has been running for president — quietly. But that's about to change in a significant way.

The Biden reelection campaign is kicking into a new higher gear, with two presidential campaign events on tap in the next week. The president's message will be unmistakable and stark, or as campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez put it, "We are running a campaign like the fate of our democracy depends on it. Because it does."

Biden and his team are building a campaign around an increasingly likely rematch with Former President Donald Trump. In Valley Forge, Pa., on Saturday, campaign officials say, Biden will lay out the stakes for this election — for American democracy and freedom — in a location with Revolutionary War symbolism. But Saturday isn't just any day: It's the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, when Trump supporters violently tried to help him cling to power after he lost to Biden in 2020.

"The threat that Donald Trump posed in 2020 to American democracy has grown even more dangerous than it was when President Biden ran last time," said deputy campaign manager Quentin Fulks on a call with reporters.

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[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

In Valley Forge, Pa., on Saturday, campaign officials say, Biden will lay out the stakes for this election — for American democracy and freedom — in a location with Revolutionary War symbolism.

There, Biden will talk about another motivating theme for his campaign — pushing back against extremism and political violence, drawing a line from the Mother Emanuel shooting to the unrest in Charlottesville, Va., and Jan. 6.

Pennsylvania is one of the key swing states likely to decide the outcome of the presidential race in 2024, while South Carolina will hold the first Democratic-party sanctioned primary next month.

Vice President Kamala Harris is set to visit another key swing state on Jan. 22, Wisconsin, to launch a multi-state tour focused on reproductive rights.

Trump appointed three Supreme Court justices who formed the conservative majority that overturned Roe, though on the campaign trail he has tried to avoid being pinned down on specific abortion policy.

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