President Joe Biden returned to the microphone after his pro-democracy speech Friday and added three ominous words.
“I understand power,” Biden told the audience, laughing, after accepting a hug from first lady Jill Biden, who rushed to the stage after her husband's speech.
After giving an angry speech about “democracy,” Biden came back and yelled, “I understand power!” pic.twitter.com/c9UxB7KDuN
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Biden spoke in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, ahead of the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. CBS News report. To mark the occasion, the president criticized former President Donald Trump, saying, “He's trying to steal history, just like he tried to steal the election.”
“The focus of the 2024 election is whether democracy remains America's sacred cause,” Biden said. “The choice is clear. Donald Trump's campaign is about him, not America or you. Donald Trump's campaign is obsessed with the past, not the future. Our campaign is different.”
According to the report, the speech was Biden's first campaign speech of this year's election. The president stood in front of several American flags before being led from the podium by the first lady. (Related: Joe Biden faces another rebellion, this time within his campaign staff)
“Thank you so much, everyone,” Biden said in the video, gesturing to the audience. “Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.”
The Biden campaign has recently advertisement It referenced a dangerous “extremist movement” moving across the U.S., flashing a photo of a group of people holding President Trump flags and trying to enter the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. . Historians have called on the president to use more aggressive language regarding the 2024 election.
