Editorial: Biden’s speech clarifies who is to blame for the insurgency – Donald Trump | Editorial

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President Joe Biden on Thursday gave perhaps the strongest and most compelling speech in his long political life. Gone is the begging, folksy, embarrassing tone that often permeates his public remarks. Instead, he slammed the attack against Donald Trump, the man most deserving to be called for inciting insurrection on January 6, 2021. This is what Americans voted Joe Biden. If Biden can maintain this level of energy, passion, and focus in his public statements, he could save his presidency and stop sowing careers for another Trump presidential bid.

Biden laid out in explicit terms why Trump was fully responsible for the siege of the Capitol – and he insisted on not uttering words, calling it what it was: an “insurrection.” Biden also raised the sternest warning, saying there was “a dagger in America’s throat” and added: “We are in a battle for the soul of America.”

This is not hyperbole. The continued efforts of Trump and GOP congressional leaders to avoid talking about insurgency while demonstrating hardened rationalizations for Trump’s support here require daily reminders that, no, everyone is not fixed. This country’s democracy is hanging by a thread because the GOP leadership refuses to prioritize the defense of that democracy over their selfish partisan interests.

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