Democracy is on the ballot, Biden said in yet another dark and divisive speech to the nation Wednesday night.
Just five days out from Election Day, the intensity is rising. In case you missed it, Biden’s primetime speech was another repeat of his Independence Hall speech in Philadelphia – without the disturbing, red backlights.
Biden recited the words intimidation, violence, MAGA, threat, and democracy, which he used over 30 times in his speech. Those five words sum up the president’s speech. Not once did he mention the progress or success of his administration.
If you vote for one side, Biden argued you’re helping to destroy this democracy and contributing to what he called a “defining moment.” Essentially, the President of the United States delivered a message vilifying half of the country and the results that will likely not be the White House’s preferred outcome.
Biden’s redundant speechwriters used the same talking points as always, including the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, election deniers, MAGA Republicans, and the newest headline on the Pelosi home invasion. The overlying theme: voter intimidation and political violence.
Yet recent data shows voters are anything but intimidated. Voter turnout is up significantly in many states compared to the last midterm elections in 2018, proving Americans want to ensure their opinions are heard this time around.
In Georgia, where Democrats have called new voting laws that require an I.D racist and Jim Crow 2.0, turnout is up 25% compared to 2018.
Over two million Georgians have already cast their ballots, showing a massive uptick even with such ‘sick’ and ‘un-American’ laws – as referred to by Biden. Black voters are turning out in the Georgia midterm elections more compared to the 2020 presidential election even with the falsified assertions of voter suppression.
In Ohio, in-person early voting is up an astonishing 50%. Signaling a feeling of distrust, mail-in ballots are down 5.4% in the state. Votes cast overall in Ohio are up 11%.
Across the entire nation, early voting is outpacing 2018 in 36 states with over 21.4 million ballots already cast, according to reports. Republican voters in Arizona, Florida, Nevada, and North Carolina make up a larger share of those who have returned pre-election ballots than in those same states in 2020.
These turnouts only signal one thing: voter intimidation is a false premise rooted in stoking fear.
New polling data from Convention of States Action in partnership with the Trafalgar Group finds that 80% of voters say Republicans will win control of one or both chambers in Congress.
When it comes to the claims of voter intimidation and political violence, the American people aren’t seeing these assertions like the media and the White House portray.
“In our bones we know democracy is at risk. But also know this: It’s within our power, each and every one of us, to preserve our democracy, and I believe we will,” Biden said.
Biden and the Washington Swamp may have their own desired outcome on how to preserve the nation, but at the end of the day, voters are the ones who hire and fire politicians.
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