U.S. President Joe Biden will address 'horrible' political violence in a speech from Capitol Hill on Wednesday, White House advisers said, as the issue looms large before midterm elections next week.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally for the Democratic Party's senatorial candidate Val Demings and gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist, in Miami Gardens, Florida, U.S. November 1, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
The speech comes against the backrop of the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol last year and theon the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a fellow Democrat, senior White House adviser Anita Dunn said. Looking ahead to 2024, Dunn said Biden intends to run for re-election, as he has said previously. Though a formal announcement is yet to come, "we are engaged in some planning," she said.
While reviews by dozens of courts, state authorities and members of Trump's own administration have repudiated his false claims that his election defeat was the result of widespread fraud, he has continued airing them since leaving office.
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