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US President Joe Biden on Thursday warned that America's democracy was being threatened by what he called "extremists."
During a primetime speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Biden took direct aim at former President Donald Trump and his "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) supporters, saying that "Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic."
Biden said, America was "in a battle for the soul of the nation."
"Equality and democracy are under assault," Biden said. "We do ourselves no favor to pretend otherwise."
Trump's MAGA followers taking US 'backwards'
Biden cautioned that "MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards. Backwards to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love."
