President Joe Biden never left much doubt that he intended to run for a second term, and on Tuesday morning he made it official. In a video released called “Freedoms,” Biden set the stage for the continuing battle with Republican lawmakers, one in which the question is whether Americans will have “more rights, or fewer.”
Biden’s announcement shows how he is moving on from the specific events and threats related to Jan. 6, and focusing on the erosion of personal freedoms that is happening under this Supreme Court and Republican state legislatures. His announcement makes it clear that the “fight for the soul of America” is ongoing.
“Around the country, MAGA extremists are lining up to take on those bedrock freedoms; cutting Social Security that you paid into your entire life while cutting taxes for the wealthy. Dictating what health care decisions women can make. Banning books and telling people who they can love. All while making it more difficult for you to be able to vote.”