Biden speech confronts MAGA agenda for 'taking country backwards' | USA TODAY

President Joe Biden warned "equality and democracy are under assault," calling out Donald Trump and his supporters who have denied the 2020 election.
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President Joe Biden said "MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards" in a prime-time address to the nation Thursday, urging Americans to "stand up" to defend democracy and choose "whether to move forward or move backwards."

Biden warned that "equality and democracy are under assault," singling out the former president by name and his supporters who have denied the results of the 2020 presidential election. He called it his "duty to level with you to tell the truth" as he accused Trump's followers of "fanning the flames of political violence."

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