In the statement, the president says he ran four years prior because of the existential threat Donald Trump posed to the country. He pointed to the progress he says the country has made including 15 million jobs and wins against Big Pharma and the gun lobby. “If Donald Trump returns to the White House, all of this progress is at risk," Biden said. "He is driven by grievance and grift, focused on his own revenge and retribution, not the American people. He is determined to destroy our democracy, rip away fundamental freedoms like the ability for women to make their own health care decisions, and pass another round of billions of dollars in tax cuts for the wealthy — and he’ll do or say anything to put himself in power. The president further added that millions of voters across the country showed they are ready to fight back against what he called Trump's extreme plan to take us backwards. “My message to the country is this: Every generation of Americans will face a moment when it has to defend democracy. Stand up for our personal freedom. Stand up for the right to vote and our civil rights. To every Democrat, Republican, and independent who believes in a free and fair America: This is our moment. This is our fight. Together, we will win.”
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I do understand where you are coming from on getting to the true source of these remarks. We are aware Biden doesn't write his own speeches. Most candidates and presidents have their own personal writers do most of the heavy lifting on putting together a speech or creating a statement for press release.
That said, this is the narrative being pushed. This is the attack the media will run with to try to damage or hinder Trump. It is useful to be aware that the enemy camp is setting up their narrative of attack. Of course it is filled with lies about Trump, but that's always the case. Knowing how they plan the attack will make it easier to counter and to be prepared.
So reading the remarks as published, I observe the language and choice of statements would lend itself naturally to calling for a revolt and rejection of results if Biden loses the general election. Wouldn't it be interesting if Biden triggered something like that for real when he loses? It would definitely give Trump the pretext ( if it were even really needed at that point), to arrest and remove and send to Gitmo the insurrectionists.
Really Trump has enough legitimate reason to do that today, but the public would not recognize this as an appropriate or legitimate response right now, so it cannot be accomplished with the full support of 90+% of the country and doing it today would cause substantial collateral damage to our nation and people.
So I take this statement for face value. It maybe be an early foreshadowing of how the election 2024 movie will play out.