The White House is defending President Joe Biden’s divisive “Soul of the Nation” speech that cast Trump-aligned Republicans as a threat to America.
“Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic,” Biden said in a Sept. 1 speech delivered at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, referring to the acronym for former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.”
Biden stood in front of deep red backlighting flanked by two Marines during the speech. The optics drew criticism even from mainstream commentators who said it was historically unusual for a president to denigrate his political opponents while using U.S. military members as props….