Biden calls voting rights fight ‘the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War’ in Philly speech

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

PHILADELPHIA — President Joe Biden called on Americans to band together to protect the right to vote and reject Republican-led efforts to change election laws, casting the battle as a globally watched test of U.S. democracy during an appearance Tuesday in Philadelphia. “We’re facing the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War,” Biden said in a roughly 25-minute speech at the National Constitution Center. “That’s not hyperbole — since the Civil War.” He tied the fight directly to former President Donald Trump’s false attacks on the 2020 election, pointing to the numerous cour…

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