Thursday, September 1: Biden delivers a prime-time speech about democracy in Philadelphia

President Joe Biden walks along the West Colonnade, Friday, November 5, 2021

President Joe Biden walks along the West Colonnade, Friday, November 5, 2021. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

President Biden travels to Philadelphia to deliver a speech about what the White House calls the “battle for the soul of the nation” outside Independence Hall. The speech comes two months before the midterm elections and as his travel schedule, especially to the battleground state of Pennsylvania, has ramped up.

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