Joe Biden said American democracy was facing an “unprecedented” threat from political candidates who refuse to commit to accepting election results, as the US president made an eleventh-hour appeal to voters ahead of next week’s crucial midterm elections.
“There are candidates running for every level of office in America: for governor, for Congress, for attorney-general, for secretary of state, who won’t commit to accepting the results of the elections they’re in,” Biden said in a primetime speech from Washington’s Union Station on Wednesday night.
“That is the path to chaos in America. It’s unprecedented. It’s unlawful. And, it is un-American,” he added.