The president is scheduled to speak at 7 p.m. ET at the Columbus Club in Union Station, where he will address “the threat of suffragettes and those who seek to undermine faith in voting and democracy,” according to a DNC advisory.
White House senior adviser Anita Dunn and deputy chief of staff Jen O’Malley Dillon announced the president’s upcoming remarks at an Axios event Wednesday morning. “Well, obviously, President Biden has been talking about democracy throughout his tenure. And before you know it, I think you can expect to hear from him tonight similar to what he’s been saying over the last several months , that there’s a lot at stake, including democracy, and that everyone has a role to play in that,” Dillon told Axios’ Mike Allen at the Axios News Shapers event in the nation’s capital.
MOTHER OF THE CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER BRIAN SHIKNIK REMEMBERS DEATH OF ‘PEOPLE LIKE KARI LAKE’ President Biden exits Air Force One as it arrives at Hancock Air National Guard Base in Mattindale, New York, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) “I think the other thing that’s going to be very important and something that you heard from President Biden in 2020 was that people are going to be able to vote. Over 25 million already have. They’re voting all over the country. You know, in some places where they’re going to we have a lot of attention, focus, votes are going to be counted and it’s going to take a few days to be counted because that’s how democracy works to make sure every vote counts. So emphasize that as well,” he added. ‘DISASTER’: DEMOCRATS INVITE BIDEN TO CAMPAIGN FOR CONTESTANT CANDIDATES Dunn said Union Station was chosen as the site for the president’s speech because of its proximity to the Capitol, where the Jan. 6 riots took place nearly two years ago. “On January 6, we saw violence directed at subverting democratic processes there. So you know, it’s an appropriate place to make these remarks tonight,” Dunn said. He added that most Americans find political violence “abhorrent” and cited the brutal attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, as a recent example. “[Political violence is] something that unites almost all Americans and that we can all be united against. And obviously, we’ve seen horrible things happen very recently, certainly the speaker’s husband. But it’s from Capitol Hill, because that’s where there was an attempt to subvert our democracy,” Dunn said. Union Station. East of North Capitol street, opposite Massachusetts avenue, northeast. It was designed by DH Burnham and completed in 1907.
PAUL PELOSI ATTACK: DAVID DEPAPE WENT ‘SUICIDE MISSION’ IN MUNICIPAL ATTACK David DePape, an illegal immigrant from Canada, faces multiple felony charges after allegedly breaking into the Pelosi residence in San Francisco on Oct. 28 and struck Paul Pelosi with a hammer, causing injuries that forced the Speaker of the House’s husband to undergo surgery to repair a fractured skull in addition to other injuries. California authorities attributed the attack to political motivation. Court documents filed Tuesday say DePape, 42, planned to target other federal and California elected officials. Paul Pelosi and Nancy Pelosi, left, attend the Pre-GRAMMY Gala. David Depp, right. (Michael Short/San Francisco Chronicle) Biden called the attack “despicable” and condemned political violence in a speech Friday from Philadelphia. “This is despicable. It has no place in America. There is too much violence, political violence, too much hate, too much vitriol,” Biden said. “And what makes us believe that a party can talk about a stolen election? Is COVID a hoax? It’s all a bunch of lies.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Adam Sabes of Fox News contributed to this report. Chris Pandolfo is a writer for Fox News Digital. Send tips to [email protected] and follow him on Twitter @ChrisCPandolfo.