White House Insists Biden’s ‘Soul of the Nation’ Speech Was Not Divisive

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre answers questions during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington on Aug. 5, 2022. Win McNamee/Getty Images

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.”