• Arange of recent polling suggests that by seeking to prosecute, silence and stigmatize their political opponents as anti-democratic “extremists,” President Biden and other Democrats are arousing fears among voters that it is they themselves who are acting in heavy-handed ways alien to the American democratic tradition.
• A majority of Americans disapproved of Biden’s speech in Philadelphia as itself divisive, dangerous, and going too far, according to multiple polls.
• One of the surveys found a striking 62% of independents said Biden’s address was “a dangerous escalation in rhetoric and designed to incite conflict amongst Americans.” A mere 31% of independents said it was acceptable rhetoric during an election year.

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