Biden denounces Trump supporters as ‘extremists’ in speech urging bipartisanship

President Biden on Thursday urged Americans to come together and unite regardless of their political affiliation but condemned Trump supporters as an “extremist movement” bent on destroying bedrock American institutions.

In a somber speech from Tempe, Arizona, Mr. Biden issued an impassioned denunciation of former President Donald Trump and the Make America Great movement. He cast the MAGA movement as an existential threat to the nation’s rule of law. He said it was “breathing oxygen” into hate.

“There is something dangerous happening in America. There is an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs of our democracy — the MAGA movement,” Mr. Biden said.

The speech is the latest escalation of Mr. Biden’s attacks on supporters of Mr. Trump, who received 74 million votes in the 2020 election. Mr. Biden has delivered four major speeches warning that the MAGA movement would erode the nation’s democratic institutions and values.