Biden issues warning over Trump’s threats to democracy as they head toward possible rematch

President Joe Biden issued blunt new warnings about ongoing threats to US democracy in a major address Thursday, sharpening the central argument in his potential rematch with Donald Trump, who he’s accused of trying to “destroy” bedrock American institutions.

“There’s something dangerous happened in America now. There’s an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs of our democracy: the MAGA movement,” Biden said in Arizona, where he was also honoring the late Sen. John McCain.

“There’s no question that today’s Republican Party is driven and intimidated by MAGA Republican extremists,” he said, using the acronym...