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President Joe Biden delivered a prime-time presidential address about the “soul of the nation” at 8 p.m. ET Thursday in Philadelphia. He touched on some of his administration’s biggest successes so far, ongoing threats to American democracy and what’s at stake in the November midterm elections.
Our contributors for this live blog were The ReidOut Blog writer Ja’han Jones and MSNBC Daily columnists Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Natasha Noman, Nayyera Haq and Noah Rothman.