'Have you no shame?': Biden blasts GOP voter restrictions
Numerous Republican-controlled states have passed new voting restrictions this year, a push encouraged by Biden's Republican predecessor Donald Trump.
In a passionate speech in a city considered the nation's birthplace, Biden, without naming him, took aim at Trump for false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from the Republican former president through widespread voting fraud.
"The Big Lie is just that: a big lie," Biden said to a crowd in Philadelphia, referring to unfounded fraud election claims by Trump and his supporters.
The voting rights legislation faces an uphill battle in Congress, where Biden's fellow Democrats have been stymied by Senate Republicans who blocked it even from being debated.
Biden's focus on the subject, even if the legislation fails, enables him to rally support among Democratic voters as his party works to maintain control of Congress in the 2022 midterm elections.
