Biden Calls Republican State Election Law Changes 'Assault on Liberty'

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday assailed Republican-led states pushing to tighten voting rules, calling it an "unfolding assault … on liberty." 

Republicans say they are tightening voting rules so that no election fraud occurs in the future and that Americans can have confidence that votes are fairly counted.  But Biden, in perhaps the most emotional speech of his six-month presidency, contended that the 28 laws already adopted in 17 states "make it harder for Americans to vote."  "This is election subversion," he declared. "It's simply unconscionable."