On 8/31/2022, during White House press conference, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “On the speech tomorrow, can you explain a little bit the decision to do this as a primetime event?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: … what the President believes, which is a reason to have this in primetime, is that there are an overwhelmingly amount of Americans — majority of Americans — who believe that we need to continue — we need to save the core values of our — of our country.

Reporter: Can you talk — give any color of how he’s preparing for the speech? I mean, the guidance — the schedule today seemed not so full. I mean, is he spending much of his day, you know, going through drafts with staff? Is he practicing it? What — kind of what’s, kind of, the process —

Jean-Pierre: So, as you know, this is an important speech for the President. We’re talking about a theme, to your point, that he’s talked about since 2017. So, yes, he’s — he’s working through the speech with his — with his senior advisors, with his staff … to your point, he’s going to look at — he’s going to look at drafts. He’s going to write his speech, and you’ll hear directly from him tomorrow.

Reporter: in his victory speech in November 2020 that he sought this office to restore the soul of the nation. So where does the White House believe the country is in that restoration process?

Jean-Pierre: Look, he has said this before — that it’s going to take some work. You have heard him say that. You’ve heard us say that. But what he’s not going to do is shy away, again, from calling out extremism that he is seeing — these MAGA Republicans. He is not going to shy away from that. Is there more work to do? Absolutely. Do we have to continue to protect our democracy? Yes, we do. That is the reality that we’re in — protect our freedom; you know, protect our rights. And that’s what he’s going to continue to do day in and day out. And you’re going to continue to hear that from him not just Thursday, not just yesterday, but that message is going to continue.

Reporter: On the event yesterday in Pennsylvania, the President explicitly campaigned for certain people. And correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe it was an official White House event, not a campaign event. Can you share some context on your thoughts on that? Because he was very explicitly saying, “Please elect certain people.”

Jean-Pierre: So the President can say a lot — can a lot further than I can from here. He does not have — he is not bounded by the Hatch Act the way that we are. And so that.

Reporter: It was an official event, correct?

Jean-Pierre: It was — it was an official event. Tomorrow night will be an official event as well.

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Biden speech, why as a prime-time event at this time? Not shy away, protect freedom, protect rights