America's Revolutionary War, President Biden# framed the stakes of the 2024 election.

JOE BIDEN, President of the United States:# Whether democracy is still America's sacred## cause is the most urgent question of our time.# AM NA NAWAZ: Marking the three-year# anniversary of the January 6## insurrection in his first campaign speech of# the year, Biden cond JOE BIDEN: I will say what Donald Trump# won't.

Political violence is never,## ever acceptable in the United States'# political system, never, never, never.

(APPLAUSE) JOE BIDEN: It has no place in the democracy, none.

AMNA NAWAZ: White House correspondent## Laura Barr Laura, it's good to see you.

LAURA BARRON he said, Trump is willing to sacrifice Why is the president making this the central# theme of his reelection campaign LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Because he really believes# that this is the most important issue facing the## country right now, that it's an existential# threat, and that President Biden to run in 2020 because of the neo-Nazis# that he saw marching on Charlottesville.

And he and his campaign see a through line# from that to now.

And they picked Valley Forge,## a senior Biden adviser told me, because# it was the place that George Washington## united the Continental Army, emerged# stronger.

They also wanted to draw a## contrast between George Washington and# Donald Trump, essentially showing that## George Washington was someone who gave up# power twice, first the Continental Army,## which he led, and then also gave# up the presidency after two terms.

AMNA NAWAZ: Now, your sources# told you he was also meeting with## historians before this speech.

We'd And, also, does the reelection campaign think## that this is a message that's# going to reson LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: That's right.

this week.

And these are historians that# have met with presidents in the pa they say that their meetings with Biden are# much more urgent, that they're very serious,## given the moment that they see the country# facing.

The president asks a lot of questions.

He wants to understand potential historical# parallels throughout U.S. history.

I spoke to## Princeton's Eddie Glaude Jr., who said that he# sees this moment as a second lost cause, that## lost cause being the myth that was perpetuated# after the Civil War that romanticized the South,## that tried to revise the history of slavery, and# drew that parallel to the revisions of January 6.

President Biden's campaign, a senior adviser# told me, believes that reminding voters about## January 6 could be motivating, particularly# for Democrats and independents.

And they also## said that they have been hearing from more and# more voters more voters as they have started## campaigning about fears of political violence.# So they see this as a very salient issu AMNA NAWAZ: Well, tomorrow does mark three years# since that attack on the Capitol on January 6.

You have been talking to experts who# monitor political violence and monitor## extremist groups.

What are they saying about# this moment in time and what is LA URA BARRON-LOPEZ: They're very concerned about# the increased risk of violence.

And a lot of them## cited some recent polling that we have seen from# The Washington Post -- or sorry -- excuse me.

They cited polling from the Public# Religion Research Institute, which,## when people were asked if they agreed with the# statement that true American patriots may have## to resort to violence in order to save our# country, 23 percent of all Americans agreed;## 33 percent of Republicans agreed,# compared to just 13 percent of Democrats.

So we see that -- and that's an# increase, Amna, from past years,## where more and more Americans believe that# violence may be justified.

And I Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld of the Carnegie Endowment,# who monitors political violence and threats.

And she said that she does not believe that there# will be violence on the scale of January 6,## but that the country is at# risk of heightened violence.

DR. RACHEL KLEINFELD, Carnegie Endowment# for International Peace: But what we are## like in the court cases against Trump, the# prosecutors, the judges, the juries.

We're likely to see broad violence against# minorities and immigrants that are being## directed by really ugly campaign rhetoric.

We're# likely to see a lot of violence in schools,## because kids tend to take on the# polarization of their parents,## but they're much more impulsive# and more willing to act.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: The other type# of violence she told me that she# believes could be seen is something# kn And what that is that, when an individual hears# former President Donald Trump at tack Colorado judges, attack anyone that he# perceives as a political enemy and essentially## places a target on their back, that then that# individual may then go out and act on it,## and that that is something that they# are seeing more and more frequently.

And also they said that it doesn't mean that# person is a lone wolf, that a myth, that these individuals are part of# a larger ecosystem where they're watching## disinformation across online channels# and are influenced by extremist groups## in a way that wasn't really possible before# we had social media in the way that we do.

AMNA NAWAZ: I mean, the question it begs# is, is, there anything that can be done,## more that can be done to stop that kind of# political violence before we get to that poin LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld said that# there are some small steps that can be taken.

She## thinks overall that the system is really sound,# that our democratic election system is soli but small steps like removing addresses and# names of election workers that sometimes are## public on Web sites for people to see that# then leads to them being doxxed and to them## being attacked, safety trainings, educating# the public more on how our elections work.

But she did say, Dr. Kleinfeld said that there is## one thing that would be more# effective than anything else.

DR. RACHEL KLEINFELD: Americans# have done a lot to combat violence,## but it has not been enough.

The# biggest actor that n violence is the political leaders that# -- whose side is fomenting violence.

Right now, that's Republicans.

It might# not always be, but what we need is for## Republican politicians to speak out# against violence from their side.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: So, right there,# Dr. Kleinfeld said that if Republican## officials were to speak out more, then# it would have the greatest An d she's not just saying# that because she believes## that it would.

It's because studies have# if a person of a specific political ideology# hears from a leader or an officeholder has the same political affiliation that they do,# then they are much more likely to be impacted.

It would mean that they are less likely to try# to seek out and commit acts of violence.

And so## she has hope that maybe more Republicans, like# we have seen from Senator Mitt Romney, like we## have seen from Congresswoman Liz Cheney, would# go -- come out and forcefully condemn violence.

But, at this stage, Amna, we# haven't seen much of that.

AMNA NAWAZ: Our White House correspondent,## Laura Barron-Lopez, LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Thank you.