A heckler loudly chanted 'f**k Joe Biden during the president's 'soul' of the nation address Thursday - an interruption that saw the head of state lay into his detractors

A heckler loudly chanted ‘f**k Joe Biden during the president’s ‘soul’ of the nation address Thursday – interrupting a scathing speech that saw he head of state discuss what he called a threat to democracy, posed by Donald Trump and his supporters.

The 24-minute address, delivered by Biden in front of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, slammed Trump and MAGA Republicans as a threat to the Constitution – one the president said was intent on ‘destroying American democracy.’

Surrounded by an almost dystopian backdrop of two Marines standing at attention outside the auditorium – in a break from White House traditions – Biden, 79, relentlessly bashed his predecessor before being interrupted by the male heckler.

‘F**k Joe Biden!’ the jeerer can be hear shouting in a clip of the outdoor procession, during which the politician compared his 2020 election against Trump as a battle for the ‘soul of the nation.’

The profane chant – which was accompanied by shouts of the now-notorious anti-Biden rallying cry ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ as well as sounds of a megaphone siren – interrupted the speech twice, both times garnering a response from the president.

‘They’re entitled to be outrageous, Biden said of the unrest, which seemed to spread like wildfire amid the politician’s apparent frustration with the poor reception. ‘This is a democracy,’ he added, before laying into his detractors.

‘Good manners is nothing they’ve ever suffered from.’

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A heckler loudly chanted 'f**k Joe Biden during the president's 'soul' of the nation address Thursday - an interruption that saw the head of state lay into his detractors

A heckler loudly chanted ‘f**k Joe Biden during the president’s ‘soul’ of the nation address Thursday – an interruption that saw the head of state lay into his detractors

The interruption came about 20 minutes into Biden’s speech – as the heckling and blaring alarms continued.

Prior to the disturbance, the president had been thrown off-script by the sirens – which the president slammed as coming from a ‘bullhorn’ – and more ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ chants.

The phrase ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ became a political slogan adopted by Trump’s fanbase last year after a TV commentator mistakenly interpreted a crowd chanting of ‘f**k Joe Biden’ as ‘Let’s Go Brandon,’ in support of NASCAR driver Brandon Brown. 

Peeved by the constant interruptions, Biden quipped, ‘Americans have often made the greatest progress coming out of some of our darkest moments, like you’re hearing in that bullhorn.’ 

Prior to the disturbances, president painted a picture of what he called a dystopian society if Republicans win the 2022 and 2024 elections, in a speech centered  around assertions that Trump and his supporters are threats to the country.

‘MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards; backwards to an America where there is no right to choose no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love,’ he warned. 

‘They promote authoritarian leaders and they fanned the flames of political violence that are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country.’

Biden declared Donald Trump is a 'threat to the country' in a speech that contained his harshest rhetoric to date about his predecessor in the Oval Office and the MAGA movement

Biden declared Donald Trump is a ‘threat to the country’ in a speech that contained his harshest rhetoric to date about his predecessor in the Oval Office and the MAGA movement

'Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represented extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic,' President Joe Biden said during his speech

‘Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represented extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic,’ President Joe Biden said during his speech 

Jill Biden joined President Biden on stage after his remarks

Jill Biden joined President Biden on stage after his remarks

Naomi Biden and her fiance Peter Neal, who are getting married in the White House in November, flew with the president and first lady to Philadelphia for President Biden's speech

Naomi Biden and her fiance Peter Neal, who are getting married in the White House in November, flew with the president and first lady to Philadelphia for President Biden’s speech

And, Biden charged, Republicans will try to steal elections again.

‘They see their MAGA failure to stop a peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election as preparation for the 2022 and 2024 elections. They’re tried everything last time to notify the votes of 81 million people,’ he said.

‘This time they’re determined to succeed at thwarting the will of the people.’

Ahead his remarks, the White House said Biden wasn’t giving a political speech. But he took direct aim at Trump, who is mulling a 2024 challenge to Biden, and at Republicans, who are attempting to win control of Congress in the midterm election.

‘We need everyone to do their part. So speak up, speak out, get engaged, vote, vote, vote,’ the president said during his speech.  

And Biden vowed to stand up for the republic, setting himself up as the defender of democracy.

‘I will not stand by and watch. I will not let the will of the American people be overturned by wild conspiracy theories and baseless evidence treat claims of fraud. I will not stand by and watch elections in this country stolen by people who simply refused to accept that they lost,’ he said.

‘As your president I will defend our democracy with every fiber of my being and I’m asking every American to join me.’

Biden also directed comments specifically at MAGA Republicans who refuse to accept the 2020 election results, after court cases, state ‘audits,’ and dozens of court suits failed to uncover massive fraud.

Since Biden took office, Trump allies have been able to install people who deny the election results in state capitols in several states, and scores of GOP officials still won’t say Biden’s election was legitimate.

‘They embrace anger. They thrive on chaos. They live not in the light of truth but in the shadow of lies,’ Biden said in another one of his MAGA attacks.

He specifically called them out for denying his election win.

‘This is a nation that respects free and fair elections. We honor the will of the people – we do not deny it,’ the president said.

Then he rolled out a line that seemed aimed straight at Trump.

He said he wouldn’t allow the will of the American people to be ‘overturned by wild conspiracy theories and baseless evidence-free claims of fraud. I will not stand by and watch elections in this country stolen by people who simply refuse to accept that they lost.’

Biden brought the trappings of the presidency with him: two Marines came out ahead of him to stand at attention during his entrance. ‘Hail to the Chief’ played him on stage. Jill Biden accompanied him on the trip.

The president also used a historic backdrop to make his point: he spoke outside of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, the site where the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were debated and adopted by America’s founding fathers. 

Red and blue lights bathed the building as Biden spoke. Several American flags lined the stage.

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