Biden to deliver speech on civil rights on same day RNC kicks off

(NewsNation) — President Joe Biden is set to give a major speech on democracy and civil rights at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum on the same day as the Republican National Convention begins.

White House officials tell NewsNation the speech will tie together the future of democracy and the recent 60th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act by President Johnson at the presidential library in Austin, Texas.

The White House would not comment on the decision to hold the event on the day the RNC will begin, July 15. Biden will likely contrast the message of the convention in his speech, arguing Republicans are poised to roll back certain civil rights.