New Biden campaign ad ties Trump to Jan. 6

Driving the news: "There's nothing more sacred than our democracy. But Donald Trump's ready to burn it all down," the narrator says in the ad, called "Burn."

• The ad also hits Trump over his pledge to pardon the Jan. 6 rioters who have been charged and sentenced over the attack.
• The ad will run on Thursday across battleground states during local news broadcasts, according to the campaign.

The big picture: The Biden re-election campaign has framed Trump, who recently became the first former convicted president, as a threat to democracy.

• The campaign last month dispatched Robert De Niro and two Jan. 6 police officers to New York during Trump's hush money trial, where they warned of the dangers of a second Trump term.

What they're saying: "Today, the instigator of an insurrection is returning to the scene of the crime," Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and the Biden-Harris Chair of the National Advisory Board said in a statement.

• "With his pledges to be a dictator on day one and seek revenge against his political opponents, Donald Trump comes to Capitol Hill today with the same mission of dismantling our democracy," Pelosi said.

What to watch: Trump is expected to meet with congressional Republicans on Thursday to discuss his 2025 agenda and the upcoming election.

• Trump and Biden will debate in two weeks for the first time this election cycle.

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