President Biden on Thursday accused two of Katie Couric’s former colleagues of Donald Trump after claiming on Wednesday that “nine heads of state” told him “my democracy is at stake.” claimed he was told he would flee the country if he returned to the White House next year. If the opponent wins. ”
“Two of your former colleagues, who were not part of the same network, have privately told me that they have to leave the country because they are being threatened with jail if he wins,” Biden said. he told Couric, who was in the audience for the high speech. He spent $100 on a Silicon Valley re-election fundraiser, according to a pool report.
Mr. Couric, 67, has worked for NBC, ABC, CBS and CNN in addition to Yahoo, leaving Mr. Biden with many options for journalists who may be interviewed, although the president has worked for NBC, ABC, CBS and CNN since his recent predecessor. The number of interviews was far less than that of
Mr. Biden, 81, told an audience at the home of wealthy low-income housing developer Robert Klein & Co., “I am not the product of every president, but I am much better than the last.” I’m confident,” he said.
“He condones political violence. No president has done anything like that since the Civil War. Embrace it. Encourage it,” Biden continued, on January 6, 2021, in a number He was referring to the riot in which 1,000 Trump supporters stormed the Capitol to disrupt the certification of Biden’s victory by the electorate.
“He calls them patriots and says if he gets elected he’ll forgive them. They killed cops. They killed people.”
Trump, 77, won the early voting Republican primary state by a wide margin and is expected to face Biden in a rematch in November. She is expected to defeat her last major party rival, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, in Saturday’s primary in her home state.
In his conversation with donors, Biden also claimed that the U.S.-Mexico border is in “chaos.” He pointed to Congressional Republicans blocking a compromise that Democrats argued was too ineffective in slowing illegal immigration and an attempt by Democrats to avoid electoral responsibility.
“The border is in shambles. We don’t have the talent,” Biden said, adding that Republicans were saving money “for machines to detect fentanyl coming in.”
Republicans have long criticized Biden on the border, pointing to record numbers of people entering the country illegally and the rising death toll from fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid that can be fatal in minute doses.
Since President Biden took office, more than 200,000 Americans have died as fentanyl, primarily from China, is added to increasing amounts of non-opioid drugs such as cocaine and counterfeit prescriptions.
Meanwhile, in December, more than 302,000 people were arrested for illegally entering the United States from Mexico, a record comparable to the population of Pittsburgh or Newark.
Republicans say Biden will allow most asylum seekers to await rulings on their persecution claims in the United States, where they can receive work permits and government assistance, after he ends President Trump’s “Remain in Mexico.” Biden’s policies, such as his decisions, are to blame for the border crisis. ” policy.
In fiscal year 2023, which ended September 30, about 2.5 million people, about the same number of people who live in Chicago, illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border, in addition to an estimated 670,000 “fugitives” who evaded authorities. There are records of him being arrested for more than 20 years.
The number of arrests in fiscal year 2022 set a record at nearly 2.4 million, up from 1.7 million in fiscal year 2021, which Republicans deemed a crisis at the time.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said last month that more than 85% of people detained for crossing the border illegally were released to the United States, up from 71% in October and 74% in November. Stated.
The House impeached Mayorkas on February 13 on charges of failing to enforce the nation’s laws and falsely reporting the extent of border security in testimony to Congress. His Senate trial has not yet been scheduled.
