By Blake Wolf, OAN Staff
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 4:35 PM
President Joe Biden has said he is concerned about whether there will be a peaceful transition of power if Donald Trump loses the presidential election in November.
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“If Trump loses, I have no confidence at all,” President Biden said. CBS News During the interview, he discussed a hypothetical situation if Trump were to lose.
“He means what he says. We’re not taking him seriously. He means it. He means it all, about there being a bloodbath if we lose,” Biden continued.
However, conservatives on social media platforms were quick to correct Biden’s comments, claiming that the “genocide” comment was taken completely out of context and that Biden was trying to alienate voters from Trump by making him appear a threat.
Biden’s reference to “bloodshed” was taken out of context because Trump was referring to the auto industry when he previously used the word, and the former Republican president has never openly advocated or threatened political violence.
” [bloodbath] The comments came in the midst of a lengthy debate about the auto industry, labor unions, the transition to electric vehicles and auto plants in Mexico. CNN report.
The two presidents criticized each other in March, with Biden campaign spokesman James Singer saying, “This is Donald Trump: a loser who lost by more than seven million votes and who has doubled down on threats of political violence instead of winning broader mainstream support.”
However, the Trump campaign responded by firing back.
“The unscrupulous Joe Biden and his campaign have engaged in deceptive and out-of-context editing. [director] “This puts director Roman Polanski to shame,” said Steven Chang, a spokesman for the Trump campaign.
But Biden later dropped out of the race after Democratic Party elites and leaders called for him to step down, citing his low approval ratings and poor performance in the debates with Trump.
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