Critics of President Joe Biden have accused the octogenarian of campaigning to detain former President Donald Trump in New Hampshire.
Vice President Kamala Harris has not yet condemned Biden's comments, but the Trump campaign is urging her to do so.
“We have to lock him up,” Biden said before retracting his remarks Tuesday. “Lock him up politically. Lock him out, that's what we have to do.”
The statement came as Harris and Barack Obama called out Trump's comments, calling them a threat to democracy and calling out the seriousness of the president's comments.
“When Donald Trump repeatedly lies, cheats, completely ignores the Constitution, or just insults people, people make excuses for it. They say, 'He's not serious.' . Everything the president has said is serious,” President Obama said Saturday.
Critics immediately slammed Biden, suggesting it was a Freudian gaffe.
“Joe Biden has just acknowledged the truth. His and Kamala's plan has been a political one since they can't defeat their opponent fair and square,” Carolyn Leavitt, the Trump campaign's national spokeswoman, said in a statement. It was to persecute the people.” “The Harris-Biden administration is a real threat to our democracy. We call on Kamala Harris to condemn Joe Biden's disgraceful comments.”
“They're not even hiding it. The case against my father was always about election interference!” Donald Trump Jr. posted on X:
Stephen Miller called this “public admission”:
And there it is. It's a public acknowledgment of what we all knew: that every part of the communist dictatorship's legal actions against President Trump were directed by the ruling Democratic Party. Both Biden and Kamala must resign.
This isn't the first time Biden has made remarks that raised eyebrows.
For example, during a speech in 2022, Mr. Biden made off-the-cuff remarks about Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying, “No matter how you look at it, this man cannot continue to remain in power.'' Such comments raised concerns that Mr. Biden was seeking a change of government. The White House denied Biden's intentions.
Biden has previously called Japan “xenophobic,” along with Russia and China. “Why has China stalled so much economically? Why is Japan in trouble? Why Russia?” he asked in May. “Because they are xenophobic,” Biden concluded. “They don't want immigrants.”
Biden also acknowledged that Harris will be deeply involved in the administration's decision-making. “We're singing from the same song sheet. She helped pass all the legislation. She's had a major role in everything we've done,” Biden said at White House. He told reporters in the House press conference room.
Under his administration, costs increased by about 20% overall, Russia invaded Ukraine, Hamas and Iran attacked Israel, illegal immigrants invaded the southern border, and the nation suffered a deadly Afghanistan withdrawal.
Wendell Husebo is a political reporter for Breitbart News and a former RNC war room analyst. he is the author of politics of slave morality. Follow Wendell “×” @WendellHusebø or society of truth @WendellHusebo.
