President Biden on Wednesday slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin, former President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress in remarks at a campaign fundraiser in California.
The 81-year-old Biden used an acronym for Russia’s vulgar term while discussing climate change at an event in San Francisco held at the home of billionaire Democratic donor Gordon Getty. Mentioned.
“This is the last existential threat, and that’s climate,” the president said, according to Poole’s report. “We have crazy SOBs like President Putin and others who always have to worry about nuclear conflict, but it’s the climate that threatens humanity’s survival.”
Mr. Biden, who placed the blame squarely on President Putin for the death of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny last week, went on to say that Mr. Trump faced political repression from the judicial system as a result of his White House campaign. criticized for claiming that .
“He compares himself to Mr. Navalny and says that because our country became a communist country, he was persecuted in the same way that Mr. Navalny was persecuted.” Where did this come from? ? ” Biden said, According to CNN. “If I stood here 10 to 15 years ago and said this, you would think I should be committed. That would be amazing.”
The president also claimed that many world leaders have confided in him that they do not want to see President Trump again in the Oval Office.
“When I come back from a meeting, the head of state will find an excuse to come up to me and say, ‘You have to win.’ Not because I’m special.” If the other side wins, democracy is at risk. “We have to win,” Biden said.
“Nine heads of state have done the same thing to me,” he claimed.
Biden also attacked Republicans in Congress, some of whom opposed providing billions of dollars in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as approving bipartisan efforts to strengthen border security. He called them “worse” than “true racists.” He served as a senator from Delaware for 36 years.
“I’ve been a senator ever since.” [1972]. I have worked with real racists. I have served with Strom Thurmond. I have worked with all the athletes who have set terrible records in races. But guess what? These guys are worse. These people don’t believe in the fundamental principles of democracy,” the president said, referring to the late racist senator and current Republican from South Carolina.
Biden acknowledged that Thurmond, who died in 2003, had done “terrible things,” but that when he left office, he was said to have “had more African-Americans on his staff than any other member of Congress.” , praised him for voting for the ballot reauthorization. Rights law.
“I’m not going to make him any better than he already is,” the president said. “But what I’m saying is, at least you get to work with some of these guys.”
“Republicans have shown time and time again that they are the party of chaos and division,” he added.
