President Biden’s 2024 campaign has adopted a new strategy taken directly from former President Donald Trump’s: slander.
During the 2016 primary, Trump referred to his top Republican primary opponents as “Liar Ted” Cruz and “Little Marco” Rubio. He attacked Democratic members of Congress, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, nicknamed “Pocahontas,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, “Cryin'” and House Speaker “Crazy Nancy” Pelosi.
He called the president’s opponent “Crooked Hillary” in 2016 and Biden “Crazy Joe” in 2020.
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The Biden campaign distributed an email this week that cited President Trump’s financial woes and called the president’s opponent a “broke don.” The 45th president recently failed to secure an appeals bond to delay payment of $464 million owed due to AG Letitia James’ civil investigation into the Trump Organization.
“Trump can’t raise money, he’s not campaigning, and he’s leaving his campaign to convicts and conspiracy theorists,” the email claims.
President Trump has long mocked Biden, with the 46th president allegedly “hiding” in the basement of his home in Wilmington, Delaware, during the 2020 campaign, avoiding the press, in an email. seems to be referring to.
The Biden campaign sent an email Thursday calling Donald Trump a “broke don.” (Fox News)
When President Trump appeared on the TV show “Fox & Friends” in 2020, he said, “There’s a guy who won’t come out of his basement,” and “Guys like Biden don’t know what to do.”
“He’s not coming out because he can’t. He’s not answering any questions from reporters…This guy isn’t coming out of his basement and he’s not answering any questions.”
Mr. Trump raised $20 million for his campaign in February, while Mr. Biden’s campaign raised $53 million, according to election filings released Wednesday. Entering March, the Trump campaign had $41.9 million on hand, while the Biden campaign had $155 million.
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Reuters correspondent Nandita Bose tweeted on Thursday a screenshot of a Biden campaign email titled “Not a winning campaign: Broken Don is hiding in the basement.”
Political strategist Ashley Hayek criticized the Biden campaign’s abusive emails in an interview with Fox News Digital on Saturday.
“The Crooked Joe campaign just can’t keep up,” Hayek said. “Not only does he fail to ridicule Teflon Don, but he also highlights his own department’s illegal occupation of the Trump empire and reminds Americans of the alarming overreach by his administration.” .”
“According to a Gallup poll, 66% of Americans view the Department of Justice unfavorably. [which is] It’s simply a reflection of his leadership failures,” she said, adding, “Biden would be better off fleeing the basement again.”
President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign rally at Pullman Yards in Atlanta, Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Senator)
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FOX News Digital has reached out to the Biden and Trump campaigns for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Bradford Betz and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
