Joe Biden tore at Donald Trump’s mental stability at a dinner in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. It came just as the former president made a series of gaffes at a campaign rally in Ohio, predicting “bloodshed” if he loses in the November election.
When Trump, who is considered to be the Republican presidential nominee, appeared at Vandalia, he confused the audience by claiming that Biden had defeated “Barack Hussein Obama” in a national election that never actually took place. Ta.
Trump, who has frequently criticized the 81-year-old Biden’s age and mental strength, acted unrestrained during a speech in which his teleprompter appeared to have stopped working due to strong winds, calling him “bite” and “the biggest.” I had trouble pronouncing the words. He then left the audience scratching their heads with a reference to Obama, who Biden served as vice president from 2009 to 2017 before taking over the Oval Office from Trump in 2020.
“You know what’s funny? Joe Biden beat Barack Hussein Obama. Has anyone ever heard of him? Biden beat Obama in every battleground state, but everything else Biden was killed in those states.” President Trump said.
Biden joked about President Trump’s mental state Saturday night at the Gridiron Club Dinner, a traditional “roast” attended by politicians and journalists dating back to the 1880s.
“One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other is me,” the president said.
“Don’t tell him. He thinks he’s trying to run against Barack Obama, that’s what he said,” Biden added, adding that Trump, 77, is due in 2024. He cited several times in the past when he confused the sitting president with his Democratic predecessor.
President Trump’s speech in Ohio was ostensibly an endorsement of Bernie Moreno, his favorite candidate in the state’s Republican Senate primary on Tuesday, but the former president focused on darker, apocalyptic themes. returned to.
In his comments about autoworkers and the auto industry, President Trump claimed that the United States would be in “disaster” if he was again rejected by polls favoring Biden.
“If I don’t get elected, it will be a disaster. That would be the bare minimum. It would be a disaster for the country,” he said, without specifying what he meant.
He then added: “If we don’t win this election, I don’t think there will be another election in this country… It certainly won’t be a meaningful election.”
In response to his remarks, Biden’s re-election campaign issued a statement saying, “This is Donald Trump.”
“Biden wants another January 6th, but Americans continue to reject his extremism, love of violence, and thirst for revenge,” said Biden campaign spokesman James Singer. , will suffer another defeat in the elections this November.”
However, two Republican members of Congress who have criticized Trump came to his defense. Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy said Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press: So if he’s talking about the auto industry, specifically the state of Ohio, you can put it in a little more context. ”
Former Vice President Mike Pence, who this week declined to endorse Trump’s candidacy, made a similar argument. “[He] Pence said on CBS’ Face the Nation that he was clearly talking about the devastating impact of imports on the U.S. auto industry.
During the speech, Trump also repeated unsubstantiated claims that foreign countries are “emptying” prisons and mental hospitals in the United States, called some immigrants “animals,” and continued his usual attacks on immigrants.
“I don’t know if you would call them humans. In my opinion, they are not humans,” he said. “But I’m not allowed to say that because the radical left says that’s a terrible thing.”
Mr. Moreno, a Colombian immigrant who made his fortune in car dealerships, joined the nationalist rhetoric demanding that anyone coming to the United States speak English.
“We don’t need to vote in five different languages. We learn the language,” he said. “It means you assimilate. You become part of America, but America doesn’t become part of you.”
During his fiery 90-minute speech, Trump also spat personal insults at his political opponents. He called Biden an “idiot” multiple times. In a criminal lawsuit in which he sought to overturn his 2020 election loss, he made a vulgar reference to Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis’ first name. He called Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom “the new scum.” And he attacked the appearance of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker. The New York Times reported.
He also tried to blame Biden for installing the nuisance teleprompter and called on event organizers not to pay contractors.
Democratic former US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemned President Trump’s comments on Sunday’s CNN State of the Union appearance.
“He wouldn’t even be allowed in his home, let alone the White House,” she said.
“We have to win this election, because he’s even predicting a bloodbath. What does that mean? Is he going to go on a bloodbath? There’s something wrong here As much as I respect the American people and their goodness, how much more do Americans have to see to understand that this is not the essence of our country?”
Mr. Biden repeated this warning in a non-comedic portion of his speech at the Gridiron Dinner attended by more than 650 guests, continuing to refuse to use Mr. Trump’s name and referring to Mr. Trump as “my predecessor.” I just called it.
“We live in an unprecedented moment in our democracy,” Biden said. “An unprecedented moment in history. Democracy and freedom are literally under attack. [Russian president Vladimir] President Putin is marching through Europe. His predecessors bowed to him and said, “Do whatever you want.”
“Freedoms are under attack: the freedom to vote, the freedom to choose, and more. The lies about the 2020 election, the conspiracy to overturn it, and the conspiracy to condone the January 6th insurrection are the worst attacks on our democracy since the civil war. It is the greatest threat to ideology.
“We are living in an unprecedented moment for democracy, an unprecedented moment in history. Democracy and freedom are literally under attack.”
