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An angry Joe Biden called Donald Trump “sick” and a “loser” in his first campaign speech of 2024, saying “we almost lost America” on January 6. The president, 80, launched an angry attack on his predecessor and possible 2024 general election rival at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania, where George Washington organized an army to fight the British in 1777.
Biden condemned the Republican front-runner for his “lies” and for making his White House campaign about “himself” in remarks marking the third anniversary of the Capitol Riot. In his first public event since a vacation in the Caribbean, Biden said “democracy is at stake” as states across the country launch bids to kick out Trump. He said Trump invoked Nazi Germany when he called his enemies “vermin” and compared him to a dictator who could destroy the US if re-elected in November.
In recalling the events of January 6, 2021, he said Trump was “watching TV” as rioters ransacked the Capitol. Referring to his comments about being “a dictator from day one,” Biden said they were “not joking and mocking his 'love letters' to Kim Jong Un.” He branded Trump a threat to the United States and vowed to make “saving democracy” a central platform of his 2024 campaign.
Biden mentioned Trump by name dozens of times in the speech, in his most direct attack since the start of the campaign. The Democrat trails his opponent in several national polls and still faces questions about whether he should run for a second term. But a defiant Biden went scorched earth on his 77-year-old rival over his “admiration” for Vladimir Putin. “Trump is trying to steal history, just like he tried to steal the election. But we knew the truth,” he said.
“I refuse to believe that in 2024, Americans will walk away from what made us great: liberty and freedom.” The president called him “sick” for laughing about Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, being attacked by a hammer. He said the suspect asked “where's Nancy” when he broke into her San Francisco home, as some rioters did on Jan. 6.
“Trump has exhausted all legal options available to him to overturn the election. Everyone. “But the legal route simply brought Trump back to the truth: that I won the election and that he was a loser.” “Donald Trump's campaign is about him. It's not about America. It's not about you.
“Donald Trump's campaign is obsessed with the past, not the future. He is willing to sacrifice our democracy and put himself in power. Our campaign is different.” The president said America almost “lost everything” on January 6.
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