Former President Trump claimed President Biden poses a grave risk to democracy, returning the criticism most often associated with the prospects of his own return to the White House in 2024.
“He’s been weaponizing government against his political opponents like a Third World political tyrant,” Trump said of Biden at a campaign event Saturday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. “Biden and his radical left allies like to pose as standing up as allies of democracy.”
“Joe Biden is not the defender of American democracy. Joe Biden is the destroyer of American democracy,” he added. “It’s him and his people. They’re the wreckers of the American dream. The American dream is dead with them in office.”
Trump currently faces 91 criminal charges in four separate indictments — two federal and two brought by states. He has frequently accused the Department of Justice and the Biden administration of targeting him, though no evidence has substantiated these allegations.
One of the federal cases, brought by independent special counsel Jack Smith, is related to the former president’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and keep himself in power.
Trump underscored the message that Biden poses a risk to democracy in a Truth Social post later Saturday night.
“One year from now, the American People are going to FIRE Crooked Joe Biden and the anti-Democratic Party in a political earthquake that will echo around the world!” he wrote.
The Biden campaign responded to these allegations in a statement, The Associated Press reported, pointing to the promises that Trump has made that he would prosecute Biden if he retakes the White House.
“Donald Trump’s America in 2025 is one where the government is his personal weapon to lock up his political enemies. You don’t have to take our word for it — Trump has admitted it himself,” a spokesperson for the Biden campaign said.
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Trump is claiming Biden poses a grave risk to democracy, returning the criticism most often associated with the prospects of his own return to the White House in 2024. https://t.co/lY9UrpAKJO pic.twitter.com/G33Oa1pGdK
— The Hill (@thehill) December 3, 2023
"He didn't end democracy the first time, right?"
This is like saying: "Hey, we drove home completely drunk, and we didn't get killed, so what's the big deal?"
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— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) December 3, 2023
I know it's obvious that Trump changes positions on a dime and how it's mystifying that his cult doesn't care, but picking all this apart is a fool's errand.
They stick with him because he channels their diffuse anger about their lives at other Americans. But it's worse now:
/1— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) December 3, 2023
2020 and J6 compounded their sense of humiliation and grievance. The know Trump is making fools of them, but they will never admit it. And Biden winning was like a national slap in the face.
So now they're with him no matter what. They don't care about policy or positions. /3— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) December 3, 2023
Talking about how he and Biden "differ on Issues X/Y/Z" is pointless and a distraction. It's all part of the "normal political horse race" narrative that is blinding people to the danger ahead./5x
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) December 3, 2023
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