President Biden on Tuesday evening gave a feisty rebuke to former President Trump, calling him a loser and arguing he’s operating for president once more to remain out of jail.
“More people are working today in America than any time since Trump left office, that’s just a fact,” Biden stated throughout a speech at Philadelphia’s Metropolis Committee dinner.
“401Ks are robust, violent crime is down, homicide is down and fewer individuals are crossing the border, and Trump calls {that a} hellscape? He talks about America being a failed nation, the place the hell’s he from?
“It makes me angry,” the president added. “I say America’s winning, we’re the most powerful nation in the world, the most respected nation in the word. … Trump says we’re losers, but the only loser I know is Donald Trump.”
The president additionally known as Trump “dishonest” and talked about his predecessor’s 34 felony counts towards him associated to falsifying enterprise information to hide alleged affairs throughout his 2016 marketing campaign.
“I want to watch that sentence,” Biden stated, referring to the Nov. 26 sentencing. “I think he’s running to stay out of jail.”
He additionally talked about that Trump on Monday evening lower questions quick at a city corridor occasion with supporters in Pennsylvania after two prolonged interruptions attributable to medical episodes, opting to play a number of of his favourite songs for the gang for greater than half-hour.
“He stood on the stage for 30 minutes and danced. I’m serious. What’s wrong with this guy?” Biden stated.
Biden additionally spoke about Vice President Harris’s loyalty to him whereas she seeks to marketing campaign on her personal agenda whereas not criticizing Biden.
“Every president has to cut their own path. That’s what I did. I was loyal to Barack Obama but I cut my own path as president. That’s what Kamala’s going to do. … She’s been loyal so far, but she’ll cut her own path,” he stated, arguing that the vice chairman will take the nation in her personal path and calling her perspective recent and new.
The group broke into “we’re not going back,” which is a chant from Harris’s rallies.
“Folks, this is 2024, we’re not going back,” the president stated.