Joe Biden called his rival Donald Trump a “delinquent” for the first time since the guilty verdict rendered Thursday by the courts in New York in the historic criminal trial of the former Republican president.
“For the first time in American history, a former president who is a convicted offender runs for president“, declared during a campaign event in Connecticut the Democratic president, who will face his predecessor in the presidential election on November 5.
“As disruptive as this may be, his all-out offensive on the American justice system is even more harmful,” added Joe Biden, asserting that the campaign had “entered uncharted territory last week“. For the Democratic president, Donald Trump would pose an even greater threat to American democracy if he wins the White House again in November. “Something broke in this guy for real” after his defeat during the last presidential election, Joe Biden said. “It literally drives him crazy,” he added.
Donald Trump threatens “breaking point” in case of prison time
Joe Biden also castigated Donald Trump’s statements, saying on Sunday that a prison sentence could be “a breaking point” for his supporters. These words have a particular resonance in a country still marked by the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021when supporters of the Republican tried to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory.
“He says if he loses, there will be bloodshed in America. What kind of man says that?”, the Democrat said Monday. Joe Biden’s only previous comment on Donald Trump’s guilty verdict was Friday at the White House, when he said “no one is above the law” – without going so far as to call him a delinquent.
The Democrat’s campaign team has been playing a balancing act around Donald Trump’s legal woes from the start – not venturing to attack him head-on on this subject.
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