Kamala Harris and Joe Biden. File | Photograph credit score: AP
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has lashed out at present US President Joe Biden for ending his re-election bid, saying “everybody round Biden, together with his docs, knew he was not able to working or being president.”
His scathing feedback got here after Biden (81), in a shock transfer on July 21, introduced he was withdrawing from the race to be the following president in 2024 and backed Harris, who’s of Indian and African origin, as the brand new Democratic Get together candidate.
Biden’s resolution to appoint Harris (59) follows weeks of intense strain from fellow Democrats following her disastrous efficiency within the presidential debate in opposition to Republican rival and former US President Donald Trump final month.
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Trump additionally doubted that Biden had COVID-19.
In a put up on the social media platform “Fact Social,” Trump stated: “We’re pressured to spend money and time combating Corrupt Joe Biden who is just not within the polls after having a horrible debate and dropping out of the race. Now we’ve to start out over.”
“Shouldn’t the Republican Get together be reimbursed for the fraud, since everybody round Joe, together with his docs and the pretend media, knew he was unfit to run for president or be president? I’m simply asking,” he stated.
“Crooked Joe simply obtained knocked unconscious, so now I’ve to do it a FOURTH TIME!!!” stated the previous US president.
Trump stated his debate with Biden, whom he described because the “worst” president in US historical past, was scheduled to be broadcast on ABCsomeday in September.
“Now that Joe has, as anticipated, dropped out of the race, I believe the controversy, with whomever the novel left Democrats select, ought to be held on Fox Information, quite than the very biased ABC. Thanks!” Trump stated.
In one other put up, Trump (78) stated: “Does anybody actually imagine Crooked Joe had Covid? No, he needed out since June twenty seventh, the night time of the controversy the place he was utterly worn out.” “That was the massive second in Joe Biden’s demise. That was the second Joe was uncovered for what he’s, an incompetent man who ought to by no means have been president. Joe Biden is unfit to serve. He’s destroying our nation!” he stated.
On July 17, Biden examined constructive for COVID-19, forcing him to droop his marketing campaign at a crucial second within the presidential election, when he was going through rising strain on his well being and considerations about his viability as a candidate. He returned to his residence in Delaware and remoted himself.
It’s unclear the place and when the president contracted COVID-19, however the sudden prognosis has put him behind closed doorways.
“Crooked Joe Biden is by far the worst president within the historical past of our nation. He has carried out the whole lot in his energy to destroy our nation, from our southern border to our vitality dominance, nationwide safety, worldwide standing and rather more,” Trump stated.
“They annihilated him in a momentous debate and now the corrupt and radical Democrats are throwing him out the window. He was unfit to serve within the first place, however the individuals round him lied to America about his complete and full psychological, bodily and cognitive demise. Whoever the left places in place now will likely be extra of the identical. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump stated on social media.
In one other put up, he claimed Biden was unfit to run for president or maintain workplace.
“He solely rose to workplace on lies, pretend information, and staying out of his basement… Look what he has carried out to our nation, with thousands and thousands of individuals crossing our border with none management or verification, lots of them coming from prisons, psychological establishments, and file numbers of terrorists. We’ll endure vastly due to his presidency, however we’ll treatment the injury he has carried out in a short time,” Trump added.
