US President Joe Biden says that if Donald Trump If the 2024 presidential election is lost, he has ‘absolutely no confidence’ that there will be a peaceful transition of power.
President Biden said Donald Trump should be taken seriously for his statement in March, in which he said there would be a “bloodbath” for the American auto industry and the country if he were defeated in November.
The White House claimed at the time that the former president was inciting the violence, which he denied.
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Joe Biden said this in his first interview with CBS News since officially suspending his campaign and handing the reins of the Democratic Party to Kamala Harris.
Asked about a peaceful transition of power, the US president replied: ‘If Trump wins. No, I’m not sure at all.’
The president quickly corrected his answer, saying: ‘I mean, if Trump loses, I’m not sure at all.
‘They do what they say. We don’t take them seriously. They take it seriously. All that ‘if we lose there will be bloodshed’ stuff. (Elections) will be stolen, see what they are trying to do in local constituencies now.
‘You can’t love your country only when you win.’
President Biden’s full interview with CBS will air on Sunday.
Just three weeks before Joe Biden was sworn in as president on January 6, 2021, Donald Trump addressed thousands of supporters in Washington, DC.
Speaking from behind bulletproof glass, he declared that he would ‘never recognize’ the elections, which he claimed were stolen from him. He criticized the media and called on his Vice President, Mike Pence, to reverse the election results.
Supporters of the former president then marched to the US Capitol Hill building and stormed the building, with the aim of preventing a joint session of Congress from counting the Electoral College votes to formalize Joe Biden’s victory. was
On January 6, 2021, supporters of former US President Donald Trump walked around the Senate chamber and other important places after entering the Capitol Hill building in Washington (AFP).
Five people were killed within 36 hours of the coup. One was shot by Capitol Hill police, another died of a drug overdose and three died of natural causes, including a police officer. Many people were injured, including 174 policemen.
The FBI says that in the 42 months since the attack on Capitol Hill, more than 1,470 people in nearly all 50 states have been charged with crimes related to the violation, including more than 530 by law enforcement. It is accused of attacking or obstructing the institutions.
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2024-08-09 19:09:53