Biden ‘not confident’ of peaceful Trump concession if he loses election
President Joe Biden says he not confident that Donald Trump will concede peacefully if he loses the November 5 presidential election, warning that the Republican candidate means comments that people don’t take seriously.
Trump supporters break into the US Capitol in 2020 in bid to stop Congress ratifiying the election result after the defeated former president claimed it was fraudulent. Photo: Lev Radin/Sipa USA
“If Trump loses, I’m not confident at all,” Biden said in an interview on Wednesday.
“He means what he says. We don’t take him seriously. He means it. All this stuff about if we lose there’d be a bloodbath,” Biden said.
During a March campaign appearance in Ohio, Trump warned of a “bloodbath” if he fails to win the election.
At the time Trump was discussing the need to protect the US auto industry from overseas competition, and Trump later said he was referring to the auto industry when he used the term.
Trump has falsely claimed he won the 2020 election against Biden and was criminally charged in Washington DC and Georgia with illegally trying to overturn the results after a mob of supporters stormed Congress in an attempt to stop the election result being ratified.
Trump supporters break into the Capitol in 2020 after he claimed he had won the election. Photo supplied.
Biden dropped out of the campaign in July after fellow Democrats called for him to step aside following a poor debate performance against Trump that raised questions about the Democratic president’s age and health.
Biden’s vice president Kamala Harris has since captured the Democratic nomination and is running against Trump.
– with AAP
