So, Biden Really Wants To 'Lock Trump Up'?
1min read With less than two weeks left until the official election on November 5th, both sides' campaigns have entered their final sprint, and their attacks on each other have become increasingly sharp.
President Joe Biden stated on Tuesday that former President and Republican candidate Donald Trump is a threat to democracy and should be politically locked up.
Speaking at a campaign office in New Hampshire, he said, We got to lock him up. Politically lock him up. Lock him out. That's what we have to do.
Biden further explained that Trump wants to disregard the guarantees of the U.S. Constitution. He said that if Trump defeats Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, Our democracy is at stake.
Biden's remarks actually alluded to Trump's behavior during his 2016 presidential campaign. At that time, crowds at his campaign events chanted Lock her up, referring to then-Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. However, Trump did not stop them.
This year, at some rallies in support of Harris, her supporters sometimes also chant Lock him up, referring to Trump. But Harris has stopped the chants, saying that the Department of Justice will handle the issue, and she intends to defeat Trump fairly on the formal election day.
The Trump campaign team quickly seized on Biden's remarks and called for Harris to condemn him.
Trump's campaign press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said in a statement, Joe Biden just admitted the truth: he and Kamala's plan all along has been to politically persecute their opponent President Trump because they can't beat him fair and square.
The Harris-Biden Admin is the real threat to democracy. We call on Kamala Harris to condemn Joe Biden's disgraceful remark, he added.
A White House official later clarified that the correct interpretation of Biden's remarks was to politically 'censor' Trump and 'exclude' him. The official also said that Biden was telling voters how they should view the stakes of this election.
In addition, Biden warned in his latest speech that if Trump wins, America will change.
If you don't believe it now, you're going to learn if he wins, it's a serious, serious problem. So, folks, the first point I want to make to you is we must. We must, we must win. Must win, he added.
Now, the Democrats control the Senate, while the House of Representatives is controlled by Republicans. However, there are currently predictions that the Republicans may regain control of the Senate in this election
