Biden campaign says Trump ‘wants another January 6’ after Ohio ‘bloodbath’ prediction

Joe Biden’s campaign has accused his rivalDonald Trump of wanting “another January 6” after the former president warned there would be an economic “bloodbath” if he loses the election.

Speaking in Ohio on Saturday to endorse GOP Senate candidate Bernie Moreno, Mr Trump told the crowd: “Now, if I don’t get elected… it’sgoing to be a bloodbath for the country.”

In response, the Biden-Harris campaign issued a statement, stating that Mr Trump “wants another January 6, but the American people are going to give him another electoral defeat this November because they continue to reject his extremism, his affection for violence, and his thirst for revenge”.

“This is who Donald Trump is: a loser who gets beat by over 7 million votes and then, instead of appealing to a wider mainstream audience, doubles down on his threats of political violence,” the Biden team added.

Theformer president’s comment came in the context of promising a “100 per cent tariff” on foreign-made cars. “You’re not going to be able to sell those guys if I get elected,” Mr Trump said at the rally.

“Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole – that’s gonna be the least of it. It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country. That’ll be the least of it.”

Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung dismissed that the “bloodbath” comment was related to violence, clarifying to the Washington Post that the 2024 GOP frontrunner was referring to cars made outside of the US. “If you actually watch and listen to the section, he was talking about the auto industry and tariffs,” Mr Cheung told the outlet. “Biden’s policies will create an economic bloodbath for the auto industry and auto workers,” he said.

Senior Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller