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

President Joe Biden’s campaign accused his 2024 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 a 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.

The campaign also said that Mr Trump continues “to praise dictators, promise to pardon political violence, and launch racist attacks against Black and brown Americans.”

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.”

The Biden campaign also underscored another minor defeat for Mr Trump: his former vice president Mike Pencerefused to endorse him.

Mr Pence — whose name the mob on January 6 was chanting to be hanged — said on Saturday: “It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump this year.”

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