WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday expressed concerns that the November election may not be “peaceful”, referencing recent comments from Doanld Trump and JD Vance.
Biden surprised reporters in the briefing room when he walked in for remarks about Friday’s jobs report and fielded some questions from the press. When he was asked about next month’s election, Biden said he isn’t sure if there will be a “peaceful” election.
“I’m confident it will be free and fair,” Biden said. “I don’t know whether it will be peaceful.”
“The things that Trump has said and the things that he said last time out when he didn’t like the outcome were very dangerous,” he continued. “I noticed that the vice presidential Republican candidate did not say he would accept the outcome of the election. They haven’t even accepted the outcome of the last election.”
“So, I am concerned about what they’re going to do,” Biden said.
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During Tuesday’s Vice Presidential debate, Vance was asked about his past comments that if he were vice president he would not have certified the 2020 election and if he will question the results this year.
Vance declined to answer.
“Look, what President Trump has said is that there were problems in 2020, and my own belief is that we should fight about those issues, debate those issues peacefully in the public square,” he said.
That led to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, to ask the Ohio senator if Trump lost in 2020. Vance once again side stepped the question.
“Tim, I’m focused on the future,” Vance said.
“I’m pretty shocked by this. He lost the election. This is not a debate, it’s not anything anywhere other than in Donald Trump’s world,” Walz said in response.
Trump has continued to repeat and spread false claims about the 2020 election on the campaign trail, most recently in Michigan on Thursday, where he falsely claimed he was the winner.
“We won, we won, we did win,” Trump said. “It was a rigged election.”
On Wednesday, special counsel Jack Smith filed a new brief in the election interference case against Trump, alleging that he worked in a “personal capacity” after the 2020 presidential election to get the results overturned.
