Joe Biden says he's unsure whether presidential elections will be 'peaceful' due to Donald Trump

Joe Biden made a surprise appearance during the daily White House briefing, the first-of-its-kind during his present tenure
UPDATED OCT 6, 2024
Joe Biden withdrew from the presidential race after first debate with Donald Trump (Getty Images)
Joe Biden withdrew from the presidential race after first debate with Donald Trump (Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC: President Joe Biden expressed concern over the upcoming presidential race.

During a White House press conference, the 81-year-old was asked if he was confident that the upcoming elections would be free, fair, and peaceful.

The president responded with, “Two separate questions. I’m confident it’ll be free and fair. I don’t know whether it’ll be peaceful.”

Biden made a surprise appearance during the daily White House briefing, the first-of-its-kind during his present tenure.

President Joe Biden speaks onstage at the Grand Opening Ceremony for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center hosted by Pride Live at the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center on June 28, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, a Program of Pride Live)
President Joe Biden called out Donald Trump while answering about peaceful presidential elections (Getty Images)

Joe Biden warned over November elections 

The president reasoned why he's unsure over peaceful elections saying, “The things that Trump has said, and the things that he said last time out when he didn’t like the outcome of the election, were very dangerous.” 

It seemed that Biden was referring to the Capitol Hill riots on January 6, 2021, when several people stormed inside the building to stop the certification of the election results. 

Trump calling the 2020 election fraud had cost him dearly since he had been indicted by a federal agency in Washington, and state charges in Georgia, reported The Daily Beast

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media after his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 20, 2024 in New York City. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Photo by Mark Peterson - Pool/Getty Images)
Donald Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania for campaign months after assassination attempt at the venue (Mark Peterson - Pool/Getty Images)

Donald Trump stark warning if he loses elections

 The Republican nominee continues to drive his narrative of rigged elections in 2020. “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,” he said, speaking during a March rally in Ohio. 

Biden pointed out on Friday, October 4, “I’m concerned about what they’re going to do.”

When asked about Biden’s comment, Trump responded while inspecting a damaged region due to a hurricane, the Republican leader said, “I only can hope that it’s going to be free and fair and I think, in this state, it will be.”

“And I hope in every state it will be,” he added.

President Joe Biden's unplanned appearance to warn about elections came just moments before Harris took the stage to give her remarks on Friday, October 4.

Donald Trump is all set to take stage at the same venue in Butler, Pennsylvania, where the first assassination attempt was made on July 13.

Trump was stuck by one of the bullets in the attack, where eight rounds were fired. Pennsylvania firefighter Corey Comperatore died while trying to shield his family while two other were injured in the attack.

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