'The orange liar': Internet slams Donald Trump as he calls President Joe Biden 'real threat' to democracy

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Donald Trump sparked outrage recently after he called President Joe Biden a "real threat" to democracy during a speech hosted by the New York Young Republican Club on Saturday, December 10, 2023.

Addressing the crowd, the former president characterized warnings that his victory in 2024 would represent a threat to democracy as a “hoax” and “Democrat misinformation”.

"The radical left Democrats, their fake news allies have unveiled their newest hoax that Donald J. And the Republican Party are a threat to democracy … This is their new line. Here we go again — 'Russia, Russia, Russia,' 'Mueller, Mueller, Mueller,' 'Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine.' One hoax after another," the real estate mogul said.

Trump, who has been facing federal and state charges for trying to overturn the 2020 election, then went on to claim “No, I’m not a threat. I will save democracy. The threat is Crooked Joe Biden.”

“And that’s what it is, it’s a hoax. We call it now the threat-to-democracy hoax, because that’s what it is,” he continued, according to CNN.

Donald Trump addresses his previous ‘dictator’ remarks

Last week, Donald Trump expressed that he wouldn’t be a dictator if re-elected “except for Day 1” to address the border and domestic oil production.

In his new speech, he complained about how those remarks had been characterized, saying he never claimed he wanted to be a dictator.

“I said I want to be a dictator for one day,” Trump said, adding, “And you know why I want to be a dictator? Because I want a wall … and I want to drill, drill, drill."

The former president later said that Democrat’s attacks on democracy were a "desperate and shameless attempt to distract from the monstrous abuses of power the left is committing before your very eyes."

He pointed to more than a dozen state-level petitions to remove him from the 2024 ballot, citing a clause of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment barring those who have engaged in “insurrection or rebellion” from office.

Biden and other Democrats have said that a second Trump presidency could damage the democracy in the US as the President and his predecessor prepare for a possible rematch in the 2024 election.

During a fundraiser in Los Angeles on Saturday, Biden declared that "democracy is the greatest threat that Trump poses."

Internet reacts to Donald Trump’s remarks

After Trump’s speech surfaced on social media, many users slammed him for calling Biden a threat to the democracy. “Only one actually tried to change the results of an election. The orange Liar,” one user mocked.

“The truth isn’t in him,” the second user said. “Trump has proven he’s a threat. F him!!” the third user slammed.

“Well, that has been proven to be the truth, hasn’t it?” the fourth user stated, while the fifth one wrote “Yes. We should do away with elections to protect 'our democracy'.”

“After Jan 6th, why is this even a debatable topic?” one more said.

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