President Joe Biden said Wednesday that former President Donald Trump would does not accept the result from the 2024 elections.
“He might not accept the result of the election? I promise you he won’t,” Biden said in an interview with the TV channel. CNNadding that it was “dangerous”.
The president’s comments came in response to Trump’s question notes during the past week interview With the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Trump said during the interview: “If everything is honest, I’ll gladly accept the results. I’m not changing that. If not, you have to fight for the rights of the country.”
“The guy is not a Democrat with a small ‘d,'” Biden said of his opponent on Wednesday.
Biden’s campaign and the White House have previously responded to Trump’s statement. And Biden has previously called on Trump to deny the election, paints it as a threat to democracy Although his claim on Wednesday directly predicted how his opponent will behave in November.
“The bottom line: Trump is a threat to the Constitution and a threat to our democracy,” Biden campaign spokesman James Singer said in a statement last week about Trump’s comments to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
“The American people will hand him another electoral defeat this November because they continue to reject his extremism, love of violence and thirst for revenge,” Singer continued.
Separately, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre condemned “conspiracy theories that deny a dangerous election” put forward by some on the right in a statement to the press last week.
“There is no place to put yourself above your entire country,” Jean-Pierre said when asked about Trump’s comments. “As President Biden has previously committed, he will accept the will of the American people.”
In recent interviews, Trump has twice refused to question the election results. when asked during an interview with the Pennsylvania station on Tuesday WGAL While pondering whether he should accept the results of the 2020 election, the former president said, “No, that would be a terrible thing.” He further added that if there are no fair and free elections, “you should always have the right to protest them.”
during an April interview with Time magazineTrump has considered the possibility of political violence if he loses the presidential election.
“If we don’t win, you know, it depends,” Trump said when asked if he would face political violence if he didn’t win.
“It always depends on the fairness of the election. I don’t think they can do what they did last time. I don’t think they can get away with it,” Trump said. “And if so, we’re going to win in record fashion.”
Caryn Littler contributed.