- Biden said he believes Trump will compete in the election “no matter what the result is”
- Trump continues to claim that he won the 2020 election and lost during the election campaign.
- The president said he never doubted he would seek a second term and said he is “really proud” of his record.
President Joe Biden warns that he does not believe former President Donald Trump will concede the 2024 presidential election if he loses in November.
Biden made the comments in a rare Oval Office interview with the New Yorker as he faces a likely rematch with Trump in the general election and has trailed the Republican front-runner in a series of recent polls.
“Losers who are losers are never graceful,” Biden said. “I just think he’ll do anything to try to win.”
Biden said he believes that if he wins, Trump will impeach him “no matter what the outcome is.”
Trump has long claimed that he won the 2020 election despite losing the Electoral College vote and the popular vote to Biden by more than 7 million votes.
Biden gave a rare Oval Office interview to the New Yorker where he said he believes Trump won’t concede the election if he loses in November and stated that “losers who are losers are never funny.”
On the campaign trail, Trump continues to claim, without any evidence, that he actually won the 2020 election. The former president faces criminal charges for election interference
Last weekend, at a rally in North Carolina, Trump continued to criticize the results of the last presidential election before a crowd of supporters.
But for years the former president and his legal team have failed to provide a single substantial piece of evidence to support their allegations of election tampering or interference, as the former president faces criminal charges for election interference in Georgia and the January 6 attack. .
During the election campaign, Trump praised the convicted rioters who participated in the Jan. 6 attack, calling them “hostages.”
A recent CBS News poll found that a majority of respondents believe the losing side will resort to violence after losing in future presidential elections.
According to the New Yorker, this does not sit well with Biden, but he is convinced that Americans will do it.“We reject the Trumpist vision of politics.”
‘How can we, as a democracy, elect someone president who says violence is appropriate?’ Biden said in the interview.
The latest poll shows Trump leading Biden in a potential close rematch even though Biden presides over an expanding economy and has a string of legislative victories under his belt during his first term.
Biden has questioned whether he could reach voters who were less likely to hold Trump responsible for Jan. 6 or who believed Biden had actually won, answering the question with his own bold prediction.
Biden said in the New Yorker interview that he never doubted he would seek a second term in the White House
‘Well, first of all, remember, in 2020, you told me I wasn’t going to win? And then you told me in 2022 what this red wave was going to be like? Biden said. And I told you there wasn’t going to be any red wave. And in 2023 you told me we’d get our asses kicked again? And we won all the races held.”
Biden said he believes the same thing will happen in 2024.
While Biden has pressed ahead with his campaign for a second term, some Democrats have expressed frustration at having no choice but to the 81-year-old who had previously labeled himself in 2020 as a “transitional” candidate.
When asked by the New Yorker if he ever doubted running again, Biden said no.
‘YOIf I didn’t think the policies I implemented were the best for the country, I don’t think I would do it again. I’m running again because I think two things: No. 1, I’m very proud of my record and I want to keep it up. “I’m optimistic about the future.”
He maintained that most of what he has done “is now having an effect.”
