“He is ready to sacrifice our democracy”: Joe Biden accused Donald Trump in his first campaign speech

The anniversary of the storming of the Capitol inspired Joe Biden. The American president addressed several tackles to his main rival in the fight for the White House in 2024: Donald Trump. “Donald Trump’s campaign is obsessed with the past, not the future. He is willing to sacrifice our democracy to gain power,” the Democrat criticized during his first campaign appearance in Pennsylvania.

The current Potus spoke these words on the eve of the third anniversary of the storming of the Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump, who disputed the results of the previous presidential elections in the United States. “Trump and his MAGA (Make America Great Again) supporters not only condone political violence, they laugh at it,” the 81-year-old politician criticized.

Joe Biden also accused his predecessor at the head of the country of using the rhetoric of “Nazi Germany”: “he talks about the poisoned blood of Americans, using exactly the same language that was used in “Nazi Germany.” ” he said during the same speech.

New York state seeks $370 million from Trump family

While Joe Biden’s ratings have been weakened by his support for Israel in the Gaza war and the failures of his son Hunter, Donald Trump has become entangled in legal cases. The state of New York, which filed a civil financial fraud lawsuit against the ex-president, his sons and their Trump Organization real estate empire, is now seeking “$370 million” in damages, according to court documents.

That’s far more than the $250 million that state Attorney General Letitia James sought in her fall 2022 complaint, which prompted a civil financial fraud case in New York court. trial where Donald Trump and his sons Donald Jr. and Eric have testified since last October.

With this big speech, Joe Biden was supposed to try to boost his campaign for the presidential election in November. He stood shoulder to shoulder or just behind Donald Trump in recent polls, engaging voters on the issue of defending democracy during a speech near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, the historic site of the American Revolutionary War.