Biden warns that Trump and MAGA Republicans are ‘decided to destroy democracy’

President Joe Biden warned that Donald Trump and different MAGA Republicans are “decided to destroy democracy.”

Biden blasted former president Trump at a fundraiser in New York City on Monday night time.

Given present public opinion polls, the 2 males are doubtless in 2024 to reprise their 2020 election contest, which Biden famous.

“I do not suppose anybody in the present day doubts our democracy was at stake in 2020. Thank God due to individuals such as you we received,” Biden stated.

“I’m operating as a result of democracy is at stake, as a result of in 2024, democracy is on the poll as soon as once more,” he stated, including that if he’s reelected, “we may have saved American democracy.”

“Let there be no query: Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans are decided to destroy American democracy,” Biden stated. “And I’ll all the time defend, defend and struggle for our democracy.” 

Biden additionally drew a distinction between how he views Russian President Vladimir Putin and how Trump does.

“I can’t facet with dictators like Putin. Maybe Trump and his MAGA mates can bow down, however I will not,” Biden stated.

Steven Cheung, a Trump marketing campaign spokesman, in a press release in response to Biden’s fundraiser feedback advised Biden was the true risk to democratic values.

“Crooked Joe Biden is the one who has weaponized his Justice Department to go after his principal political opponent — President Trump,” Cheung stated.

“He has directed these unlawful witch-hunts to intervene in an election the place President Trump is main him within the polls.”

Trump has been indicted 4 occasions on legal fees for the reason that spring, with two of these instances lodged by particular counsel Jack Smith, who was appointed to that position by Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Smith’s workplace is prosecuting Trump in federal courtroom in Washington, D.C., for alleged crimes associated to his effort to undo his loss within the 2020 election, and in Florida federal courtroom for retaining categorized information after leaving the White House and allegedly attempting to cover them from authorities officers.

Trump is charged in state courtroom in Atlanta with alleged crimes associated to his try to reverse Biden’s victory within the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. He is also charged in New York state courtroom with allegedly falsifying enterprise information in reference to a 2016 hush cash cost to porn star Stormy Daniels.