On Sunday, former President Trump launched a social media attack against President Biden’s decision to withdraw from the upcoming election, criticizing it as undemocratic and mocking Biden’s mental fitness.
Between the announcement of Biden’s withdrawal and Monday morning, Trump posted 10 times on Truth Social, arguing that it was unfair for the Republican Party to face a new opponent and suggesting that Biden should not remain in office if he isn’t running for reelection.
Biden’s Withdraws from Race
“The Democrats pick a candidate, Crooked Joe Biden, he loses the Debate badly, then panics, and makes mistake after mistake, is told he can’t win, and decide they will pick another candidate, probably Harris,” Trump posted on Monday. “They stole the race from Biden after he won it in the primaries — A First! These people are the real THREAT TO DEMOCRACY!”
This sentiment mirrored the messages from various GOP corners, with some conservatives arguing that Democrats were disregarding the primary voters’ will by replacing Biden. However, Democrats have mostly rallied behind Vice President Harris, who was part of the ticket that secured millions of primary votes.
Trump has also targeted Biden’s mental acuity, even falsely suggesting at one point that the president did not have COVID-19 while isolating in Delaware.
“It’s a new day and Joe Biden doesn’t remember quitting the race yesterday! He is demanding his campaign schedule and arranging talks with Presidents Xi of China, and Putin of Russia, concerning the possible start of World War 3. Biden is ‘sharp, decisive, energetic, angry, and ready to go!’” Trump wrote mockingly in one post.
“It’s not over! Tomorrow Crooked Joe Biden’s going to wake up and forget that he dropped out of the race today!” Trump wrote in another.
At one point, the former president echoed calls from other Republicans for Biden to resign, questioning, “Who is running our Country right now? It’s not Crooked Joe, he has no idea where he is. If he can’t run for office, he can’t run our Country!!!”
On Sunday afternoon, Biden announced he would not seek a second term, citing growing pressure from elected Democrats concerned about his ability to defeat Trump in November. Shortly after, he endorsed Harris as the nominee.
Harris stated her intention to “earn and win” the party’s nomination, though it remains unclear if she will face any huge challengers before the Democratic convention next month in Chicago.
