Former President Donald Trump took a victory lap that he "officially defeated" President Joe Biden, while at the same time whining that he now has to go up against Vice President Kamala Harris, at a Turning Point USA event in Florida on Friday evening.
Biden exited the race amid pressure from his own party about his health and fitness amid his advanced age, after which he endorsed Harris to replace him on the ticket.
"We defeated him, he was badly beaten," said Trump. However, he complained, it wasn't fair for Biden to bow out. "It's like a prizefighter, losing badly ready to be knocked out ... let's put someone else in, it's not supposed to work that way." He described it as a "coup" and said "The fascists went after him, they threatened him with the 25th Amendment."
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Democrats did not threaten Biden with the 25th Amendment, a process for temporarily removing an infirm president from duties, although Trump called on the GOP to push for it.
Trump also turned his focus on Harris, saying "she was a bum three weeks ago" and complaining that the media is now retracting previous, misleading claims that she was the Biden administration's "border czar."
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