President Donald Trump brought the house down during a rally in Arizona as he responded to desperate comments from the Democrats as Election Day draws near.
Trump shredded lame-duck President Joe Biden’s recent “lock him up” remarks.
Earlier this week, Biden blasted Trump and declared: “We gotta lock him up.”
Trump mocked the comment and labeled Biden a “stupid guy.”
Biden made the comment about locking him up after mentioning Trump’s push to cut down the Department of Education during an event in New Hampshire on Tuesday.
He made the remark while making reference to the federal 2020 election interference case against Trump.
Trump “thinks he has a right under the Supreme Court ruling on immunity to be able if need be, if it was the case, to actually eliminate, physically eliminate, shoot and kill, someone who he believes to be a threat to him,” Biden slurred.
“I mean, so, I know this sounds bizarre.
“It sounds like if I said this five years ago, you’d lock me up.
“We gotta lock him up,” Biden said, before adding seconds later: “Politically lock him up.”
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Biden in NH lists what Trump would do as president and says: “we gotta lock him up” and then, appearing to realize how his comments would be taken, adds: “politically, lock him up.” pic.twitter.com/cw3X8RzKn2
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) October 22, 2024
He delivered the fiery response to Biden during a rally in Arizona, one of the swing states he is trying to win in the 2024 race against Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
“He blew it,” Trump said while laughing at Biden’s comments.
“He said ‘lock him up.’ He said ‘lock him up’ last night.
“He’s not allowed to say that!
“He’s such a stupid guy,” Trump said with laughter.
“Such a stupid fool,” he added as the crowd erupted.
WATCH:
Amid the backlash over the president’s remarks, gaslighting White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insisted to reporters on Wednesday that Biden meant “lock him out politically.”
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Q: What did the president mean when he said last night about Donald Trump, 'we you gotta lock him up?'"@PressSec: "He meant lock him out politically." pic.twitter.com/0gd0ymBpCh
— CSPAN (@cspan) October 23, 2024
However, the damage may already be done.
Citing Biden’s “lock him up” remark, Trump’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the 2020 election case.
The case is led by Special Counsel Jack Smith, who was appointed by Biden’s Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Trump of course entertained chants of “lock her up” in relation to his 2016 election rival, Hillary Clinton.
He also enjoyed chants of “lock him up” in 2020 when competing against Biden.
Democrats have since attempted to twist the phrase to use it against Trump but it never sticks.
Yet Biden took up a similar call while Trump is actually facing federal prosecution under the sitting president’s administration.
During an event on Wednesday in the battleground state of Georgia, Trump said Biden’s actions amount to meddling in the 2024 presidential contest.
“I’ve been telling you that it’s election interference,” Trump said.
“This is all it is. He said ‘we got to lock him up.’ This is illegal.”
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