Biden calls Trump a ‘genuine threat to democracy’
President Biden recently made headlines with a departing jab at former President Trump, calling his actions a “genuine threat to democracy.” This statement came ahead of the anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, when Biden was asked if he still believed Trump posed a threat to democracy.
“We’ve got to get back to establishing basic democratic norms,” Biden told reporters in the White House East Room. “I think what he did was a genuine threat to democracy. I’m hopeful that we are beyond that.”
The president made these remarks after signing the Social Security Fairness Act and also discussed his plans to visit New Orleans to grieve with the families of the victims and meet with officials following a terrorist attack in the city on New Year’s Day.
“I’ve been there. There’s nothing you can really say to somebody who has had such a tragic loss. And my message is going to be personal to them,” Biden said. “They just have to hang on to each other, and there will come a day when they think of their loved one, and they’ll smile before a tear comes to their eye.”
During his visit to New Orleans, Biden addressed the recent tragedy where 14 people were killed and dozens were injured after a man rammed a rented pickup truck into pedestrians on Bourbon Street. The perpetrator, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was shot and killed by police after opening fire on officers.
“We established beyond any reasonable doubt that New Orleans was a single man who acted alone. All the talk about conspiracies with other people, no evidence of that, zero,” Biden stated.
He went on to clarify that there was no evidence of foreign involvement in the attack and emphasized that Jabbar had mental health issues. Biden likened the incident to the mass shooting in Las Vegas, stressing that these were isolated events carried out by individuals.
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, covered this story. For more updates and story ideas, you can reach out to her at sarah.rumpf@fox.com or follow her on Twitter at @s_rumpfwhitten.
