President Joe Biden repeatedly lashed out at Donald Trump at a fundraiser in San Francisco on Tuesday night on the eve of a major world leaders’ summit, saying his Republican rival “should not be president.”
“There are a lot of reasons to be against Donald Trump, but he sure as heck shouldn’t be president,” Biden said.
He criticized Trump for comparing his political rivals to “vermin,” saying that was similar to what was heard in Nazi Germany. He bragged about Democrats’ victories in last week’s state elections and called Trump a loser.
Several polls have shown that Trump is leading in a direct duel against Biden in the 2024 presidential election. Biden insulted Trump by name several times in front of the crowd of 2,500 wealthy donors at the so-called “super event.” They kept cheering for the president.
President Joe Biden repeatedly lashed out at Donald Trump at a fundraiser in San Francisco after arriving in the city for the APEC meeting
Biden also compared Trump’s comments calling his political rivals “vermin” to the rhetoric one would hear in Nazi Germany.
“And just in the last few days, Trump has said that when he returns to office he will go after all those who oppose him and eradicate what he called the vermin in America, quote the vermin in America – a specific phrase “Because it only has a certain meaning,” Biden said.
“This is the language you heard in Nazi Germany in the 1930s.” This is actually the first time. Trump also recently spoke of America’s blood being poisoned. The blood in America is poisoned. The same expressions that were used in Nazi Germany are also reflected here.
Trump said at a rally in New Hampshire over the weekend that if he were re-elected, “We will eradicate the communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical left-wing thugs who live like vermin in the borders of our country, who lie and steal and.” Fraud in elections.”
Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the reception hosted by California Gov. Gavin Newsom. It was expected to raise more than $3 million for the president’s re-election campaign, Politico reported, and is being touted as a “super event” for the Biden campaign.
Biden did not hold back in his brief remarks.
He criticized Trump for his verbal attacks on Nancy and Paul Pelosi. Paul Pelosi was in court this week during the trial of the man who attacked him with a hammer.
The crowd booed as Biden spoke about the former speaker, who lives in San Francisco and represents the city in Congress.
“In recent weeks, he has made a joke more than once about the attacks on Nancy Pelosi’s husband,” Biden said of Trump. “There is no place for political violence in America.”
Biden also cited Tuesday’s election results — including Ohio’s pro-abortion victory, Gov. Beshear’s victory in Kentucky and Democratic victories in Virginia.
“But since I stepped away from the sidelines to go head to head with Donald Trump, we haven’t stopped winning and he hasn’t stopped losing,” he said.
“You remember Trump telling us he was going to win so much that we would get tired of winning,” he said, adding, “Oh man, I shouldn’t start with that.”
“Let me tell you one thing that is true. We are tired of Trump. “The truth is, the guy can’t get tired of losing,” Biden said as the crowd roared in applause.
Donald Trump said at a rally in New Hampshire over the weekend that if he is re-elected, “We will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical left-wing thugs who live like vermin in the borders of our country, lying and stealing.” cheat elections’
President Biden is in San Francisco for a four-day trip. His meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping is the main event in the city, where the leaders of the 21 economies that make up the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum meet for their annual summit.
Biden and Xi will meet on Wednesday at Filoli, a remote estate on the Northern California coast.
U.S.-China relations have been strained for months, but the White House is hoping a weakening U.S. economy and falling unemployment can give the country new credibility during Biden’s talks with other leaders.
“The president really feels like we have a tailwind here,” White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on the flight west.
In addition, Biden was urged to meet San Francisco’s homeless and see firsthand the city’s plight while in the city by the bay. Social rights advocates have criticized the recent cleanup on the streets of San Francisco, saying it was simply aimed at avoiding embarrassing the country when all foreign leaders are in the city.
But while Asia-Pacific issues are on the table, Biden will also work to prevent the war between Israel and Hamas from escalating into a larger conflict and to convince Republican lawmakers to continue spending billions more on the costly efforts Ukraine, Russia’s nearly 21-month-old invasion.
President Joe Biden greets California Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, and his wife Jennifer, San Francisco London Breed and Rep. Kevin Mullin, D-Calif., front, upon his arrival at San Francisco International Airport – Newsom hosted the fundraiser
Supporters await the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping alongside the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
“President Biden will be doing much more in the coming week than just meeting with President Xi,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Monday.
He added that Biden will lay out his economic vision for the region, argue that the U.S. is “the preeminent engine” of sustained economic growth in the Asia-Pacific, and describe the region as critical to U.S. economic growth.
While in San Francisco, Biden will also attend a fundraiser for his re-election on Tuesday evening. He will also hold a bilateral meeting with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.