{"id":3361,"date":"2024-10-23T02:42:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T02:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/?p=3361"},"modified":"2024-10-24T01:00:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T01:00:58","slug":"biden-wants-trump-locked-up-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/2024\/10\/23\/biden-wants-trump-locked-up-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden wants Trump \u2018locked up\u2019 (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The US president has called for the Republican to be jailed, later clarifying that he meant \u201cpolitically\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>US President Joe Biden has claimed that Republican\u00a0candidate Donald Trump wants presidential immunity and powers to kill his opposition, and therefore should be locked up.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, who stepped aside earlier this year to allow Vice President Kamala Harris to become the Democratic nominee, made the statement at a campaign office in New Hampshire on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe thinks he has a version of the Supreme Court ruling on immunity that allows him, if necessary, to physically eliminate someone he believes is a threat to him,\u201d<\/em> he said, referring to Trump.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI know this sounds bizarre. If I had said this five years ago, you\u2019d lock me up, but we\u2019ve got to lock him up,\u201d<\/em> Biden said, drawing applause from the audience.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 BIDEN: &#8220;WE GOTTA LOCK HIM UP&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At a New Hampshire campaign event, Biden called for the imprisonment of Trump, as Kamala continues to avoid addressing the topic directly.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZY5C8Ns1ip\">pic.twitter.com\/ZY5C8Ns1ip<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarioNawfal\/status\/1848854784054571349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cPolitically lock him up,\u201d<\/em> he clarified, seemingly backtracking on his statement. <em>\u201cLock him out. That\u2019s what we have to do.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Biden has faced scrutiny in the media over numerous gaffes, often misspeaking at similar events. He stepped aside as his party\u2019s\u00a0candidate earlier this year amid concerns about his mental state following a disastrous televised debate against Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: Former US President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, October 22, 2024.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/671835172030277b4b1390a7.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/606177-trump-british-interference-us-election\/\">Trump accuses UK officials of election interference \u2013 politico<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last week, Biden suggested that Trump is running for president again <em>\u201cto stay out of jail,\u201d<\/em> referencing the Republican\u2019s legal troubles.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, a Manhattan jury found Trump guilty on 34 charges related to falsifying business documents to cover up hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump also faces charges related to the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots. He denies any wrongdoing and insists that all of his legal troubles are a political witch hunt by his opponents.<\/p>\n<p>After Biden endorsed Harris as his party\u2019s nominee, the Democrats initially enjoyed a honeymoon period with voters, rising in the polls. However, recent averages from the RCP polling data aggregator indicate that Trump is leading in all swing states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US president has called for the Republican to be jailed, later clarifying that he meant \u201cpolitically\u201d US President Joe Biden has claimed that Republican\u00a0candidate Donald Trump wants presidential immunity and powers to kill his opposition, and therefore should be locked up. Biden, who stepped aside earlier this year to allow Vice President Kamala Harris&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3361"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3361"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3365,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3361\/revisions\/3365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}