Joe Biden was removed from the 2024 presidential race by a “coup,” Donald Trump told the audience at a packed Turning Point Action event in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday.
From the podium Trump described Joe Biden’s removal as “horrible.”
“As you know, five days ago, we officially defeated the worst President in the history of the United States: Crooked Joe Biden. You know, I thought a lot about it. We defeated him. He was badly beaten. And, you know, everybody was going to him… And they were saying, ‘We want you out of the race. You’re going to lose. We want to put somebody else in.’
“How about that? It’s like a prize fighter. He’s losing badly, ready to be knocked out. And they say, ‘Well, wait, let’s stop the fight. Let’s put somebody else in.’ It doesn’t work that way. And it’s not supposed to work that way. And this really was a coup by the Democrats. This was a coup…
“I hate to stick up for Biden, but, you know, he didn’t want to do what he did. He said, ‘I’ll never go out. I’ll never, ever go out.’ Two days later, ‘I’m proud to go out…’ And now they’re trying to make him into a brave hero. ‘He’s so brave.’”
Trump also tore into Kamala Harris, describing her as a “bum.”
“She was a bum three weeks ago. She was a bum. A failed VP, in a failed administration, with millions of people crossing and she was the Border Czar.”
Trump added that Harris is “worse than Joe Biden and in a true sense much more liberal.”
The former president’s appearance was the first without an ear bandage since the attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania two weeks ago.
He told the audience that he removed the bandage “for this group.”
“As I think you can see, I’ve recovered well and, in fact, just took off the last bandage off of my ear.”