TRUMP: I said 'peacefully and patriotically.' And Nancy Pelosi [said] "oh, no, it's my responsibility; I was responsible for this." Because I offered them 10,000 soldiers or National Guard. And she turned them down. Everybody was saying they're going to be there on January 6th. And I said, "That's a lot of people coming; they ought to have some National Guard." And I offered it to her. And she now admits that she turned it down [in a videotape analyzed by Politico.com]. The same day, she said, "I take full responsibility for January 6th."
BIDEN: He sat in the Oval Office for three hours, being begged by his vice president and Republican colleagues to call for a stop. Instead, he talked about these people being patriots.
TRUMP: Nancy Pelosi said it was her responsibility, not mine. She said that loud and clear. [See FactCheck; Pelosi didn't say that].
BIDEN about TRUMP: And by the way, worst president in history. 159 presidential scholars voted him the worst president in the history of the United States of America.
TRUMP about Biden: He is the worst president. He just said it about me because I said it. But look, he's the worst president in the history of our country. He's destroyed our country.
BIDEN about TRUMP: Talking about worst presidents--I wasn't joking--look it up. Go online. 159 or 158, don't hold me the exact number, presidential historians. They've had meetings and they voted who's the worst president in American history. One through best to worst. They said he was the worst in all of American history. That's a fact. That's not conjecture. He can argue they're wrong, but that's what they voted.
[See FactCheck; Biden is citing a survey; Trump is expressing an opinion].
(Robert Yoon in Associated Press 8/27/23): Trump is flooding the airwaves with distortions, misinformation and unfounded conspiracy theories about his defeat. The Trump campaign and its backers pursued numerous legal challenges to the election in court and alleged a variety of voter fraud and misconduct. The cases were heard and roundly rejected by dozens of courts at both state and federal levels, including by judges whom Trump appointed. One was on a federal panel that declined a request to stop Pennsylvania from certifying its results, saying, "Ballots, not lawyers' briefs, decide elections." The U.S. Supreme Court also rejected several efforts in the weeks after Election Day to overturn the election results in various battleground states that Biden won.
"As then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi fled the Capitol after it was overrun by pro-Trump rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, she grilled her chief of staff incredulously on a key question: "You're going to ask me--in the middle of the thing--'should we call the National Guard?' Why weren't the National Guard there to begin with?" Republicans have portrayed Pelosi as singularly responsible for the security breakdown, despite evidence that they relied on the assessments of police. The new footage largely aligns with footage released by the Jan. 6 select committee, [where Pelosi's staff said] that Capitol security officials believed they were adequately prepared--but the then-speaker cut her off, adding that leaders have a 'responsibility'."
The 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey was conducted online among more than 500 members of the American Political Science Association, an organization of professionals in the field. Respondents rated Biden at 63 on a scale of 100 for overall greatness, good for 14th out of 45 presidents. Abraham Lincoln scored the highest rating at 94. Trump scored 11. President James Buchanan, the second-worst rated president, scored 17. Republicans and conservatives notably rank Trump worse than Biden, as well. Meanwhile, Biden was ranked 30th by both. Trump was also rated the most polarizing president.
But the rally may not be enough to quiet an already widespread panic in the Democratic Party over Biden's debate performance against Trump. Biden's raspy voice, trailing answers and deflated stage presence during the 90-minute debate brought into the open what was once a taboo topic: replacing him on the top of the ticket.
TRUMP: Well, I said my retribution is going to be success. We're going to make this country successful again because right now it's a failing nation.
BIDEN: The idea that you have a right to seek retribution against any American just because you're president is simply wrong. No president's ever spoken like that before. No president in our history has spoken like that before.
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Republicans:
Sen.Ted Cruz(TX) Carly Fiorina(CA) Gov.John Kasich(OH) Sen.Marco Rubio(FL) Donald Trump(NY) |
Democrats:
Secy.Hillary Clinton(NY) Sen.Bernie Sanders(VT) 2016 Third Party Candidates: Roseanne Barr(PF-HI) Robert Steele(L-NY) Dr.Jill Stein(G,MA) | ||
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