President Joe Biden called former President Donald Trump a “convicted felon,” referencing Trump’s historic 34-count conviction, in the one of multiple heated moments of name-calling during Thursday’s debate, provoking Trump to call the president a “criminal.”
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Biden asked Trump how much money he owes in civil penalties, and brought up allegations Trump had “sex with a porn star ... while your wife was pregnant” in reference to the claims raised by Stormy Daniels, saying the former president has “the morals of an alley cat.”
Trump denied the Daniels allegations and insisted the criminal cases against him were politically motivated, including his conviction in Manhattan for false business records related to a hush money payment to Daniels.
Trump called Biden a “criminal,” raising unproven allegations Biden used his influence in Ukraine as vice president to benefit his son, Hunter Biden, who was recently convicted on all counts in a federal gun trial.
Trump and Biden also called each other the worst president in the country’s history.
Earlier in the debate, Biden also called Trump a “sucker” and a loser,” referring to claims made by Trump’s former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly that Trump called military members who died in combat “losers” and those who were wounded or captured “suckers.”
The president said to Trump: “You’re the sucker, you’re the loser.”
Trump denied Kelly’s accusation in response to Biden, said it was “made up” and demanded Biden apologize.
The allegation that Trump called deceased American service members “losers” first surfaced in a 2020 Atlantic article. Trump has long denied the allegation, but Kelly later confirmed the quote.