Former President Donald Trump bashed President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party, accusing them of "destroying our democracy."
In a video posted on Truth Social, captioned "Democrats Against Democracy!" Trump turned the tables on critics accusing him of trying to destroy democracy, arguing that it was instead Biden and the Democrats who were trying to do so.
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"Joe Biden [and] the radical left Democrats are trying to pose as the defenders of democracy, but in fact, they're the ones destroying our democracy," Trump declared. "Crooked Joe and his henchmen have tried to shut down free speech with a massive government censorship operation to silence their critics."
As his first example, Trump cited the imprisonment of Douglass Mackey, a social media influencer who was found guilty of conspiracy against rights for his creation and sharing of memes. Prosecutors argued the memes, which directed pro-Clinton voters to instead text their vote to a fake number, were intended to "deprive individuals of their constitutional right to vote." He was sentenced to seven months in prison.
"They're putting Douglass MacKey in jail for sharing a joking meme about Hillary Clinton seven years ago. Nobody ever heard of anything like that," Trump said in what appears to be the first time he has mentioned the case publicly.
The president then decried the "bogus criminal cases" against himself.
"Let's put him in prison. He's leading by a lot. There's no way we can beat him. Let's put him in prison," Trump said, mimicking Biden and the Democrats.
"They're running police state operations to infiltrate the Catholic Church as if it were a communist country," he continued. "They're persecuting Christians. And pro-life activists. They're persecuting anybody they want to persecute. They've labeled ordinary Republicans and parents and school board meetings as potential domestic terrorists. They're resettling millions of migrants into our communities destroying our country like it's never been destroyed before. They're calling our citizens criminals."
Trump finished his argument by saying Biden and the Democratic Party are the antithesis of democracy, in contrast to himself.
"In short, nothing about crooked Joe Biden and the anti-Democratic Party has anything to do with defending democracy," he said. "So if crooked Joe wants to turn this election into a question of which candidate will defend our democracy and freedom, then I say — bring it on. Let's go Joe, bring it on, because you are a corrupt person. You're the most corrupt president in our history."
Trump expressed confidence in his victory in 2024.
"Americans don't like tyrants we don't like fascists. We don't like communists and we don't like crooked Joe Biden," he said.
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Come Election Day, the United States "will be a free nation once again, we will be free and we will be great," Trump concluded.
Trump has seen his best poll numbers since leaving office in recent weeks as Biden deals with the fallout from the war in Gaza. Meanwhile, the former president continues to dominate the Republican primary.