President BidenJoe Biden McConnell does not rule out getting involved in Republican primaries Perdue presents documents to explore Hillicon Valley, led by Senate 2022: Parler announces official relaunch | Google launches agreement with major Australian media companies China is central to the Republican Party’s efforts to back Biden MORE he said he is “tired of talking” above President Trump
Donald Trump, Michigan Democrat Dingell, on violent rhetoric: “I’ve had men in front of my house with assault weapons.” McConnell doesn’t rule out getting involved in Republican primaries. 75% of Republicans want Trump to play a prominent role in the GOP: MORE poll Tuesday during a CNN town hall.
“For four years, all that’s been in the news is Trump. For the next four years, I want to make sure all the news is from the American people. I’m sick of talking about Trump,” Biden said when asked. asked about Trump’s acquittal. by the Senate over the weekend during a second indictment trial.
Biden had avoided referring to Trump by his first name, calling him “the old man” at one point in town hall. The president and his top aides have generally tried not to show Trump’s name in public statements, rather than generally referring to the previous administration.
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But the president has still used Trump’s manipulation of the coronavirus pandemic periodically to defend his own administration’s stumbling blocks in administering vaccines nationwide.
Biden during the town hall said he inherited “a circumstance” in which there were not enough people at the site to administer the vaccines and that there was “little federal guidance” on how to get shots in the arms of Americans.
At one point, Biden said inaccurately that “we didn’t have” a vaccine when he took office.
Trump has been largely out of public view since he left office, as he was banned from social media. On Tuesday he issued a forceful statement attacking the Senate minority leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnell: McConnell does not rule out getting involved in Republican primaries. McConnell defends acquittal in WSJ opinion, but exploits Trump’s “false falsehoods”, Biden promises action against guns amid resistance MORE (R-Ky.) After the senator said Trump assumes responsibility for what happened at the Capitol on Jan. 6.