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‘I beat you like a drum’ in 2020 election: Biden to Trump
[PRESSTV] US Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Foreign Policy Whiz KidBiden  ...Failed seeker of the Democratic presidential nomination on multiple occasions, vice president under Barack Obama, giving it a last try in his dotage for 2020...has lashed out at President Donald Trump ...His ancestors didn't own any slaves... for his efforts to "destroy" the former vice president and his family, vowing to beat the US president "like a drum" in the 2020 election. Biden accused Trump on Sunday of "abusing the power of the presidency" by asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a phone call to investigate him and his son, Hunter, over their financial dealings. The 76-year-old said Trump has "corrupted the agencies of his administration ‐ including the State Department, the National Security Council staff, the Justice Department and the office of the vice president" in his pursuit to do so. "Enough is enough," Biden wrote in a Washington Post op-ed. "Every day ‐ every few hours, seemingly ‐ more evidence is uncovered revealing that President Trump is abusing the power of the presidency and is wholly unfit to be president. He is using the highest office in the land to advance his personal political interests instead of the national interest." The former US vice president said Trump's action showed that "he considers the presidency a free pass to do whatever he wants, with no accountability." "Our first president, George Washington, famously could not tell a lie. President Trump seemingly cannot tell the truth ‐ about anything," Biden noted. "He slanders anyone he sees as a threat. That is why is he is frantically pushing flat-out lies, debunked conspiracy theories and smears against me and my family, no doubt hoping to undermine my candidacy for the presidency." The 2020 presidential candidate, however, underscored that he would not allow Trump to intimidate him despite a push to tarnish his reputation. "To Trump and those who facilitate his abuses of power, and all the special interests funding his attacks against me: Please know that I’m not going anywhere," Biden concludes in his op-ed. "You won’t destroy me, and you won’t destroy my family. And come November 2020, I intend to beat you like a drum." Related: Joe Biden: 2019-10-05 FLASHBACK, 2018: Joe Biden Brags At CFR Meeting About Withholding Aid To Ukraine To Force Firing Of Prosecutor Joe Biden: 2019-10-05 Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) warned Ukraine 's Zelensky to back off Biden's Joe Biden: 2019-10-05 Secret 'show trial': Nunes charges Democrats using intel panel to cloak process Related: Volodymyr Zelenskiy: 2019-10-02 Ukraine's leader: Trump didn't use US military aid as lever Volodymyr Zelenskiy: 2019-10-01 POTUS says intelligence chairman Schiff should be arrested for treason Volodymyr Zelenskiy: 2019-10-01 US House to intensify Trump’s impeachment inquiry Posted by: Fred 2019-10-07 |
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