On 16 March, Donald Trump gave a speech in Dayton, Ohio, declaring the end of democracy if he loses the November election, and also revisited the issue of the country’s southern border.
Trump began his Dayton speech by addressing his supporters, who are currently in jail for rioting at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 when they tried to block certification of Mr Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.
Trump praised and called them “patriots” and “hostages.”
Donald Trump also said that if he did not win the November presidential election, it would mean the likely end of American democracy:
“If we don’t win this election, I don’t think you’re going to have another election in this country,” Trump said.
In the middle of the section of his speech on imposing tariffs on imported cars and foreign competition with the American auto industry, Trump made the following statement:
“If I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole country.”
In response to Trump’s “bloodbath” comment, Mr Biden campaign spokesperson James Singer condemned Trump’s “extremism,” “his thirst for revenge,” and his “threats of political violence.”
Trump’s reference to the minority referenced a major theme of his campaign that since Biden took office, too many illegal immigrants have crossed the US-Mexico border.
“No one has been hurt by Joe Biden’s migrant invasion more than our great African American and Hispanic communities,” Trump said.
