Atlanta, United States:
Donald Trump launched another profanity-laced attack on Joe Biden as he addressed an influential armed group on Saturday, as the sitting president warned in the crucial swing state of Georgia that his “unhinged” challenger is a threat to US democracy.
Trump was in Dallas, Texas, where he received the endorsement of the politically powerful National Rifle Association.
In an incoherent speech to thousands of NRA members, Trump said that Biden is “by far the worst president in the history of our country” and called the Democrat “full of nonsense”.
“You’re fired, get out of here Joe!” he drew laughter from the pro-gun crowd by telling them that Biden was coming to get their firearms.
Trump, who is defending himself against multiple criminal charges for his unprecedented attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election and who has been impeached as president twice, told the crowd that Biden is “devious” and a “threat to democracy.”
If Biden were a Republican, he would “get the electric chair,” Trump said.
Meanwhile, Biden was struggling in the key southern state of Georgia, which the Democrat narrowly won in 2020, as he sought support from African Americans – a crucial element in his coalition.
“Our democracy is truly at stake,” Biden told supporters at Mary Mac’s Tea Room, a Black-owned restaurant in Atlanta.
“My opponent is not a good loser. But he’s a loser,” Biden said to applause.
“He’s not just obsessed with losing in 2020. He’s clearly disturbed,” Biden said, adding that something “snapped” in Trump after that election.
“Folks, Trump is not running to lead America. He is running to seek revenge.”
“We cannot allow this man to become president. Our children’s future is at stake… We must win this race, not for me, but for America.”
On Sunday, Biden was scheduled to address students at Morehouse College, a renowned historically black university.
Gun violence
Trump was campaigning in Texas over the weekend for his criminal trial in New York. He also faces criminal charges in Washington, Georgia and Florida — charges that the former president routinely claims are part of a plot by Biden to prevent his return to the White House.
The 150-year-old NRA, whose longtime CEO resigned in January amid a corruption case, is closely aligned with the Republican Party in opposing restrictions on firearms despite routine mass murders in the United States and of high rates of armed violence compared to peer countries.
Efforts for broad gun law reforms have been stymied for decades, with executive actions and state initiatives attacked in court by critics for violating the constitutional right to own a firearm, enshrined in the Second Amendment.
Trump anticipated the tone of his Friday speech, saying at a fundraising dinner in Minnesota that gun owners should vote Republican because “Democrats want to take your guns away – and they’re going to take your guns away.”
Biden has repeatedly called for reinstating a long-standing ban on military-style assault weapons, among other restrictions.
Last month, the White House took steps to crack down on firearms sales at gun shows and online that evade U.S. federal background checks, with several Republican-led states suing quickly to block the measure.
There were more than 40,000 gun-related deaths in the United States last year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
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