Biden says he doesn’t know whether election will be peaceful
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden said during an unprecedented surprise appearance at a White House press briefing Friday he is confident the nearing election will be fair, but said he did not know whether it will be peaceful, doubling down on previous doubts he has expressed about former President Donald Trump and the peaceful transfer of power in November. Biden, taking questions at the White House press briefing for his first time while in office, said he is confident the election “will be free and fair,” though he stopped short of expressing the same confidence about a peaceful election. The president said, “I don’t know whether [the election] will be peaceful,” before saying Trump’s comments doubting the legitimacy of the last election “were very dangerous.” Biden also cited Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, who did not directly answer a question about accepting Trump’s loss in the 2020 election during Tuesday's vice-presidential debate, saying instead he was “focused on the future.” The president…
4 Oct 00:00 · Inlandnewstoday