Biden says the election will be 'free and fair' but 'I don't know' whether it will be 'peaceful'
Source: NBC News
Oct. 4, 2024, 2:44 PM EDT
President Joe Biden said Friday he was confident that the November election would be "free and fair" but expressed concerns that it may not be "peaceful."
During a surprise appearance at the White House press briefing, a reporter asked Biden if he thought that the election would be free and fair and whether it would be peaceful. Biden answered, "I'm confident it will be free and fair. I don't know whether it will be peaceful.
"The things that [former President Donald] Trump has said and the things that he said last time around when he didn't like the outcome of the election were very dangerous," the president added. Biden added that he's "concerned about what they're going to do," pointing to remarks Trump's running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, made at Tuesday's vice presidential debate where he dodged a question about whether Biden won the 2020 presidential election.
Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, had asked Vance, “Did [Trump] lose the 2020 election?” “Tim, I’m focused on the future,” Vance answered. In response, Walz called Vance's comments "a damning non-answer." “I’m pretty shocked by this. He lost the election. This is not a debate, it’s not anything anywhere other than in Donald Trump’s world," Walz added.
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