Trump under fire over ‘bloodbath’ comment
Former U.S. president, Donald Trump is under fire after after warning that there will be a ‘bloodbath’ if he loses the November election in a fiery speech where he also branded migrants ‘animals.’
Trump painted an apocalyptic vision of the country if Biden wins a second term while speaking at an airfield rally outside of Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend to campaign for Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno.
The 77-year-old Republican frontrunner warned: “If I don´t get elected, it´s going to be a bloodbath for the whole – that´s going to be the least of it. It´s going to be a bloodbath for the country,.
Later, Trump said: “If this election isn’t won, I’m not sure that you’ll ever have another election in this country,”
Trump repeatedly noted his difficulty reading from his teleprompters, which could be seen visibly whipping in 35-mile-per-hour wind gusts
The outcry over his comments quickly poured onto Musk’s X platform, formerly known as Twitter, as users branded Trump as ‘hateful’ ‘grotesque’ and ‘a dangerous lunatic’ over both his ‘bloodbath’ comment and reference to migrants as ‘animals’.
Reacting to this, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) underscored the stakes of the November election after former President Trump warned of a “blood bath” for the auto industry and the country if he doesn’t win a second term in the White House.
Pelosi, a frequent political foe of the former president, said the remarks highlight how important it is for Democrats that Biden win reelection. We just have to win this election because he’s even predicting a blood bath.
What does that mean? He’s going to exact a blood bath? There’s something wrong here. How respectful I am of the American people and their goodness. But how much more do they have to see from him to understand that this isn’t what our country is about?
Praising Hitler, praising the Russians, honestly, I mean, condemning our soldiers for losing or dying in war or being captured in war.”Pelosi pleaded with the American public to take these issues into account when they head to the polls in November.“There’s something wrong here. So I just say, with all the respect in the world for voters and their right to make their decision, weigh these equities. How much are you concerned about women having the right to choose or LGBT people having the right to their lives that you would vote for him?”
