U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a wide-ranging political indictment of Joe Biden in a speech near his Democratic challenger's Pennsylvania birthplace.
Trump argued Biden would be a disaster for Americans on taxes, gun rights, aid to migrants, abortion, energy production, school choice and police protection.
"If you want a vision of your life under a Biden presidency, imagine the smoldering ruins of Minneapolis, the violent anarchy of Portland and the bloodstained sidewalks of Chicago – and imagine the mayhem coming to your town and every single town in America," Trump said.
The president delivered his remarks at a building products company in Old Forge, Pa., about a 10 miles from Scranton, where Biden was born and grew up, USA Today reported.
Trump, who originally planned to focus his Pennsylvania speech on trade and manufacturing, said Biden left Scranton 70 years ago, and "he has spent the last half century in Washington selling out our country and letting other countries steal our jobs."
Seeking to link Biden to "socialist Bernie Sanders," Trump said the former vice president will erase economic gains of recent years and "impose a permanent lockdown combined with a socialist takeover of the U.S. economy."
And everybody knows it, because the only way they're going win is by a rigged election. I really believe that," Trump said, providing no evidence to back up his claim.
