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Donald Trump made a strong entrance into the California Democratic stage to condemn the vice president's work in his home state and insist that President Biden prefers him to Kamala Harris.
The former president recently announced a series of campaign stops in “deep blue” states ahead of Election Day, despite the low odds of winning.
While speaking in Coachella, a desert city best known for its annual music festival of the same name, Trump attacked Harris for the way she won the presidential nomination.
“There was a coup, they actually kicked (Biden) out of office, and I'm convinced he likes me a little bit more than she likes her,” Trump said.
“You know, I beat Biden. So we have a debate, he fell. Admittedly, he got 14 million votes and she got none. So he went downstairs and they said, “We want you to get out of here.”
Donald Trump took the stage in solidly Democratic California to sharply criticize the vice president's performance in her home state
Trump said Biden preferred him to Harris because she “stole” the presidential nomination from him
Trump revealed that he believes the border is the number one issue facing the nation, blaming Biden, Harris and Gov. Gavin Newsome for the migrant crisis.
“I think the border is number one because you know, you know we can fix what we can do, but what they've done to our country on the border is unbelievable,” he said.
“Joe Biden was the worst president in the history of our country, she is the worst vice president in the history of our country.”
His comments come after experts speculate that Biden is “intentionally sabotaging” Harris' campaign after he was forced to resign.
“Biden is deliberately taking revenge on Kamala for stabbing him in the back,” Jason Meister, a Republican political strategist who serves on the Trump campaign's advisory board, told the New York Post Office.
He never liked her. He was at his happiest in four years when he put on a red hat (Trump 2024) after speaking with Shanksville (Pa.) firefighters (last month) on 9/11. He should just come out and support Trump.”
Democratic strategist Hank Sheinkopf told the website it's possible Biden is trying to “move towards power.”
“It would be completely ridiculous to assume that he has no resentment about the way he was treated or how, frankly, he was forced to leave the country in what some would describe as a coup,” Sheinkopf said.
Trump said Biden lost to him in the first presidential debate and then Democrats staged a coup
Trump revealed that he believes the border is the number one issue facing the nation during the Coachella rally
“Why didn't he show up in places where he could do something good, like parts of Pennsylvania, and say that the president did well during his term? No one wants to give up being president of the United States – it's the only job they don't want to give up.
Trump visited Coachella between stops in Nevada, a Las Vegas roundtable for Latinos on Saturday – where he praised Latinos who have “such energy” – and Arizona for a rally in Prescott Valley on Sunday.
He is also scheduled to perform on stage at New York's Madison Square Garden on October 27.
Insiders told CNN Trump is stopping by blue states to criticize their leaders and show how deep his support runs across the country.
“The location of his rallies is less important in a nationalized media environment. His message reaches all major media markets, regardless of what he does. And the bigger the rally, the more interest there will be, right? I mean, Madison Square Garden? You have to address this,” a senior Trump adviser said.
