Joe Biden appeared to suggest Donald Trump should be locked up but then quickly clarified that he meant “politically”, though not before triggering a rightwing backlash.
In a speech to Democratic campaign workers in Concord, New Hampshire, where he appeared to speak without the aid of a teleprompter, Biden argued that Trump represents a threat to democracy: “This is a guy who also wants to replace every civil servant, every single one; thinks he has a right under the supreme court ruling on immunity to be able, if need be … to actually eliminate – physically eliminate, shoot, kill – someone who … he believes would be a threat to him.
