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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

Trump leads Republican taunts of Biden after president drops out of 2024 race

A white man speaking into a microphone
Donald Trump speaks in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

Donald Trump’s vicious attack on Joe Biden and his legacy led the Republican party’s reaction to the president’s decision to withdraw from the 2024 race.

“Crooked Joe Biden was not fit to run for president, and is certainly not fit to serve – and never was!” Trump, the Republican nominee, said in a post to Truth Social, repeating his favored insult for the man who beat him in the 2020 election, and rehashing a familiar litany of unsubstantiated grievances.

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