Trump says Biden suffers from "dementia" after criticism of 'Make America Great Again' supporters

MADRID, 2 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The former president of the United States Donald Trump has assured that the current tenant of the White House, Joe Biden, must suffer a state of "prolonged dementia", after the criticisms he launched against the Republicans related to the MAGA movement ('Make America Great Again ').

"If you look at the words and meaning of Biden's clumsy and angry speech, he threatens America, including the possible use of military force. He must be ill, or suffer from a prolonged state of insanity," Trump wrote on the social network. he created after being banned from Twitter.

On Thursday night, President Biden assured that Trump supporters pose a threat to American democracy and asked the rest of the citizens to remain alert to defend it.

Biden, in a speech given near the building where the Declaration of Independence was proclaimed more than 200 years ago and the United States Constitution was signed, has warned that a part of the Republican Party "no longer respects" the Magna Carta and He wanted to make citizens participate in the "power" they have in their hands to face "the internal threats" that hang over the country.

"The forces of MAGA are determined to take this country backwards. Towards an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry the one you love," he warned.

This part of the Republican Party led by the New York tycoon, whom he accused of "intimidating" the other members of the formation committed to democracy, "represents extremism" and threatens "the very foundations" of the country, the president emphasized. Biden.

"It is my duty to tell the truth (...) The MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution. They do not believe in the rule of law and do not recognize the will of the people. They refused to accept the results of free elections," he recalled in reference to the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

"We are in one of those moments that will determine what is to come, so now the United States has to decide whether to go forward or go back. Whether to go to the future or to obsess with the past (...) MAGA Republicans have already made their decision," he said.

Before Trumo's reaction, Biden's words were answered by the leader of the Republican minority in the United States House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, who asked him to apologize for "degrading and belittling his compatriots" by describing them as "fascists".

These declarations take place two months before the mid-term elections to decide the composition of a large part of Congress. Until a few weeks ago, the polls indicated that the Republicans could win the majority in both chambers, although the Democrats are recovering in part due to some measures by the Biden Administration and the search of Trump's mansion.