Trump calls N.Y. case a ‘Biden show trial’
WILDWOOD, N.J. — Sandwiched between his appearances in court, Donald Trump headed on Saturday to the Jersey Shore, where he repeatedly blamed President Joe Biden for the criminal charges he’s facing as the presumptive nominees prepare to face off in the November election and called his New York hush money case “a Biden show trial.”
Blasting the Democratic president “a total moron,” Trump before a crowd of tens of thousands repeatedly characterized the cases against him as politically motivated.
“He’s a fool. He’s not a smart man,” Trump said of Biden. “I talk about him differently now because now the gloves are off.”
Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, drew what his team called a “mega crowd” to a Saturday evening rally in the southern New Jersey resort town of Wildwood, 150 miles south of New York City.
Lisa Fagan, spokesperson for the city of Wildwood, said she estimated a crowd of between 80,000 and 100,000 attendees, based on having seen “dozens” of other events in the same space.
Trump was joined on stage by several high-level endorsers including North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor, who is still listed as a registered sex offender.
Biden, meanwhile, opened his weekend with a series of fundraising events on the West Coast.