Trump Calls Biden an ‘Insurrectionist’ in Table-Turning Remarks After Colorado Ballot Ban

Published on December 22, 2023

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday denied being an “insurrectionist” while labeling President Joe Biden as one, while citing as proof factors like the “open” border and accusing the president of “destroying” America with radical anti-fossil fuel policies. “I’m not an insurrectionist (“PEACEFULLY & PATRIOTICALLY”), Crooked Joe Biden is,” President Trump said in a post on Truth Social, with the words “peacefully & patriotically” in reference to a fragment of his Jan. 6 speech in which he told members of the crowd to head to the Capitol building “to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.” The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the former president’s claim....