Biden says of Trump: ‘We gotta lock him up … politically’
US President Joe Biden told New Hampshire Democrats today that "we gotta lock him up", referring to former president Donald Trump, before quickly adding, "politically lock him up".
The president was co-opting a 2016 Trump campaign line that referred to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton - rhetoric that this year's nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, has discouraged on the campaign trail.
Describing some of Trump's plans for a second term, Biden said, "I know this sounds bizarre – it sounds like if I said this five years ago, you'd lock me up. We gotta lock him up."
President Joe Biden delivers remarks at NHTI Concord Community College in Concord, New Hampshire. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images via CNN Newsource)
As the audience applauded, Biden caught himself, adding, "...