Biden doubts US presidential election will be peaceful

TASS, Philippine News Agency

FILE: President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Artificial Intelligence, and announces voluntary commitments from leading tech companies towards developing responsible AI, Friday, July 21, 2023, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz via President Joe Biden/Facebook)

WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden is convinced that the upcoming presidential election in the United States will be free and fair.

He, however, expressed doubts that it would be peaceful.

“I’m confident it (the election) will be free and fair. I don’t know whether it will be peaceful,” he said when asked during a briefing at the White House.

“The things that (former president and Republican candidate Donald) Trump has said and the things that he said last time around when he didn’t like the outcome of the election were very dangerous.”

Biden added that Trump’s running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance, had dodged the question of whether he would accept any outcome of the vote.

“They haven’t even accepted the outcome of the last election. So, I’m concerned about what they are going to do,” he said.

The US will hold a presidential election on Nov. 5.

Incumbent US President Joe Biden was expected to run on the Democratic Party ticket but after his disastrous performance during the June debate with Trump, he decided to quit the race and instead supported the nomination of his Vice President Kamala Harris.

Her candidacy was later formally endorsed at a Democratic Party Convention.