Biden, 83, Delivers Sharpest Post-Presidency Attack on Trump in South Dakota
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 6
Biden, 83, Delivers Sharpest Post-Presidency Attack on Trump in South Dakota
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 6
Summary
Sioux Falls hosted Biden’s most overtly political speech since leaving office, with the former president calling Trump “the most corrupt president” in U.S. history at a South Dakota Democratic Party dinner.
The 83-year-old focused on what he called Trump’s “appalling vanity projects,” mocking plans tied to the White House, the Kennedy Center, the Lincoln Memorial and the Reflecting Pool as the crowd repeatedly booed.
Hundreds of Democrats in a Best Western banquet hall applauded the speech, which at times was halting and hard to understand and at others delivered in a full-throated yell.
The appearance capped a week in which Biden, Jill Biden and Hunter Biden all moved back onto the public stage, despite resistance from many Democrats and even some former Biden aides.