Despite campaigning in a civil manner, President Joe Biden used obscene language to describe former President Donald Trump in private, Politico reported Thursday.

At least three people cited claims that Trump cheered on the rioters at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and accused Biden of calling Trump a “terrible person” in private. He said he heard it. according to Go to Politico. during January 6th speech Biden reportedly came close to using the word in public near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, calling himself “sick” before erupting into applause and laughter from the crowd. (Related article: 'A very well-planned plan': FOX Business guest suggests White House will work with Fani Willis to defeat President Trump)

“Trump and his MAGA supporters not only condone political violence, they make fun of it,” Biden said during his speech. “At the rally, he jokes about an intruder, whipped by Trump’s big lie, who put a hammer to Paul Pelosi’s skull and repeated the exact words used on January 6th. “Where's Nancy?'' And he thinks it's funny. He laughs about it. What a disease–“

A source told Politico that Biden has also called Trump a “shithole” in private.

Biden campaigned for a return to civility during the 2020 campaign, but has attacked Trump and his supporters since taking office. In his speech in Philadelphia in September 2022, Biden claimed they posed a “threat to democracy.” During the 2012 presidential campaign, Biden attacked then-Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, claiming he would put black people “back in chains.”

While Biden has denounced Trump and his supporters as a threat to democracy, Maine Democratic Secretary of State Shena Bellows said on Dec. 28 that the 14th Amendment's “insurrection” clause and disqualified Trump from the presidency due to the Capitol riot. . On December 19, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision disqualifying Trump from voting in the 2024 election. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Trump's appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court's ruling on February 8.

“If you view politics as an all-out war rather than a peaceful way to resolve differences, you can't have a contest. You can't have a contest,” Biden said in a speech at Valley Forge. “What President Trump wants is all-out war.”

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