Fired-Up Biden Pounds Fist As He Blasts Trump and Denounces ‘Political Violence’ at Private Fundraiser

President Joe Biden tore into former President Donald Trump at a private fundraiser, pounding his fist as he denounced “political violence” like the Jan. 6 attack.

Biden has been sharpening his attacks against Trump, while continuing to shy away from attacking his rival over the 91 felony charges against him and the legal judgment for sexual abuse.

The President headlined a private fundraiser at the Washington, DC home of former Ambassador to UNESCO Esther Coopersmith, during which he got fired up as he went after Trump and the political violence of his supporters on Jan. 6, warning that “democracy is at stake in 2024” and pounding the podium for emphasis at one point.

From a pool report:

“I don’t think anyone today doubts democracy is at stake in 2024…And listen to what they’ve been saying. Listen to what the MAGA Republicans are talking about. Listen to what language they use. Listen to who they say they are.”

“That’s why Kamala and I are running again, because we made progress, but our democracy is still at stake. Because folks, the same man who thought there were ‘very fine people on both sides’ in Charlottesville, who called Hezbollah ‘very smart’…who recently on more than one occasion has made jokes about the assault on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband. Now, there are a lot of reasons Donald Trump shouldn’t be president.”

Biden said he and Harris want the entire nation to send the “strongest, clearest, most powerful message possible that political violence is never, never, never, never acceptable in America,” pounding his fist on the lectern with each “never.”

Biden said “MAGA Republicans in the House have been fighting among themselves” trying to elect a Speaker and “trying to shut down the government, sowing division at every turn.”

Trump has made mocking the attack on Paul Pelosi by a Trump supporter into a fairly regular part of his rallies.