Biden derides ‘feeble, confused and tired’ Trump for comparing himself to Jesus
Republican indulges Messiah complex with quote from Psalm 109: ‘They have also fought against me with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause’
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Your support makes all the difference.President Joe Biden has ridiculed his Republican predecessor Donald Trump after the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee compared himself to Jesus Christ on social media.
“Received this morning – Beautiful thank you!” Mr Trump wrote before quoting a supporter who apparently sent him a message reading: “It’s ironic that Christ walked through His greatest persecution the very week that they are trying to steal your property from you.”
The post then quoted from Psalm 109: 3-8: “They have also fought against me with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.”
Mr Biden’s campaign wasted no time in ridiculing his opponent’s ludicrous and self-serving Messiah complex, deriding Mr Trump as “feeble, confused and tired” and adding: “He spent the weekend golfing, the morning comparing himself to Jesus, and the afternoon lying about having money he definitely doesn’t have.”
The president has been much more forthcoming in attacking the Republican with humour in recent weeks, mocking Mr Trump’s costly legal woes and boasts about winning a golf tournament over the weekend with sarcastic applause and the comment: “Quite an accomplishment.”
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Abortion rights: Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dust off 150-year-old Comstock Act
Alex Woodward reports:
The US Supreme Court appears unlikely to agree with anti-abortion activists who want to overturn the federal government’s approval of a widely used abortion drug, a proposal that could have profound and far-reaching consequences for millions of Americans’ healthcare.
A majority of justices on the nine-member court on Tuesday were sceptical that a group of anti-abortion doctors have sufficient legal grounds to bring the case against the US Food and Drug Administration, which first approved the drug mifepristone in the year 2000.
But during Tuesday’s oral arguments in a case targeting the drug, at least two conservative justices floated the idea of dusting off a 151-year-old law that abortion rights advocates fear could be used to further strip access in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to revoke Americans’ constitutional right to abortion care.
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Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dust off the Comstock Act to target abortion rights
The Supreme Court is skeptical that anti-abortion activists can threaten abortion pills, but at least two conservative justices seem ready to revive 19th century law that could
Biden gaining ground on Trump in swing states, new poll shows
President Joe Biden is erasing his polling deficit with his likely Republican election opponent in a number of key states that will decide the outcome of this year’s presidential contest, according to a new survey by Bloomberg and Morning Consult.
The survey of 4,392 registered voters, which took place from 8 March to 15 March, found that Biden either tightened his margin against Donald Trump or overtook the ex-president in six of seven states, with the largest polling shift coming in Wisconsin, where Badger State respondents gave the 46th president a one-point lead, 46 per cent to Trump’s 45 per cent.
The president’s slim advantage over the man he defeated four years ago comes just one month after a similar survey showed Mr Trump leading Biden by four per cent.
Andrew Feinberg has more.
Biden gaining ground on Trump in swing states, new poll shows
The survey shows president either leading, tied or gaining ground in several battleground states
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