Joe Biden sat down with CBS News correspondent Robert Costa for his first interview since withdrawing from the 2024 presidential election.

The full interview will broadcast Sunday, August 11th on CBS.

In a preview clip, Costa asked Biden if he’s confident there will be a peaceful transfer of power when his term is complete.

“Are you confident that there will be a peaceful transfer of power in January 2025?” Costa asked.

“If Trump loses, I’m not confident at all,” Biden answered after accidentally saying “if Trump wins.”

“He means what he says. We don’t take him seriously. He means it. All this stuff about if we lose, there’ll be a bloodbath,” Biden continued.

“Look what they’re trying to do now. In the local election districts where people count the votes,” he added.

“They’re putting people in place in states where they’re gonna count the votes, right?” he said.

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Fox News reports:

Biden’s “bloodbath” comment was in reference to remarks Trump said earlier this year when he told rally-goers that the country would face an economic “bloodbath” if Democratic policies continue impacting the auto industry.

The rest of the interview is set to air this Sunday on “CBS Sunday Morning.”

This marks Biden’s first interview since he announced he was no longer seeking re-election more than two weeks ago.

Notably, his former running mate who he endorsed, Vice President Kamala Harris, has not done any interviews since she emerged as the Democratic nominee.

“Freudian slip?” Benny Johnson questioned.

Biden’s comments follow viral footage of Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) saying there could be “civil war conditions” if Trump wins the election.

“Jamie Raskin is saying that congress will STOP Trump from taking office even if he’s chosen by the voters. This is extremely dangerous. Every Democrat needs to be on the record about this immediately,” Charlie Kirk commented.

According to The Federalist, Raskin made the comments “in a panel discussion on Feb. 17, as the Supreme Court was mulling the constitutionality of the leftist Colorado secretary of state’s use of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to remove Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot.”

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From The Federalist:

Raskin’s rant may rank among the more incendiary comments about the court since U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., unleashed his “release the whirlwind” diatribe at a pro-abortion rally on the steps of the high court in 2020. The congressman’s vitriol simply cements the fact that the same people calling Trump a threat to democracy would assault the will of the people to keep the Republican from governing.

“Congressman Raskin continues to stoke the flames of division in this country through his use of incendiary language aimed at his political opponents, and once again proves the hypocrisy of leftists like him who slander conservatives in an attempt to mask progressives’ proclivity towards violence which has been on full display in cities and college campuses across America in recent times,” U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, R-N.Y., told The Federalist Monday evening.

Raskin’s office did not respond to a request for comment. His bellicose statements will mean nothing if Republicans take back the Senate and hold the House, but they are a look into the Trump-hating radical mindset of Democrats that will stop at nothing to maintain power. In a tinder box election year seared by an assassination attempt against the GOP’s presidential candidate, Raskin’s threatening rhetoric now seems more like the release of the whirlwind than ever.

 

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