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President Joe Biden told the Rev. Al Sharpton that he's running for a second term because Donald Trump is the 'most anti-democratic' president in 'American history.'
He also ripped Trump, who is leading in the polls for the Republican presidential nomination, for wanting 'revenge on people.'
'The things that Trump is saying. Trump is saying things that are just off the wall,' Biden said in an interviewed that aired on Sharpton's radio show on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
'He's the most anti-democratic - with a small 'd' - president in American history. The things he's saying. And he means them. He's talking about he's running to get revenge on people,' Biden added. 'It's just outrageous things.'
'He's the most anti-democratic - with a small 'd' - president in American history. The things he's saying. And he means them. He's talking about he's running to get revenge,' President Joe Biden said of Donald Trump; above Biden volunteers at Philabundance, a hunger relief organization, to mark Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
Biden's interview aired the same day Iowa voters were going to caucus sites in the first contest in the GOP presidential nomination contest. Trump had a nearly 30 point lead over his rivals in the last poll of the state before the caucuses began.
Meanwhile, Biden has faced scrutiny over his decision to run for another four years, with critics citing poor approval ratings and concerns about his age. At 81, Biden would be 86 by the end of a second term. Trump, at 77, hasn't faced the same scrutiny of his age.
Some experts are already predicting Trump could have the Republican presidential
