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Trump’s Latest Barrage Tries to Turn Attention to ‘Creepy Joe Biden’

He calls Republican leaders 'naive' in not agreeing with him on 'rigged' election

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has rallied crowds with charges that the deck is stacked against him. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has rallied crowds with charges that the deck is stacked against him. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
By Andrew Breiner
Posted October 17, 2016 at 10:27am

Donald Trump further pushed his allegations of the presidential election being “rigged,” calling out “naive” Republican leaders on Monday morning for not backing him up.

The GOP presidential candidate has railed on the trail and on Twitter about how the establishment and the media are conspiring to rig the election against him.

He seemed to be taking a shot at House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, who released a statement over the weekend, saying he was “fully confident” in the integrity of the country’s election system.

Trump also called the stories of women accusing him of sexual assault “totally phoney” and said many were “already proven false”.

And he retweeted a story from conservative outlet, The Daily Caller, that called one of the accusers’ account into question.

Trump also linked to two videos, one from the conservative Washington Free Beacon and the other from libertarian site Heat Street, that purport to show “Creepy Joe Biden’s Greatest Hits”. The videos show Biden in some awkward moments, holding a hug with Hillary Clinton a little too long, whispering something in a woman’s ear too close to her face, telling young women “No serious guys until you’re 30,” and telling their parents “Hope you have a big fence around your house.”

Many of the clips take place on the Senate floor with C-SPAN cameras rolling, and are all at public press events. 

Trump also took the opportunity to denounce widespread voter fraud he says is already occurring.

Monday’s tweetstorm from Trump follows one from the previous day, where Trump called Ryan a “man who doesn’t know how to win,” and accused him of “always fighting the Republican nominee.” Trump is expected to campaign Monday in Ryan’s home state of Wisconsin.

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