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Trump blasts Biden's anti-MAGA

speech: 'He's the enemy of the state'
Trump also mocked the red lighting behind Biden during his Thursday speech

By Andrew Mark Miller | Fox News

Former President Trump delivers remarks at a 'Save America' rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

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Former President Donald Trump blasted President Joe Biden’s address to the nation
earlier in the week calling it the most "vicious" speech ever given by an American
president.

"This week, Joe Biden came to Philadelphia to give the most vicious, hateful, and divisive
speech ever delivered by an American president," Trump told a raucous crowd on Saturday
night in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania while campaigning for Republican candidates in the
commonwealth. "Vilifying 75 million citizens, plus another probably 75 to 150 if we want to
be accurate about it, as threats to democracy and enemies of the state. You’re all enemies
of the state."

Trump continued, "He’s the enemy of the state if you want to know the truth."

Biden was widely criticized by conservatives for his speech in Philadelphia on Thursday in
which he claimed that "equality and democracy are under assault" by "MAGA forces."

VULNERABLE DEMOCRATS AVOID BIDEN'S ANTI-MAGA SPEECH, TRUMP-BACKED

CANDIDATES FIRE BACK AT DIVISIVE REMARKS

Former President Trump stressed the importance of restoring law and order in America in his first speech in Washington
D.C. since leaving office. (Getty Images)

The Washington Post Editorial Board published a piece Friday arguing that the speech was
too "partisan" and too harsh on well-meaning Americans.

The board claimed that Biden’s speech "fell short" of uniting the country and came off as
"scolding or demeaning" to good Republicans that otherwise could be persuaded into
abandoning Trump’s MAGA movement.

BIDEN SAYS TRUMP SUPPORTERS NOT A THREAT TO COUNTRY AFTER SPEECH

BLASTING 'MAGA REPUBLICANS'

Former U.S. President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower to meet with New York Attorney General Letitia James for a civil
investigation on Aug. 10, 2022, in New York City. (James Devaney/GC Images)

Conservatives also mocked Biden for the ominous "blood red" lighting that was behind
Biden during the speech, a criticism that Trump echoed during his speech Saturday night.

"How’d you like that red lighting behind him like the devil?" Trump told the Wilkes-Barre
crowd.

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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on what he calls the "continued battle for the Soul of the Nation" in front of
Independence Hall at Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, U.S., September 1, 2022. (REUTERS/Jonathan
Ernst TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY/File Photo)

Trump was in Pennsylvania campaigning for Republican Senate Candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz
and Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Doug Mastriano.

Andrew Mark Miller is a writer at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to
AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.

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