Former President Donald Trump said during a rally in Florida on Friday that the pro-Hamas extremists who rioted in the nation’s capital this week were supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris, who became the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee this week.

Trump’s comments come after the far-Left rioters tore down American flags and burned them while chanting “Allahu Akbar” and waving Hamas terrorist flags.

The United States Park Police (USPP) released a statement saying that officers had arrested eight extremists at the riot at Columbus Circle because they “damaged and destroyed park property, including vandalizing statues and fountains, tearing down and burning flags, and starting several small fires.”

“Within days of the heinous October 7th attack on Israel, Kamala Harris praised the anti-Israel protesters,” Trump said. “She praised them. She betrayed America’s ally and sided with the radical fringe of her party, only for political gain, maybe for personal gain. I don’t know.”

“And this week, many of those Kamala Harris supporters burned American flags in the heart of our nation’s capital and desecrated our monuments,” he continued. “They sprayed very powerful spray paint into limestone. Magnificent. The lions, the bells. You saw it. And, you know, when that gets into limestone, you never really get it out. You’ll see it in 100 years from now. They desecrated it.”

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During the “Believers Summit” in Florida, Republican nominee for United States President Donald Trump claims that Vice President Kamala Harris’ supporters burned American flags in Washington D.C. earlier this week. pic.twitter.com/3k5cPZzEPl

— KATV News (@KATVNews) July 27, 2024

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Former President Donald Trump said during a campaign event on Friday that the Democrats successfully pulled off “a coup” by forcing President Joe Biden to end his failing presidential campaign.

Trump’s remarks come after Biden announced on Sunday that he was ending his campaign — although he still has not provided a reason why, which comes amid widespread media coverage over his cognitive decline.

“As you know, five days ago, we officially defeated the worst president in the history of the United States, Crooked Joe Biden. You know, I thought a lot about it. We defeated him,” Trump said at the rally in Florida.

“He was badly beaten,” he said, adding that Democrats repeatedly hounded Biden to get out of the race because his poll numbers showed that he could not beat Trump. “There was nothing nice about what they were doing.”

“How about that? It’s like a prizefighter. He’s losing badly, ready to be knocked out. And they say, well, wait, let’s stop the fight. Let’s put somebody else in,” he said. “It doesn’t work that way. And it’s not supposed to work that way. And this really was a coup by the Democrats. This was a coup. Nothing else. He got 14 million votes.”

“I hate to stick up for Biden, but, you know, he didn’t want to do what he did. He said, ‘I’ll never go out. I’ll never, ever go out.’ About two days later, ‘I’m proud to go out,'” Trump continued. “Because the fascists went after him. They threatened him with the 25th Amendment.”

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Trump said Democrats threatened Biden that if he didn’t take the easy way out, they would go with the hard way and force him out.

“I know as many people on that side as I know on our side, so to speak. But that’s what happened. They said, we can do it the hard way. We can do it the easy way. 25th Amendment, if you don’t go. And he said, ‘Oh, I’ll go,'” Trump concluded. “And now they’re trying to make him into a brave hero.”

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JUST IN – Trump says Biden was the victim of a coup by the Democrats. pic.twitter.com/k1Bb7CHqxE

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) July 27, 2024