Trump
Ellie Abraham
Mar 18, 2024
AP
Marjorie Taylor Greene has defended Donald Trumpâs use of the word âbloodbathâ in remarks made during a rally speech.
The controversial president is going for re-election and heading on a campaign trail that has already thrown up several remarkable moments. During one speech in Richmond, Virginia, Trump appeared to confuse Barack Obama and the current President Joe Biden leaving the crowd in silence.
During a recent rally in Dayton, Ohio, the presumptive Republican nominee for the November 2024 presidential election suggested that there would be a âbloodbathâ if he is not re-elected.
Trump said: âIf I donât get elected itâs going to be a bloodbath for the country. Thatâll be the least of it.â
He added: âIf this election isnât won, Iâm not sure that youâll ever have another election in this country.â
While many expressed horror over Trumpâs comments, particularly given the 6 January 2021 riots in which his supporters stormed the Capitol, some of his political allies defended him.
Controversial Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Greene shared a post on X/Twitter from an account called âEnd Wokenessâ which called the outcry a ââbloodbathâ hoaxâ and added that the âmainstream mediaâ was lying about what Trump said.
She claimed: âThe Democrats and the media lie constantly about what Pres Trump says. They twist his phrases and sarcasm and tell the public he said something he did not.
âWhen Trump said there will be a bloodbath if Biden wins, he was talking about the auto industry and heâs RIGHT!â
Other Conservatives online also claimed that Trump was talking about there being a âbloodbathâ in the car industry, but no explanation was given for his comments about there possibly never being an election again.
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