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"If Trump loses, I'm not confident at all," Biden said in an
interview with CBS News when asked whether he thought there
would be a peaceful transfer of power after the vote.
"He means what he says. We don't take him seriously. He means
it. All this stuff about if we lose there'd be a bloodbath,"
Biden added.
During a March campaign appearance in Ohio, Trump warned of a
"bloodbath" if he fails win the election. At the time Trump was
discussing the need to protect the U.S. auto industry from
overseas competition, and Trump later said he was referring to
the auto industry when he used the term.
Trump has falsely claimed he won the 2020 election against Biden
and was criminally charged in Washington, D.C., and Georgia with
illegally trying to overturn the results.
Biden dropped out of the campaign last month after fellow
Democrats called for him to step aside following a poor debate
performance against Trump that raised questions about the
Democratic president's age and health.
Biden's vice president, Kamala Harris, has since captured the
Democratic nomination and is running against Trump.
(Reporting by Eric Beech and Kanishka Singh; Editing by Rami
Ayyub and Daniel Wallis)
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