Trump rips Biden at GOP convention, vows ‘tremendous 2022’

Former US President Donald Trump has returned to the political arena, railing against his successor Joe Biden and predicting that the Republican Party will triumph in the 2022 midterm elections.

According to Press TV, speaking at the North Carolina Republican Convention on Saturday night, Trump blasted “radical Democrats,” once again furthering his claims that the November election was rigged.

"The 2020 presidential election, that election, the 2020 presidential election, was by far the most corrupt election in the history of our country," Trump told his devotees in the city of Greenville.

Following the election, he encouraged his loyalists to “be wild” and “fight like hell…to take back our county.”

Thousands of his supporters attacked the Capitol building on January 6 as the chamber was debating the counting of Electoral College's votes. The attack left five people dead, including a police officer.

In his Saturday speech, Trump also said that the “survival of America” hinges on GOP victories in the upcoming midterm elections.

“We are going to have a tremendous 2022 like we did frankly in 2020, more votes than any sitting president in the history of the US. We had a great election. Bad things happened, but we had a great election.”

Trump also endorsed Republican Representative Ted Budd for a US Senate seat in North Carolina after his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, said she would not run.

The former president's long-term plans are still unclear, but he has not ruled out a run for the White House in 2024.

Trump also criticized the country’s current leadership under Democratic Biden for issues facing the country from rising inflation rates and crime to increasing gas prices to cyberattacks to illegal immigration.

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