For Biden and Trump, 2022 is 2020 sequel — and 2024 preview?
This year’s midterm elections are playing out as a strange continuation of the last presidential race — and a potential preview of the next one
By CHRIS MEGERIAN
Published - Oct 17, 2022, 12:12 AM ET
Last Updated - Jun 24, 2023, 02:32 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s midterm elections are playing out as a strange continuation of the last presidential race — and a potential preview of the next one.
Donald Trump, who refused to exit the stage after his defeat, has spent months raging against Joe Biden, reshaping downballot campaigns that normally function as a straightforward referendum on the incumbent president.
Trump has been holding raucous rallies in battleground states, where he alternates between touting his handpicked candidates and denouncing his enemies. He belittles and excoriates Biden while lying, as he did in Ohio last month, that “we didn't lose” the last election.
