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President Biden has said Donald Trump is “willing to sacrifice our democracy” to regain power – as the US Supreme Court agreed to look at questions over his eligibility.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump is favourite to be his rival again in November’s election.<\/p>\n

President Biden<\/strong> attacked his ambitions and motivations, repeatedly referencing the 2021 storming of the Capitol by Trump supporters.<\/p>\n

It came as the US Supreme Court agreed to hear Mr Trump<\/strong>‘s appeal over Colorado’s decision<\/strong> to disqualify him from its presidential primary elections.<\/p>\n

The state of Maine has also followed suit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court – which is weighted in his favour – could now make a decision that will settle such eligibility questions.<\/p>\n

It indicated a speedy decision, scheduling oral arguments for 8 February, ahead of the Colorado primary on 5 March.<\/p>\n

The states excluded him over language in the US Constitution’s 14th amendment that bars people who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion”<\/strong> from holding public office.<\/p>\n

A statement by the Trump campaign said it looked forward to a ruling that would “affirm the civil rights of President Trump, and the voting rights of all Americans”.<\/p>\n

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Speaking in Pennsylvania on Friday, President Biden said the election would be a fight for the country’s soul and “all about whether democracy is still America’s sacred cause”.<\/p>\n

“Democracy is on the ballot. Your freedom is on the ballot,” he said.<\/p>\n

He painted Mr Trump’s re-election campaign as a backward-looking ego-trip and “all about him, not America”.<\/p>\n

The Capitol riots<\/strong>, in Washington on 6 January 2021, saw Trump supporters run amok after he made false claims the election had been “stolen”.<\/p>\n

Mr Biden called the event one of the “worst derelictions by a president in US history” because Mr Trump did not intervene.<\/p>\n

“He told the crowd to fight like hell. And all hell was unleashed,” Mr Biden told supporters near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

“Then as usual he left the dirty work to others. He retreated to the White House.”<\/p>\n

“We nearly lost America – lost it all,” Mr Biden added.<\/p>\n

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Five people died due to the chaos and dozens were injured, as thousands descended on Washington to try to stop the election result being certified.<\/p>\n

Read more:
This year’s election will shape the rest of the world – analysis
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The ex-president is promising “revenge and retribution” if elected again and his campaign has glorified the riots, said Mr Biden.<\/p>\n

He said Mr Trump’s description of his opponents as “vermin” was the “exact same language used in Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n

Mr Biden also hit out at Mr Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 result, saying he had lost 60 court cases and “exhausted every legal avenue”.<\/p>\n

The former president faces dozens of criminal charges<\/strong> related to his efforts to reverse his election loss.<\/p>\n

However, he says top Democrats are themselves trying to subvert democracy by using the legal system to stop his campaign.<\/p>\n

Ahead of Mr Biden’s speech, the Trump team put out an ad calling Mr Biden “the true destroyer of democracy” and referencing the special counsel’s investigation into his actions on 6 January.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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