Trump's GOP rivals are using one of his favorite jabs against him

Donald Trump's one-time favorite insult against Joe Biden is now being repurposed to be used against him by his rivals within the Republican party.

Trump made a habit of saying Biden was campaigning from the "basement" during the 2020 election, when most of the president's events were smaller due to pandemic-related restrictions.

Now, Trump's rivals are using the same line against Trump himself, according to Deseret News' reporting.

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"Donald Trump’s challengers have rolled out a new attack line: claiming he’s 'campaigning from his basement,'" the outlet reported on Friday. "It was one of Trump’s favorite jabs at Biden during the 2020 election, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when Joe Biden’s campaign events were smaller and scarcer than Trump’s. It was a mark of Biden’s 'weakness' or a way to hide his age, Trump asserted."

The article continues:

"But now, Trump’s Republican challengers — including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie — have whipped out the line to whack Trump, knocking the former president’s absence from the debate stage and his scarce campaign appearances in early-voting states," the piece states.

Chris Christie reportedly got the ball rolling.

"After the last debate, Christie blasted Trump on Fox News for 'hiding behind his golf clubs' and not speaking directly to voters," according to the article. "This week, DeSantis jumped on board, claiming Republicans won’t 'beat the Democrats by adopting Joe Biden’s basement strategy' during two Fox News hits on Sunday and Tuesday."

“You owe it to the voters to show up,” DeSantis said, according to the recent news report. “You need to defend your record.”

Read the article here.