President Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., went after his father's opponent, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, during his speech on night one of the Republican National Convention, calling him "Beijing Biden" and "basically the Loch Ness Monster of the Swamp."
"For the past half-century, he's been lurking around in there," Trump Jr. said. "He sticks his head up every now and then to run for president, then he disappears and doesn't do much in between." He also said Biden is part of the "radical left wing" and is China's preferred choice to win the election because "he'll weaken us both economically and on the world stage."
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