NEW YORK — The Biden campaign on Tuesday dispatched actor Robert De Niro and two former police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — Harry Dunn and Michael Fanone — to convey the threat they argued former President Donald Trump poses to the country.
Speaking to reporters near the Manhattan courthouse where Trump’s criminal hush money trial is taking place, De Niro said Trump “wants to sow total chaos.”
De Niro, a New Yorker, called Trump a “clown” whose presidency could be dangerous for Americans. He said New Yorkers once tolerated Trump, but now recognize him as a threat.
“I love this city. I don’t want to destroy it. Donald Trump wants to destroy not only the city, but the country, and eventually he can destroy the world,” De Niro said.
At a press conference following the Biden campaign’s, Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller shot back, saying the best the Biden campaign could do in attacking Trump was to “roll out …