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| Republican nominee Donald Trump implied on Tuesday that he would be willing to fight the sitting vice-president Joe Biden behind a barn. | |
| Speaking at a rally in Tallahassee, Florida, almost precisely two weeks to the minute to when polls close there on election day, Trump said of a fist fight between the two: “I’d love that.” | Speaking at a rally in Tallahassee, Florida, almost precisely two weeks to the minute to when polls close there on election day, Trump said of a fist fight between the two: “I’d love that.” |
| The 70-year-old Republican nominee for president also labeled the vice-president “Mr Tough Guy” and said of beating up the 73-year-old Biden: “Some things in life you could really love doing.” | |
| The comments came after Biden said of Trump on Saturday: “The press always asks me, don’t I wish I was debating him? No, I wish we were in high school and I could take him behind the gym. That’s what I wish.” | The comments came after Biden said of Trump on Saturday: “The press always asks me, don’t I wish I was debating him? No, I wish we were in high school and I could take him behind the gym. That’s what I wish.” |
| Biden made the comments in reference to a lewd 2005 tape recording of Trump, unearthed in early October, where the Republican nominee bragged about being able to grab women by the genitalia without their consent. | Biden made the comments in reference to a lewd 2005 tape recording of Trump, unearthed in early October, where the Republican nominee bragged about being able to grab women by the genitalia without their consent. |
| On Monday, Biden clarified his remarks in a rally, saying he meant “If I were in high school ... I want to make it clear I understand what assault is. I’m not in high school. If I were in high school.” The septuagenarian graduated from the Archmere Academy prep school in Claymont, Delaware, in 1961. | |
| Trump seemed to welcome the opportunity to fight the vice-president. “Did you see where Biden wants to take me behind a barn? Me. He wants it. I’d love that,” the Republican nominee said with relish. | Trump seemed to welcome the opportunity to fight the vice-president. “Did you see where Biden wants to take me behind a barn? Me. He wants it. I’d love that,” the Republican nominee said with relish. |
| Casting scorn on Biden’s physical strength, Trump said, “Mr Tough Guy, you know he’s Mr Tough Guy, you know when he’s Mr Tough Guy? When he’s standing behind a microphone by himself.” | Casting scorn on Biden’s physical strength, Trump said, “Mr Tough Guy, you know he’s Mr Tough Guy, you know when he’s Mr Tough Guy? When he’s standing behind a microphone by himself.” |
| Trump added: “He wants to bring me to the back of the barn? Oooooooooh. Some things in life you could really love doing.” | Trump added: “He wants to bring me to the back of the barn? Oooooooooh. Some things in life you could really love doing.” |
| The last time a sitting vice-president engaged in a major violent altercation with a fellow politician, Aaron Burr killed former secretary of state Alexander Hamilton in a duel on 11 July 1804 in Weehawken, New Jersey. |