Donald Trump has demanded compensation for funds spent campaigning against Joe Biden after the US president pulled out of the race for the White House.
Republicans should be “reimbursed for fraud”, Trump said, as the vice-president Kamala Harris emerged as the frontrunner to be the Democrat candidate.
Mr Biden withdrew on Sunday after weeks of pressure on him to quit following last month’s disastrous televised debate against Trump, which raised questions over his mental acuity.
US conservatives are now scrabbling to redraw their strategy for November’s presidential election after Mr Biden and some senior Democrats backed Ms Harris.
“So we are forced to spend time and money fighting Crooked Joe Biden, he polls badly after a terrible debate and quits the race,” Trump wrote on social media.
“Now we have to start all over again. Shouldn’t the Republican Party be reimbursed for fraud in that everybody around Joe, including his doctors and the Fake News Media, knew he was not capable of running for, or being, president?”
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