Biden assails Trump for trying to turn election ‘loss into a lie’

US president says 2024 a battle for truth over lies in Charleston speech interrupted by protesters calling for Gaza ceasefire

From the pulpit of a Black church that was the site of a racist massacre in 2015, Joe Biden cast this year's presidential election as a battle for truth over lies told by those who seek to whitewash" the worst chapters of American history - from the deadly assault on the US Capitol to the civil war.

This is a time of choosing," Biden implored Americans during a visit to Mother Emanuel AME church, where nine Black worshippers were murdered by a white supremacist gunman who they had welcomed into their Bible study. Without mentioning Donald Trump by name, Biden assailed his predecessor and likely 2024 Republican opponent as a loser" who sought to overthrow the will of the 81 million Americans who voted for the Democratic president.