Biden campaign rips page from Trump playbook with name-calling strategy

The Biden campaign sent out an email entitled "Broke Don Hides in Basement," last week, jeering at the former president's financial woes and taking a page from his playbook.

The Biden campaign sent an email calling Donald Trump "Broke Don" on Thursday. (Fox News)

"We have a guy that doesn’t come out of his basement," Trump said during a "FOX & Friends" appearance in 2020. "Somebody like Biden, he doesn’t know what to do."

"He doesn’t come out because he can’t. He doesn’t take any questions from reporters… This guy doesn’t come out of his basement, and he hasn’t taken one question."

Election filings that were publicized on Wednesday showed that Trump raised $20 million for his campaign in February, while Biden's campaign raised $53 million. Going into March, Trump's camp had $41.9 million in hand, while Biden's had $155 million.

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Reuters correspondent Nandita Bose tweeted a screenshot of the Biden campaign's email titled "Not a Winning Campaign: Broke Don Hides in Basement" on Thursday. 

Political strategist Ashley Hayek criticized the Biden campaign's name-calling email while speaking with Fox News Digital on Saturday.

"Crooked Joe’s campaign just can’t keep up," Hayek said. "Not only does he fail at mocking Teflon Don, he highlights his own department's illegal seizure of the Trump empire, reminding Americans of the alarming overreach by his administration."

"Gallup polling shows that 66% of Americans view the DOJ negatively, [which is] purely a reflection of his failure of leadership," she added. "Biden would be better off running from the basement again."

President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign rally Saturday, March 9, 2024, at Pullman Yards in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Fox News Digital reached out to the Biden and Trump campaigns for comment.

Fox News Digital's Bradford Betz and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.

Andrea Vacchiano is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. You can follow her on X at @andrea_vacch or send story tips to andrea.vacchiano@fox.com.

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