Former President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the Republican Party deserved to be “reimbursed for fraud” after the Democratic Party and media surrogates forced them to spend millions campaigning against President Joe Biden despite knowing full well that he could not make it through another four years in office.

Trump made the statement in a Truth Social post several hours after Biden announced his plan to “stand down” from the 2024 presidential election and to throw his support and endorsement behind his Vice President Kamala Harris instead.

“So, we are forced to spend time and money on fighting Crooked Joe Biden, he polls badly after having a terrible debate, and quits the race. Now we have to start all over again,” Trump said. “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? Just askin’?”

The former president had just posted a short time earlier about the second debate — which had been scheduled to air in September on ABC — and argued that it should air on Fox News instead.

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“My debate with Crooked Joe Biden, the Worst President in the history of the United States, was slated to be broadcast on Fake News ABC, the home of George Slopadopolus, sometime in September,” he posted. “Now that Joe has, not surprisingly, has quit the race, I think the Debate, with whomever the Radical Left Democrats choose, should be held on FoxNews, rather than very biased ABC. Thank you!”

While Biden and a number of powerful Democrats — including former President Bill Clinton and two-time nominee Hillary Clinton— have joined Biden in endorsing Harris, others have objected to the idea that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) could ignore the voters and “anoint” Harris without their input.