Former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenFormer Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick Bloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida MORE on Tuesday said President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE's leadership is based on fear, and that it reminds him of George Wallace, the former Alabama governor who supported segregation.

"No president has ever led by fear. Not Lincoln. Not Roosevelt. Not Kennedy. Not Reagan," Biden said during a rally in in Orlando, Fla., according to CNN . "This president is more like George Wallace than George Washington."

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Biden added that "Democrats have to choose hope over fear" and "unity over division" in this November's midterm elections.

"We have to choose our allies over our enemies. We have to choose truth over lies," he said. "We have to choose a brighter future for Americans over this desperate grip of the darkest elements of our past in our society."

CNN noted that Biden also criticized Trump for his increasingly hostile rhetoric about immigration.

He told the news network after a rally in Jacksonville this week that Trump is making it sound like a migrant caravan full of people escaping violence in Central America was "breaking through the border."