Joe Biden told a New Hampshire audience that he was joking when he blamed President Trump’s surrogates for the Democratic Party botching the vote counting.

“They sent 80 people to Iowa to campaign against me getting the nomination and winning Iowa,” Biden claimed of the surrogates who were touting Trump’s accomplishments.

“I mean, I don’t know, I wonder if they screwed up the count. That’s a joke. That’s a joke, that’s a joke,” he said.

“There’s a lot of lousy stuff going on,” he lamented.

The Wall Street Journal reported:

For the Feb. 3 caucuses, the Trump campaign is planning an ambitious show of force around the state, with over 80 surrogates expected to campaign at caucus locations. The push will be led by campaign manager Brad Parscale, the president’s sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, as well as Eric Trump’s wife Lara Trump, who works for the campaign and Donald Trump Jr.’s girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle, also a campaign adviser.

The group heading to Iowa includes White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and a number of cabinet members, including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson. Also attending are members of Congress, among them House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) , Rep. Elise Stefanik, (R., N.Y.) and Rep. Mark Meadows (R., N.C.), as well as Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and governors from surrounding states.

Four years ago, President Trump placed second in the Iowa caucuses. But this time around he has no strong challenger and Republican turnout is expected to be light. Still, the campaign sees the night as an opportunity to test its organizational muscle across the state’s 99 counties and put on a show of strength in a key general election state.

Trump’s surrogates consisted entirely of campaign professionals — many confirmed by the U.S. Senate:

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