Democratic senators had attempted to scrap the filibuster, an arcane rule requiring 60 out of 100 senators to pass certain legislation, in order to advance their voting rights bill.

Mr Manchin and Ms Sinema refused to support the rule change, with the former calling it a “perilous course” that would sow further division, effectively dooming the legislation.

The White House sought to clarify Mr Biden’s comments over the legitimacy of future elections.

The president’s spokeswoman Jen Psaki said: “Lets be clear: [Mr Biden] was not casting doubt on the legitimacy of the 2022 election.”

Mr Trump also weighed in, saying: “President Biden admitted yesterday, in his own very different way, that the 2020 election may very well have been a fraud, which I know it was.”