The US president Joe Biden asks at civil rights event: ‘what do you think he would have done … if Black Americans had stormed the Capitol?’

Joe Biden has launched one of his most scathing attacks yet on Donald Trump’s record of racism, suggesting that the former US president would have acted differently to the January 6 2021 insurrection if was led by Black people.

The remarks, at a dinner hosted by a civil rights organisation in a critical swing state, pointed to an intensifying battle between Biden and Trump for African American voters ahead of November’s presidential election.

“Let me ask you,” Biden said during an address to an NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) dinner in Detroit. “What do you think he would have done on January 6 if Black Americans had stormed the Capitol?”

There was a collective gasp and murmur in the cavernous convention centre, where an estimated 5,000 guests had gathered. The president insisted: “No, I’m serious. What do you think? I can only imagine.”

  • Jaysyn@kbin.social
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    4 months ago

    In Detroit a leader of the Pro-Palestinian protesters said “This community will be the community who unseats Joe Biden. … A president who has fostered an atmosphere of hate against our community.”

    This person will be at the front of the line to have their citizenship stripped & exiled if Trump is elected.

    If you don’t think Trump will do it & SCotUS will allow it, you’re a dangerous moron.

    EDIT: Oh look, there is one now.

    • Count042@lemmy.ml
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      4 months ago

      Would you care about that if Trumps opponent was providing weapons and diplomatic cover to the people exterminating your entire extended family back home?

      Actually think about that before blindly answering yes.

      Imagine the trauma of losing your entire family. Knowing the children suffered horribly before dying. Knowing that the ones who followed Israels movement orders starved to death.

      If you can’t understand why that would cause people to hate Biden, regardless of his opponent, then you have so little human empathy that it makes you incompetent at gauging the strategic outcomes of your actions.

      It also makes you a shitty human without empathy.

      • Jaysyn@kbin.social
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        4 months ago

        Would you care about that if Trumps opponent was providing weapons and diplomatic cover

        Of course I would. But I’m also intelligent enough to know that you put your own oxygen mask on before you start helping others.

        I’m also smart enough to understand that “You should vote your emotions” is the absolute dumbest possible take.

        Furthermore, I can empathize with someone & still be aware they are making a stupid decision.

        • Count042@lemmy.ml
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          4 months ago

          Not voting for the person who could have single handedly stopped the slaughter of your entire family but didn’t isn’t ‘voting your emotions’

          I can’t imagine anyone but a sociopath writing that.

          EDIT: the stupid choice is voting for someone that wants a genocide committed. If a system is only capable of supplying two genocidiers, then it isn’t a system worth defending.

          Also, putting morality aside for a moment, but nothing is stupider than assisting in the genocide of a people whom make up a required component of your coalition.

          Reminder: Biden doesn’t win the swing States without Muslim support. This is a self own. Blaming anyone else for this is a case of victim blaming.

          • Jaysyn@kbin.social
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            4 months ago

            Not voting for the person who could have single handedly stopped the slaughter of your entire family but didn’t isn’t ‘voting your emotions’

            Liar, liar. I guess you missed when Biden attempted that & was overruled by the GOP fascists in Congress?

            Because Congress controls the purse? Slept thru Civics, did we?

            BTW, we can all plainly see that you’re pulling out all the “emotional manipulation” stops here, but fortunately, you’re very, very bad at it.

            • Count042@lemmy.ml
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              4 months ago

              Jesus Christ. The only one that slept through civics and didn’t read their own posts here is you.

              Congress didn’t overrule Biden. The house voted for something that hasn’t, and won’t, be able to pass the Senate. Nothing has happened here yet.

              Congress controls the purse strings, yes, and the executive branch is responsible for the implementation. Biden absolutely could have told the Israelis to stop at any point, with actual consequences such as removing the fleet from the red sea, promising not to support them against Iran, stop weapons shipments that due to the Lehy law we actually are legally required to stop. All could be done by the executive.

              Stop being condescending about topics you apparently know nothing about.

              • Jaysyn@kbin.social
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                4 months ago

                LOL, Reduced to “I know you are, but what am I”? Seriously?

                such as removing the fleet from the red sea,

                This is the fleet that just got done building the humanitarian aid pier. What a fucking brilliant idea!

                The administration this month paused a shipment of large bombs on the grounds that Israel would cause heavy loss of civilian lives using the munitions in the Gaza Strip. The move also sought to discourage Israel from deepening its ground invasion in the city of Rafah, where some 1 million Palestinians are sheltering in unsafe conditions.

                But Republican officials quickly came out in opposition to the decision, warning that the paused shipment would embolden Israel’s enemies in the region and weaken Israel’s hand as it seeks to rescue hostages held by Hamas.

                “Israel needs these weapons to eradicate the terrorists who have vowed the destruction of Israel, and Israel needs it to protect itself and its people,” Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., a member of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, said during floor debate Thursday. “Withholding vital resources jeopardizes not only Israel’s ability to defend itself but also our national security by harming and weakening our strongest ally.”

                https://rollcall.com/2024/05/16/house-passes-bill-to-require-ongoing-flow-of-weapons-to-israel/

                By all means, keep up the lies. We are educating people here, whether you like it or not. 🤣🤣🤣