“Even after an Oval Office address in which Biden responded to the attempt on Trump’s life by saying “the political rhetoric in this country has gotten very heated. It’s time to cool it down. And we all have a responsibility to do that,” the president apparently decided that he would not let Trump off the hook for the way he has made politics so much meaner and angrier over the past eight years.
It was actually rather refreshing. Not because we need to hear candidates criticizing each other more — but because it’s the truth, and even something as disturbing as an assassination attempt shouldn’t make us forget what we’ve seen with our own eyes for so long.
Biden had plenty of material to work with. He began by reiterating, as he often has, that it was Trump’s statement that there were “very fine people on both sides” at the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that made him decide to make his third run for the presidency.
To the criticism he got for saying on a private donor call last week (before the shooting) that the campaign should move past the issue of his age and “put Trump in the bull's-eye,” Biden did not hold back. (Notably, after the shooting, Biden explained that he was expressing that “there was very little focus on Trump’s agenda,” and also said it was “a mistake” to have used that word.) “I’m not the guy that said I want to be a dictator on day one. I’m not the guy that refused to accept the outcome of the election. I’m not the guy who said he won’t accept the outcome of this election automatically. You can’t only love your country when you win.” He criticized Trump for saying there will be a “bloodbath” if he loses, and for promising to pardon those convicted of participating in the violent insurrection that took place on Jan. 6, 2021. In short, the message was: If you’re concerned about rhetoric that encourages political violence, the Republican nominee is the one you should talk to.”
http://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/bidens-lester-holt-interview-makes-clear-s-not-going-exonerate-trump-rcna161903
Sorry, orange man, you got a pass from the bullet, but we ain’t gonna give you …dick!
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