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.”

  • Count042
    54·
    1 month ago

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/16/politics/house-israel-weapons-bill-vote/index.html

    In particular:

    The bill would prevent Biden from withholding, halting, reversing or canceling weapons transfers that have been approved by Congress from the United States to Israel, and requires any that have been withheld to be delivered to Israel within 15 days of the bill’s enactment.

    It is unlikely to be taken up in the Democratic-led Senate and the White House has said that Biden would veto the bill if Congress passed it. The House vote was 224 to 187. Three Republicans voted against the measure and 16 Democrats voted for it.

    By all means, keep having zero reading comprehension skills.

    Tell me what the first sentence of that second paragraph says. Does it say that it needs to pass the Senate, and that Biden would then veto it? Does that, in fact, match exactly what I said? Huh. How about that.

    Also, is lying about Israel your work? You get paid for this?

    EDIT: Nice editing out of you saying this was your work.

    WAR OF THE EDITS APPARENTLY: I posted a reputable source pointing out that what I said, that you said was lying, is actually correct. Learn to read.

    • Jaysyn@kbin.social
      53·
      1 month ago

      Also, is lying about Israel your work? You get paid for this?

      LOL, I suggest you read some of my other recent posts about what I think should be done with BiBi, desperado.

      • Count042
        53·
        1 month ago

        I’m not the one who described this as my work, and then edited it out.

        Also, was I right about that bill not doing anything? Do you want to tell me how CNN doesn’t understand civics?