Peter Doocy requested Biden if he considers Trump supporters to be a menace to the nation, and Biden wrecked the Trump/Fox Information speaking level.
Video of President Biden:
Biden turns a Peter Doocy query round on him, “I do not take into account any Trump supporter to be a menace to the nation,” he then lays out the entire ways in which Republicans are threatening democracy. pic.twitter.com/kMQ32W0b0B
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) September 2, 2022
Transcript offered to PoliticusUSA by the White Home Pool Report:
Peter Doocy: Do you take into account all Trump supporters to be a menace to the nation?
POTUS: Come on look guys … I don’t take into account any Trump supporter to be a menace to the nation. I do suppose anybody who requires using violence, fails to sentence violence when it’s used, refuses to acknowledge an election has been gained, insists upon altering the way in which wherein we rule and rely votes that could be a menace to democracy. Democracy.
Every part we stand for, the whole lot we stand for rests on the platform of democracy. Individuals voted for Donald Trump and assist him now, they weren’t voting for attacking the Capitol. They weren’t voting for overruling an election. They have been voting for a philosophy he put ahead. So I’m not speaking about something apart from, it’s inappropriate — and it’s not solely taking place right here however different elements of the world — a failure to acknowledge and condemn violence each time it’s used for these functions. Failure to sentence an try to control electoral outcomes. Failure to acknowledge when elections are gained or misplaced.
The President made an necessary distinction between Trump, elected Republicans, and the individuals who vote for them. Biden was right. Individuals didn’t vote for Donald Trump as a result of they wished the Capitol to be attacked or categorized paperwork to be stolen. Individuals didn’t vote for Donald Trump as a result of they wished democracy destroyed.
Tens of thousands and thousands didn’t vote for Trump as a result of they thought that the election was “rigged.”
Ever for the reason that categorized paperwork story broke Trump, Fox Information, some elected Republicans, and conservative media have gone into overdrive trying to personalize Trump’s conduct as a menace to the Republican base.
The latest effort is to assert that Biden thinks Trump supporters are a menace to America. It isn’t true, and Peter Doocy’s query gave the President the chance to strongly rebuke the misinformation that’s being unfold by the best.
Mr. Easley is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work centered on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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