If it's seemed that President Joe Biden has had particularly harsh words for his predecessor and potential successor, Donald Trump, that's because he has. On Thursday night, POLITICO was out with a report highlighting "What Biden *really* says about Trump behind closed doors." As it turns out, he truly doesn't hold back.
According to the report, Biden has described Trump as a "sick f**k," with POLITICO citing "three people who have heard the president use the profane description." One person said that Biden recently about Trump that "What a f**king asshole the guy is."
While the White House declined to comment, Chris LaCivitia, a senior Trump campaign adviser, is quoted for his response. "It’s a shame that Crooked Joe Biden disrespects the presidency both publicly and privately," he said. "But then again, it’s no surprise he disrespects the 45th president the same way he disrespects the American people with his failed policies"
This isn't the first time that Biden's comments about Trump have been reported. The president also spoke about how he wanted Trump prosecuted, specifically that he wanted Attorney General Merrick Garland "to act less like a ponderous judge and more like a prosecutor who is willing to take decisive action over the events of Jan. 6."
But, as the report had also reminded, Biden isn't such a sweet old man in public, either. Ahead of the anniversary of January 6 this year, the president spoke at Valley Forge. While there, one of the many narratives against Trump he went with was to try to connect the attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), to Trump:
“At his rally, he jokes about an intruder, whipped up by the Big Trump Lie, taking a hammer to Paul Pelosi’s skull,” Biden said.
“And he thinks that’s funny,” the president continued. “He laughed about it. What a sick …”
Biden let his voice trail off as the crowd cheered and chuckled.
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What POLITICO fails to mention, though, is that the attacker, David DePape, who was found guilty last November, was also mentally ill, a drug user, and a supporter of leftist causes.
Last weekend, Biden went for another angry, debunked line of attack. It was just one of many concerning examples from when the president was in South Carolina last weekend. As the POLITICO report mentioned:
Biden grew particularly incensed by reports of Trump refusing to visit a military cemetery in the rain and by stories that he has mocked the sacrifices of fallen American soldiers. Biden believes his son BEAU died of brain cancer that developed after being exposed to burn pits while serving in Iraq. And, as with the case of the Valley Forge speech, his fury on this front has spilled out into public view, including last weekend in South Carolina.
“[Trump] referred to those heroes, and I quote, as ‘suckers’ and ‘losers.’ He actually said that. How dare he say that. How dare he talk about my son and all like that,” Biden said. “Look, I call them patriots and heroes. The only loser I see is Donald Trump.”
Again, though, POLITICO makes a glaring error in not debunking the president's narrative.
As one of the lies that just won't die, Trump's opponents claim that he referred to those buried at Normandy as "suckers" and "losers." It was debunked, but that hasn't stopped Biden from repeating this and other lies, such as the also debunked "very fine people on both sides" comments regarding the white supremacy rally in Charlottesville from 2017. POLITICO also mentioned but failed to address the Charlottesville line as well.
A VERY confused Joe Biden starts absolutely SCREAMING as he recounts the recycled "suckers and losers" hoax — slurring the entire way.
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 28, 2024
The man is NOT well. 😳 pic.twitter.com/4c7QRL5sr7
"The epithets may cut against the image Biden often projects as someone eager to take down the level of incivility and acrimony in politics," the report also mentioned, though it's worth asking who actually thinks that about him anymore.
These comments also especially bring to mind when people bring up how 'at least there's no more mean tweets' to mock the reasons why people couldn't stomach voting for Trump in 2020. Now we have mean tweets, mean comments, and our country and the world are a mess.
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