Earlier this week, we covered how the Biden HQ X account took former and potentially future President Donald Trump's words out of context to claim in a clip that he was referring to illegal immigrants as "animals." In reality, the full context makes clear he was talking specifically about illegal immigrants who are accused of committing heinous crimes as "animals." Trump's remarks came while he was speaking in Michigan on Tuesday, and since then, the Biden HQ account has only doubled down.
Here we go again.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) April 2, 2024
If you go go less than 10 seconds before @BidenHQ's clip starts, Trump is referring specifically to the illegal alien who murdered Laken Riley. https://t.co/uxud1nAe4w pic.twitter.com/2gqYA4spxO
In a Thursday post, the Biden HQ took shots at Fox News host Harris Faulkner, who had taken issue with the account taking Trump's comments out of context and using "selective editing," which is exactly what the Biden HQ account did. Faulkner also wondered if they "use[d] AI" when it came to the editing techniques used. It came as an offhand comment at the very end of the clip.
No, this is not AI, @FoxNews. This is the presumptive Republican nominee for president:
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) April 4, 2024
Trump: Democrats said please don’t call immigrants animals. I said, no, they’re not humans, they’re animals https://t.co/p1yedIhd8u pic.twitter.com/35yTmtKTBA
Doubling down. Directly before this clip, Trump makes clear he's referring to *illegal immigrants who murder Americans,* not "immigrants." I'd ask what Biden thinks of calling illegal immigrant murderers "animals," but he's apologized for calling one of them "illegal," so... https://t.co/GQK89xEEwk
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) April 4, 2024
There's also a post taking Trump's comments out of context that promotes the Biden HQ's use of TikTok. In the video, a young woman says, "Guys, look what Donald Trump just said about immigrants," with the accompanying caption reading, "You'll never guess what Trump just called immigrants."
Again, there's no distinction between illegal immigrants who have been accused of murder and immigrants overall.
In addition to that wildly out-of-context remarks, the young woman also claims that "Trump is ramping up his dehumanizing rhetoric and calls to violence." This has been another tactic the Biden reelection campaign has gone with when it comes to taking Trump's comments out of context.
The clip then goes on to engage in fearmongering about the Project 2025 playbook for when Trump takes office.
Google Project 2025 pic.twitter.com/kjagsXPU6q
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) April 5, 2024
It's also telling that the campaign is using TikTok, despite how the app has been banned on federal devices and how the House overwhelmingly passed a bill last month that could lead to a TikTok ban.
When asked why the Biden campaign continues to use the app, despite the president's willingness to sign such a bill, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has been incapable of providing answers.
REPORTER: "If president Biden is concerned enough about TikTok to bring it up on a call with the preisdent of China, why is he...still making videos for TikTok?"
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 4, 2024
KJP: "That's coming out of the campaign, so I would refer you to the campaign." pic.twitter.com/V8FwwdJsmn
Yet another post, as part of a thread, failed to distinguish between illegal immigrants and all immigrants, when Trump was referring to illegal immigrants as "animals," among other terms. That thread, in addition to calling Trump out in such a manner, also tried to spin President Joe Biden's immigration policies as a positive.
Polls, however, are not looking good for Biden on this issue. Not only has immigration been a top issue for voters in the polls, but Trump has the edge. This includes the Wall Street Journal poll just released on Wednesday, where Trump is ahead of Biden in six key swing states. The poll also indicates that 52 percent of registered voters believe Trump is best to handle "immigration and border security," while just 32 say so about Biden.
Among the issues RealClearPolling shows Biden's approval ratings on, immigration remains his worst one, as just 31.8 percent approve of his handling of the issue while 63.7 percent disapprove.
Trump calls immigrants “animals,” “not people,” “sick,” “monsters,” “poison.”
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) April 4, 2024
He wants to round them up in mass detention camps in a military-style operation larger than one called “Operation Wetback.”
And he wants to orphan children from their families pic.twitter.com/3K6nqiWfot
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