The former vice president's remarks Friday on the death of George Floyd showed an anger and concern for the country that Trump reserves for himself.
in the wee hours. Referring to the Minnesota protesters as “thugs,” he wrote, “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.”, even though they’re both known for saying what’s on their minds and dropping verbal gaffes like cracked Easter eggs. In Trump’s case, it’s a reckless approach that has won him fans. For Biden, it’s been viewed as a deficit that could sink his chances of occupying the Oval Office.
But in 2020, Biden’s unedited, off-the-cuff tendency to speak what he feels — or fumble to find the right words — is arguably more effective against Trump’s rudimentary barbs than, say, the slick verbiage of Mayor Pete Buttigieg or the carefully parsed words of Minnesota’s Sen. Amy Klobuchar. “This is no time for incendiary tweets,” said Biden, presumably referring to Trump’s posts, in Friday’s livestream, which was picked up by multiple news platforms. “It’s no time to encourage violence. We need to stand up as a nation, with the black community, with all minority communities, and come together as one America.”Biden wasn’t utterly commanding or hyper-articulate. But he showed up, and he appeared to care about what happens to us as a people and a nation.
For the thirsty, it felt like stumbling upon an oasis, even though a week ago Biden was lambasted forhe made during an interview with “Breakfast Club” cohost Charlamagne tha God. Discussing the November election, he said, “Well, I tell you what, if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.
Instead, Trump tried to suggest he was misunderstood, then explained what he meant to say in several more confusing tweets: “It was spoken as a fact, not as a statement. It’s very simple, nobody should have any problem with this other than the haters, and those looking to cause trouble on social media,”When Trump did eventually make it to the Rose Garden microphone to speak to the press, in person, it was as if he’d dropped in from an alternate universe of priorities.
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