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It was a single remark by the outgoing president who wasn't standing for election, and something he quickly rowed back on. It was clearly something he didn't in
by chimprich 2y ago
It was a single remark by the outgoing president who wasn't standing for election, and something he quickly rowed back on. It was clearly something he didn't intend to say, but at some point in an election campaign someone is going to misspeak.
Anyway, you're moving the goalposts. The allegation was "calling half the country racist sexist fascist inbred stupid genocidal monsters".
- mvdtnz 2y agoYou're right, he didn't call them that. He called them garbage.
- chimprich 2y agoMeanwhile, Trump: "Crazy do-nothing democrats", "horrendous people", "the Dems are vicious"... and about 10,000 other insults whilst seizing on one offhand comment from Biden.
- happytoexplain 2y agoBiden said, "the only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters", in response to one of Trump's supporters saying Puerto Rico is garbage. Then Biden tried to walk it back by saying he meant that supporter, or his rhetoric, or whatever (and even if we deny him that walk-back, "supporters" is not all conservatives, all Republicans, or even everybody who votes Trump). Democrats mostly called this a gaffe. While unacceptable by presidential standards, it's extremely tame compared to the things Trump regularly says about groups of people (we could even just limit that to the things he says about liberals or Democrats), and the vocal support he receives from his supporters for these statements. The fact that this got so much attention is evidence that "double standard" would be an understatement.