Republicans wanted to clarify Trump’s brutal comments, and the Biden campaign did it for them.
Watch the ad here:
Donald Trump has shown us who he is, time and time again. pic.twitter.com/pBqyMTloHX
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) March 18, 2024
What Is The Context For Trump’s Bloodbath Comment?
The Biden campaign explained the context for Trump’s brutal remark in a statement:
– During his 2016 campaign, Trump urged his supporters to physically confront protesters. He took no responsibility for violence at his rallies and even offered to pay supporters’ legal bills if they attacked protesters after encouraging them.
– Trump said there was “blame on both sides” after violent riots by white nationalists and neo-Nazi marchers in Charlottesville.
– Trump praised a Republican who physically attacked a reporter by saying, “Any guy that can do a body slam, he is my type!”
– During a debate, Trump refused to condemn violence by white supremacist groups like the Proud Boys, telling them to “stand back and stand by.”
– Before his supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6, Trump told them, “You’ll never take back our country with weakness…If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.”
– Trump suggested that the Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley should be executed.
– Trump implied that violence would occur if numerous court cases against him did not go his way.
– Trump expresses a desire to be a dictator and has repeatedly praised them.
– Trump dehumanized his political opponents, calling them vermin and suggesting they should be rounded up and imprisoned. He also described migrants as “not people.”
– This weekend, Trump once again mentioned a bloodbath at his rally, saying he would pardon violent rioters who attacked police officers and added, “If I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole — that’s going to be the least of it. It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country.”
Republicans are defending Trump by claiming he was talking about the auto industry, but using the term bloodbath is unusual when discussing domestic policy. Trump has a history of making remarks about political violence or attempting to incite it for nearly a decade.
The context of Trump’s words has not been lost on anyone who has been paying attention since 2015.
The ad is devastating because the Trump campaign is already on the defensive about the bloodbath comment, and they don’t have an answer for how President Biden is portraying Trump as an un-American threat to the nation before the election.
e their move or pack up and end this investigation.
