Joe Biden has launched one of his most scathing attacks yet on Donald Trump’s record of racism, suggesting that the former US president would have acted differently to the January 6 2021 insurrection if was led by Black people.

The remarks, at a dinner hosted by a civil rights organisation in a critical swing state, pointed to an intensifying battle between Biden and Trump for African American voters ahead of November’s presidential election.

“Let me ask you,” Biden said during an address to an NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) dinner in Detroit. “What do you think he would have done on January 6 if Black Americans had stormed the Capitol?”

There was a collective gasp and murmur in the cavernous convention centre, where an estimated 5,000 guests had gathered. The president insisted: “No, I’m serious. What do you think? I can only imagine.”

  • John Richard@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Israel literally has armies dedicated to social media manipulation. Don’t fall for it… They are obviously on Lemmy. You see how the Israelis act at peaceful Gaza protests. All they know are lies and manipulation because the world has let them get away with it for so long.

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      6 months ago

      LOL, no.

      Bibi needs to be strung up right along side the leaders of Hamas in the Hague.

      I’d just sooner kill myself than vote for the open christofascist, Trump.

      And because I have more than three brain cells to rub together, I understand how FPtP voting works.

      How’s that for your propaganda, clownshoes?