President Joe Biden seemed to point fingers at everyone but himself when he urged the nation to turn down the heat on political rhetoric and many Americans reminded him of his own words.
But as the president’s Oval Office speech prompted reminders of his incendiary call to put a “bulls-eye” on former President Donald Trump, The Fedralist’s Mollie Hemingway pointed back to something “even worse.”
In a social media post just two weeks before the attempted assassination of the presumptive Republican nominee, Biden had called him a “genuine threat to this nation.”
“He’s a threat to our freedom. He’s a threat to our democracy. He’s literally a threat to everything America stands for,” Biden’s X account posted at the end of June.
This tweet from Biden is even worse than the bull’s-eye comment he made https://t.co/Dw2gRoAAKj
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) July 14, 2024
Social media users were disgusted, to say the least.
The person who wrote this post for Joe Biden should be fired.
— Patricia (@triciamap) July 14, 2024
— Rick of Florida (@sunsetswfl) July 15, 2024
This rhetoric falls under, “Well, WTF did you expect pepole to do if you tell them this level of threat exists?!?”
— The Middle Aged Baby (@MiddleAgedBaby2) July 14, 2024
Despicable
— Curious Mind Byte (@CuriousMindByte) July 14, 2024
One Democrat congressman called out the “dangerous lies” being spouted by political parties, addressing the dangers facing the nation on the current path in a lengthy thread on X.
“We can start by dropping hyperbolic threats about the stakes of this election,” Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) wrote. “It should not be misleadingly portrayed as a struggle between democracy or authoritarianism or a battle against fascists or socialists bent on destroying America. These are dangerous lies.”
Almost all people want to live free and peaceful lives in a stable democracy led by serious people who care about the common good of the nation. 2/10
— Congressman Jared Golden (@RepGolden) July 14, 2024
“Following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, we must ask ourselves questions about the future of our country and what we want for ourselves and our children,” wrote Golden, who is running for re-election in the Maine district.
“In the pursuit of short-term political gain, they are eager to exaggerate our differences and cast their political opponents as diabolical caricatures bent on destroying the country,” he continued.
“The result is an overwhelming sense of fear & anxiety about the future of our country, where the normal and tested tools of democracy no longer seem adequate to protect the common good. In this light, a rise of politically motivated violence in America is sadly unsurprising,” the lawmaker added.
The result is an overwhelming sense of fear & anxiety about the future of our country, where the normal and tested tools of democracy no longer seem adequate to protect the common good. In this light, a rise of politically motivated violence in America is sadly unsurprising. 6/10
— Congressman Jared Golden (@RepGolden) July 14, 2024
Continuing down this path would be “disastrous” according to Golden who called for an end to the hyperbole, condemning any language that characterizes opponents as “fascist.”
Golden’s reality check got mixed reactions on X:
Behold! A lone Democrat that still has some sense of Unity and leadership in their party!
Thank you Jared.
— LezGoBranDone (@LezGoBranDone) July 14, 2024
For 7 years the Democrats have painted half the country as Nazi’s….you have not said anything until now….hopefully your voters will kick you out but I have my doubts…
— Bill Clinton (@BillCli36376649) July 15, 2024
Republicans didn’t start this rhetoric. Any response we made censored by Dem Social Media and fake news media. Now, since X has allowed us to respond back, Dems call for it to end? Dems need to stop what THEY started. Your President only just called for a target on Trump’s back!
— Roy Anderson (@africa1228) July 14, 2024
Democrat congressman acts as a voice of reason in a post, calling on people to stop the extremist rhetoric.
And the response from many democrats is more extremist rhetoric.
— Nathanael✝️⚛️ (@DiscretePatriot) July 15, 2024
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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