The US president Joe Biden asks at civil rights event: ‘what do you think he would have done … if Black Americans had stormed the Capitol?’

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/21554477

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.”

  • Amoxtli@thelemmy.clubEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Trump rather have white folks storm the capitol instead of black folks as an outgoing president? What would have Biden done if black folks stormed the capitol? Look at this, the democrats use black folks as a tool to manipulate democracy. Nothing is too low for them. Absolutely disgusting party. This type of stuff reminds me of LBJ.