President Joe Biden‘s recent remarks urging supporters to “beat the hell out of” Republicans in the November election is something the Democrats would be up in arms if former President Donald Trump said the same thing.
During his first public appearance with Vice President Kamala Harris since he dropped out of the 2024 election race, Biden said:
“Let me tell you what our Project 2025 is: beat the hell out of them,” he told the crowd during an event in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
Biden followed by saying, “I mean it!”
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Biden instructs the audience to "beat the hell" out of Republicans — a month after the assassination attempt against President Trump. Disgusting! pic.twitter.com/MpxSGBsu4h
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 15, 2024
Biden was riffing off the Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025,” a conservative blueprint of transition policies for the next presidency.
Democrats have desperately attempted to link the project to Trump, but the former president rejected the association, dubbing their claims a “pure disinformation” campaign.
Biden’s call to “beat the hell out of” their political rivals did not sit well with users on X and the Trump campaign.
“Disgusting!” the Trump War Room account on X said in a post.
“Is this a call to violence?” asked the Libs of TikTok account on X.
“If Trump said this, it would be wall-to-wall coverage on MSNBC for the next three weeks,” responded Collin Rugg, adding that The Washington Post “would be putting the ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’ banner up.”
Biden has been in free fall since his debate against Trump on CNN, which ignited a crisis of confidence among his allies and ultimately forced him to step down from the race.
Biden is expected to speak at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next week, along with former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton and failed 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, are also expected to accept their nominations and deliver remarks.
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