Every criticism of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden by Republican incumbent Donald Trump falls flat when it comes directly from him. Biden is not perfect in any way, but Trump has tried to criticize him for nepotism while Trump works in an office in the White House next to his daughter’s. He’s criticized him for stumbling during speeches and then called Yosemite “yo-semi-nites” and Thailand “thigh-land.” Most recently, Biden made an ill-advised statement about diversity in the black and Latino communities, and the president who promised white suburbanites that he wouldn’t let poor black people move in next to them is calling Biden out for racism.
"Joe Biden this morning, he totally disparaged and insulted the black community. What he said is incredible…it was a very insulting statement he made."@realDonaldTrump responds to @JoeBiden saying Latinos have 'incredibly different' attitudes, unlike black Americans. pic.twitter.com/EOoyatyq0b
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) August 6, 2020
In all his concern about a racist president winning the White House, because irony is officially dead, Trump then immediately reverted to how oppressed and mistreated he has been as president.
It is true that what Biden said was wrong and that he needed to be held accountable for his statements. When criticism arose because of the statement, Biden apologized, explained his reasoning, and agreed that his wording was bad. This is something Donald Trump has never done and is unlikely to do even after tweeting memes that say 80 percent of white homicide victims are murdered by black Americans.
During the interview that included the badly-stated thought, Biden said:
‘We can build a new administration that reflects the full diversity of our nation. The full diversity of the Latino communities,” Biden said. “Now when I mean full diversity, unlike African American community, many other communities, you’re from everywhere. From Europe. From the tip of South America, all the way to our border and Mexico and in the Caribbean. And different backgrounds, different ethnicities, but all Latinos.’
Later, Biden too to Twitter to apologize and explain his thinking.
Earlier today, I made some comments about diversity in the African American and Latino communities that I want to clarify. In no way did I mean to suggest the African American community is a monolith—not by identity, not on issues, not at all.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 7, 2020
Throughout my career I've witnessed the diversity of thought, background, and sentiment within the African American community. It's this diversity that makes our workplaces, communities, and country a better place.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 7, 2020
Trump continues to lob every criticism he can think of at Biden, but none of it works coming from him. Criticizing Biden as racist is like criticizing him for wearing spray tan or being elderly. It is the pot calling the kettle black.
Twitter was quick to remind Trump that he’s horning in where he doesn’t belong. Read some of their statements below:
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