Haris Alic 23 Jul 2020
Joe Biden’s campaign was forced on Wednesday to clarify comments the presumptive Democrat nominee made asserting President Donald Trump is the first racist to be elected to the White House.
The former vice president, who in the past has lambasted Trump for his divisive rhetoric, made the bewildering statement on Wednesday during a virtual town hall with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
“No sitting president has ever done this,†Biden told the union’s members, when discussing Trump’s use of terms like “China virus†to describe the novel coronavirus. “No Republican president has done this — no Democratic president. We’ve had racists, and they’ve existed, they’ve tried to get elected president. He’s the first one that has.â€
Biden’s claim baffled many, especially since the country’s first 12 presidents were slaveholders, while others, like Franklin Pierce, were fierce opponents of the abolitionist movement. As such, when the former vice president’s remarks first began circulating on social media, they were the subject of derision, most notably from pundits and members of the media.
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