Biden’s Second Amendment Outburst Was a Warning SignBy Charles C. W. Cooke
March 10, 2020 3:21 PM
Joe Biden had a little outburst today, after a construction worker asked him about the Second Amendment ...
If I were a Democrat, this would alarm me. Biden’s behavior here is extraordinary, especially given that he is currently previewing the “return to normalcy†theme that he intends to run on in November. One might think that telling a voter that he is “full of s***†and that you will “slap them†matters less than it usually would given that Donald Trump is in the White House. But, arguably, the opposite is true. Elections are about contrasts. If he is as belligerent and ill-disciplined as the incumbent, what is Biden’s case for replacing him?
In this instance, the answer seems to be that, unlike Trump, Biden will usher in stricter gun control. But that, too, should alarm Democrats. If Biden now has a reputation as a champion of gun confiscation — and if construction workers in Michigan are asking him about it, it suggests he does — he is going to have a hard time winning back the voters that Trump peeled away from the Obama coalition. ...
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