The national press secretary for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden believes President Trump is signaling support for white supremacists through his rhetoric on U.S. history.
Speaking on the Fox News Rundown podcast Thursday, Biden’s press secretary T.J. Ducklo accused Trump of embracing far-right viewpoints on the campaign trail.
“If you look at the Trump campaign and what they’re doing, you know they’re only speaking to their base,” Ducklo said. “They are alienating voters with divisive rhetoric, you know, Donald Trump is openly embracing the causes of white supremacists.”
“So look, I think that we are going to continue getting the vice president’s message out to voters, engaging with folks where they are, and doing the hard work to make sure that we can get our voters out and elect Joe Biden president in November,” he added.
When the interviewer pushed back against Ducklo’s accusations, the top Biden campaign staffer pointed to Trump’s comments on Confederate monuments and the Confederate flag as evidence that he is making open overtures to white supremacists.
“I think all you have to do is listen to the rhetoric from Donald Trump,” Ducklo continued. “You know, he is someone who is doubling down on appealing to what he feels like is his base and making comments and remarks that are, you know, embracing Confederate flags and Confederate monuments, and what he’s not doing is what he should be doing, which is getting this virus under control.”
In recent weeks, Trump has spoken out against a call from the Left to rename military bases honoring Confederate generals.
