Former Vice President Joe Biden did not hold back in his criticisms of President Trump in the aftermath of two mass shootings, especially in relation to the attack on a Walmart in El Paso.
“They do have a dog whistle. They do have a dog whistle. Look, this is a president who has said things no other president has said since Andrew Jackson,” Biden said. “Nobody said anything like the things he’s saying. And the idea that it doesn’t contribute to or legitimate or make it more rational for people to think that we, in fact, can now speak out, we can speak out and be more straightforward and we can make this an issue, we’ve been through this before.”
Biden added, “There is no question that it’s a dangerous game. There’s no question his rhetoric has contributed to, at a minimum, at a minimum, of dumbing down the way in which we as a society talk about one another.”
Biden made his comments after a manifesto that appeared to have been authored by the El Paso shooter detailed his hatred for Hispanics. The shooter noted he felt this way toward Latinos before Trump started his presidential campaign.
Biden is the latest in the 2020 Democratic candidate field to blame Trump’s rhetoric for the shooting.
