The former president shared a video of a truck that featured a picture of a seemingly helpless Biden with his hands and feet tied up.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald TrumpĀ drew criticism Friday for posting a video on social media that contains the image of a hog-tied PresidentĀ Joe BidenĀ painted on the tailgate of a passing truck.
The Biden campaign was quick to condemn the video for suggesting physical harm to the sitting Democratic president. Biden has portrayed his likely 2024 opponent as someone who freely evokes Nazi imagery with regard to immigrants, while also stressing in speeches that Trumpās efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 elections ultimately led to anĀ assault on the U.S. Capitol.
āTrump is regularly inciting political violence and itās time people take him seriously ā just ask the Capitol police officers who were attacked protecting our democracy on January 6,ā said Michael Tyler, the Biden campaignās communications director.
Did Trump produce the image? Well, no.
Did Trump photograph the image? No.
Did Trump put the image on his vehicle? No.
He shared an image someone else sent him. Thatās not the same thing at all.
Should the folks making it and putting it on their trucks get a talking to? Yeah, probably.
This is just the Trump equivalent of senile granddad āFw: fw: fw: fw: fw: fw: fw: re: re: re: I LOLDā
Senile grandad doesnāt have a cult following who have already demonstrated their willingness to commit violent acts for him.
While true, that doesnāt make Trump responsible for the image.
I didnāt say he is.
But this is absolutely a āmeddlesome priestā situation and I doubt youād argue that Henry was innocent in that case.
No. No itās not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_terrorism
I am aware of the term, in THIS case, the image and sentiment pre-dates Trumpās involvement.
No doubt heās EXPLOITING it, but he didnāt CREATE it.