Biden labels Trump first racist U.S. president

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

(Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden labeled Donald Trump on Wednesday the first racist to become U.S. president in remarks his opponent's re-election campaign quickly rebuked.

Biden, who was vice president under Barack Obama, the first Black U.S. president, fielded a question at a Service Employees International Union roundtable from a healthcare worker concerned about the Republican president calling the coronavirus pandemic the "China virus."

He responded by saying it was "absolutely sickening" how Trump "deals with people based on the color of their skin, their national origin, where they're from."

He added: "No sitting president's ever done this. Never, never, never. No Republican president has done this. No Democratic president. We've had racists, and they've existed, and they've tried to get elected president. He's the first one that has."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-labels-trump-first-racist-u-s-president/ar-BB174AvU?li=BB141NW3&ocid=DELLDHP

I'd hardly say he's the first racist president but definitely the most recent and perhaps the most outspoken.

[marybourg]

1. Well, I'm afraid I'd have to disagree with the Vice President here.

[Blue_true]

12. So do I. There were plenty of racist American presidents before Trump.

Trump is one of the most cravenly racist, though Jackson and Wilson give him a run for his money.

[mitch96]

2. Woodrow Wilson was a pretty blatant racist

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/11/20/9766896/woodrow-wilson-racist

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[Blue_true]

11. Yes he was. His policies badly set back a developing Black middleclass.

Imagine where we would be without his racist policies?

That his racist actions were not part of what is taught in schools is a perfect example of how American history has been whitewashed to get rid of the large amounts of immoral acts.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. But like...why would he say it tho.

[SlogginThroughIt]

4. might have meant first modern pres

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. but like why

[SlogginThroughIt]

6. Who knows? Are we really going to amplify this?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. It's at least the second thread on here about it. Some people seem to think it's a really strong

gotcha.

[Blue_true]

14. Because he was taught from the same history books that we were taught from.

I was taught that Jackson and Wilson were great men of charity. But in reality, both basically tried to cancel out a whole group of Americans. I was taught that Washington and Jefferson were gods, nothing about extracting teeth of slaves to make false teeth, or of sleeping with female slaves who could not turn them down and not be harmed.

[Polybius]

15. And he'd still be wrong

There were plenty the past 45 years.

[SlogginThroughIt]

19. Ok now what?

[Polybius]

21. We sit back and wait for the apology

It's probably coming today, no later than tomorrow.

[SlogginThroughIt]

22. Who is he going to apologize to and for what?

And who is demanding an apology? The point stands he is calling trump a racist. That he didn’t eloquently state it is somehow deserving of an apology?

[Blue_true]

9. Have to disagree with Joe on this one.

We have had racist Presidents before. Trump is the first that is brazenly racist. Others have been silently racist and done damage to the country due to their racism.

[dsp3000]

10. Even FDR was a racist... Chester Arthur... list goes on

Might have to disagree with Biden here.

[Blue_true]

13. FDR was a top policy aid to Wilson. Wilson was vilely racist. nt

[Polybius]

16. Might?

There's no doubt about it.

[ibegurpard]

17. First aggressively openly racist

In modern history. That i could agree with.

[Raine]

18. Totally wrong, there's been several before

and theyll probably be some in the future.

[Wounded Bear]

20. First openly racist pres of the modern era...

Since the 1960's or so they've had to hide it better.

There have been numerous "racist" presidents in our history. Quite a few, to be sure.

[SlogginThroughIt]

23. I think thats what he was trying to say.

I do think thats what he was trying to say. And of course we will have people on the left crucifying him for it and demanding an apology so that we can weaken our own candidate.