Biden: Trump hurting country with 'clannish nationalism,' 'phony populism'

[highplainsdem]

Source: CNN

Former Vice President Joe Biden sought to rally House Democrats on Wednesday by forcefully attacking President Donald Trump while urging his own party to stay united.

"The President is looking out for himself only. The Republican Party seems to only be looking out for the President," Biden said in an auditorium at the Capitol, delivering the keynote address at a Democratic retreat. "And so it's our job to remind the American people that we're looking out for them."

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"Who in God's name would have thought we would be here at this moment with this President? We have a President who is consumed by his political survival," he said. "Everything is run through the filter of how it affects Donald Trump in Donald Trump's mind."

With "his closed and clannish nationalism" and "ugly and phony populism," Biden argued, Trump was shredding "decency" and "honesty."

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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/07/politics/joe-biden-house-democrats/index.html

[Grassy Knoll]

1. ..

[ailsagirl]

3. Amen!!

[SergeStorms]

12. He will be.

I think that's almost guaranteed. He's been speaking out a lot lately, and he's getting noticed. I think it's a certainty he'll be throwing his hat into the ring. Whether that will satisfy the Party Faithful remains to be seen. I think there will be an amazing selection of candidates to choose from in the Democratic primaries.

[appalachiablue]

2. Banana Republicans, it seems.

[zentrum]

4. Say it Joe!

[Skittles]

5. tell us something we don't know

[hot2na]

6. Biden

Bravo!

[47of74]

7. More like Klannish nationalism.

Otherwise excellent speech, Mr. Biden.

[flibbitygiblets]

10. Boom!

[not fooled]

8. Excellent

calling out dump for phony populism. Nothing populist about letting the kook brothers and their coven run the country.

[Eyeball_Kid]

9. This is Biden's role to play, IMO.

Honestly, he'll be too old for the office in 2020. But chronologically and otherwise, he's Trumpy's peer-- a fellow who will NOT take any BS from Trumpy. The Dems ought to go to Biden when they want a devastating sound byte. He's an authority on politics and he can speak with expertise. He's comfortable with putting Trumpy in his place.

[truthisfreedom]

11. klannish nationalism.

[olddad56]

13. It isn't Trump, it is Russia. Trump is just Putin's stooge

Putin is calling his every play. We are at war and don't even know it.