Biden contrasted his approach to Trump's regarding peaceful protestors during the George Floyd protests and housing applications based on skin color.
Biden's event was part of a broader effort by the Democratic Party to energize and mobilize Black voters.
President Biden held a Black voter outreach program at Girard College in Philadelphia on May 30th, 2024.
Trump's campaign accused Biden of trying to divide Americans along race lines and emphasized Trump's record of supporting historically Black colleges and universities, as well as criminal justice reform.
In the midst of the 2024 presidential race, President Joe Biden and former President Donald J. Trump both recognize the importance of Black voter outreach in winning the election. On May 30th, 2024, President Biden held a Black voter outreach program at Girard College in Philadelphia where he highlighted his accomplishments and investments made towards Black America.
During his speech, Biden contrasted his approach with that of Trump's. He claimed that Trump would have used violence against peaceful protestors during the George Floyd protests if they were Black, instead of using tear gas on them as he did when they were white. Biden also criticized Trump for denying housing applications based on skin color and refusing to say 'Black Lives Matter'.
In response to the criticism, Trump's campaign accused Biden of trying to divide Americans along race lines and emphasized his own record of supporting historically Black colleges and universities, as well as criminal justice reform.
Biden's event in Philadelphia was part of a broader effort by the Democratic Party to energize and mobilize Black voters, who played a crucial role in Biden's victory in 2020. However, recent polling shows that support for Biden among Black voters is slipping in some swing states.
The two former presidents continue to engage in a battle for the support of Black voters, each presenting their own vision and accomplishments on issues important to the community. As the election draws nearer, it remains to be seen which candidate will ultimately secure their vote.
President Biden accused Trump of wanting to tear gas peaceful protestors during George Floyd's murder in 2020.
George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis in May 2020.
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Biden's statement that 'Trump wanted to tear gas you as you peacefully protested George Floyd’s murder' is an example of selective reporting and emotional manipulation. The article itself acknowledges that the protests in Philadelphia turned violent after starting out as peaceful assemblies. However, Biden only mentions the peaceful aspect and implies that Trump wanted to use tear gas on those who were peacefully protesting, implying that it was unwarranted. This is not an accurate representation of events and is intended to elicit an emotional response from the audience.
Biden told the crowd that Trump called Jan. 6 rioters patriots and that he wants to pardon every one of them. But as he made his pitch to the room, Biden pulled no punches toward his chief opponent in the presidential election.
I don’t think he’d be talking about pardons. This is the same guy who wanted to tear gas you as you peacefully protested George Floyd’s murder.
President Biden tells Black voters Trump wanted to tear gas them during ‘peaceful’ George Floyd protests
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The author makes an appeal to emotion by stating that Trump called Jan. 6 rioters patriots and wants to pardon them, then asks a loaded question implying that if Black Americans had stormed the Capitol, Trump would not have shown mercy. This is an attempt to elicit an emotional response from the reader and is therefore a fallacy of appeal to emotion (also known as an appeal to pity or fear). The author also makes a dichotomous depiction by describing the protests as 'peaceful' before they turned violent, implying that those who engaged in violence were not peaceful protesters. This oversimplification ignores the complexities of large-scale protests and is therefore a fallacy of false dilemma.
"Let me ask you: What do you think [Trump] would have done on Jan. 6, if Black Americans had stormed [the Capitol],"
"I don’t think he’d be talking about pardons. This is the same guy who wanted to tear gas you as you peacefully protested George Floyd’s murder."
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The author, Greg Wehner, makes a clear assertion that Trump 'wanted to tear gas' peaceful protesters during the George Floyd protests in 2020. However, the article also states that 'protests and demonstrations in Philadelphia in response to the death of Floyd and against alleged police brutality started out as peaceful assemblies before turning violent.' This implies that not all protesters were peaceful, which calls into question the author's assertion that Trump wanted to tear gas only peaceful protesters. Therefore, there is a potential for bias in the author's statement.
The president pulled no punches toward his chief opponent in the presidential election. Biden told the crowd that Trump called Jan. 6 rioters patriots and that he wants to pardon every one of them. Let me ask you: What do you think [Trump] would have done on Jan. 6, if Black Americans had stormed [the Capitol], I don't think he’d be talking about pardons. This is the same guy who wanted to tear gas you as you peacefully protested George Floyd’s murder.
President Biden sees Black outreach as critical to winning in November.
Biden has a list of accomplishments, executive orders, appointments, investments and economic statistics to showcase during his Black voter outreach program.
Black voters are at the very foundation of the Democratic coalition and pivotal electoral building blocks in battleground states.
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President Biden accused Trump of wanting to tear gas peaceful protestors during George Floyd’s murder in 2020.
Biden made these remarks while campaigning for Black voter support in Philadelphia.
Biden reminded crowd of Trump’s past comments on race and January 6th Capitol incident
Trump called out for denying housing applications based on skin color, refusing to say ‘Black Lives Matter’
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The article contains a few informal fallacies and an appeal to authority. It uses inflammatory rhetoric when quoting President Biden's speech but does not itself endorse the statements as the reporter.
. . .the same guy that wanted to tear gas you as you peacefully protested George Floyd's murder.
The same guy who still calls ‘the Central Park Five’ guilty, even though they are exonerated. He’s that landlord who denies housing applications because of the color of your skin. He’s that guy who won’t say ‘Black Lives Matter’ and invokes neo-Nazi Third-Reich terms.
In one of his most aggressive attacks on the presumptive Republican nominee yet, Biden called Trump ‘clearly unhinged’ and said ‘something literally snapped’ in him after he lost in 2020.
