Biden Campaign Slams Trump For 'Inciting' Violence Following Hog-Tied Biden Post

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 Trump drew criticism Friday for posting a video on social media that contains the image of a hog-tied President Joe Biden 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 Trump’s efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 elections ultimately led to an assault on the U.S. Capitol.

“Trump is regularly inciting political violence and it’s time people take him seriously — just ask the Capitol police officers who were attacked protecting our democracy on January 6,” said Michael Tyler, the Biden campaign’s communications director.

anticurrent,

Is it protected by whatever Freedom of Speech amendment ?

Furedadmins,

Surely secret service will be paying a visit and handling this clear threat to the sitting president.

GladiusB,
@GladiusB@lemmy.world avatar

Surely

JeeBaiChow,

Aaanddd this is the state of us politics. SAD!

Son_of_dad,

Democrats need to stop bitching and fight fire with fire. Republicans are always shit slinging, sling it back

the_crotch,

Yeah, they should prove they’re better than the republicans by becoming the republicans

Icalasari,

Republicans want to bring in fascism. I think a little dirty fighting until they are crushed is fine, especially as fighting fair hasn't been working

the_crotch,

Dems are currently in control. What’s your definition of “not working”?

Eldritch,

The time to nip this in the bud was 1933. Fighting fascism with fascism is just going to bring fascism.

JoeBigelow,
@JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca avatar

Who’s downvoting this? Clutch your pearls somewhere else.

Potatos_are_not_friends,

Someone do the same to Trump on that platform and see how that goes.

SupraMario,

The image won’t fit though.

GladiusB,
@GladiusB@lemmy.world avatar

Maybe a windowless van like many of his followers?

Hobbes,

Slams

eran_morad,

Feck off.

BradleyUffner,

Ok, it’s official now. The people complaining about the media using the word “slams” now annoy me more than when the media uses the word “slams”. They have been using it this way long enough that you all know what they mean now. Just go with it. You’ll be happier.

DoucheBagMcSwag,

You think “slams” is bad …try “claps back”

Whatever happened to the word “criticize?”

FReddit,

Clap back always reminds me of butt cheeks clapping together.

jordanlund,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

All Trump did was share a photo, if you want to blame someone, blame the people producing it and the guy who put it on his truck.

Google “Biden tailgate wrap”, there are a bunch, $50 to $70.

GladiusB,
@GladiusB@lemmy.world avatar

All Kathy Griffith did was go on TV and express her feelings.

Do you see how the pot works now kettle?

jordanlund,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

Griffin actively held up a mock severed head herself, again, a first party action. Completely different.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/…/amp/

You’re confusing the actions of the truck owner with those of Trump.

GladiusB,
@GladiusB@lemmy.world avatar

No. I’m pointing out the hypocrisy of holding people accountable.

jordanlund,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

Oh, I definitely think the people producing the wrap and the individual truck owner should be held accountable, just like Griffin was.

What people are arguing here is the people who re-tweeted that tweet should be held just as accountable as Griffin which is insane.

kinther,
@kinther@lemmy.world avatar

I normally agree with you but in this case I don’t think we can ignore sharing such imagery. Yes, hold the producers accountable. Also hold those accountable who are popularizing it.

jordanlund,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

Oh, we definitely shouldn’t ignore it, but the perps are the people producing and using it, not Trump for sharing it.

RavenFellBlade,
@RavenFellBlade@startrek.website avatar

When Trump promotes this imagery, it is explicitly to incite somebody in his Cadre of cultish followers to act on it. All it takes is just one to act on it. It’s textbook stochastic terrorism.

xmunk,

I think they’re both deserving of blame - the producers deserve the lion’s share but Trump is amplifying the message. In the pretrump world a politician would get a load of shit for misusing their platform like that.

Kage520,

Wait what? If Trump walks down 5th avenue and shoots someone, should we blame the gun manufacturer?

jordanlund,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

Sharing a picture someone else took is not illegal.

BassTurd,

“All the shooter did was pull the trigger. If you want to blame someone, blame the ammunition producers and the individual that sold it to them.”

jordanlund,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

In this case, Trump is not the shooter. He’s sharing a picture of the shooter.

ABCDE,

How fucking stupid you are being.

jordanlund,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

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. That’s 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 “Fw: fw: fw: fw: fw: fw: fw: re: re: re: I LOLD”

Snapperhead,

No. No it’s not.

Hobbes,

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_terrorism

jordanlund,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

I am aware of the term, in THIS case, the image and sentiment pre-dates Trump’s involvement.

No doubt he’s EXPLOITING it, but he didn’t CREATE it.

AbidanYre,

Senile grandad doesn’t have a cult following who have already demonstrated their willingness to commit violent acts for him.

jordanlund,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

While true, that doesn’t make Trump responsible for the image.

AbidanYre,

I didn’t say he is.

But this is absolutely a “meddlesome priest” situation and I doubt you’d argue that Henry was innocent in that case.

RGB3x3,

Wrong again. The implication is that Trump is sharing a picture in support of the shooter.

It’s dangerous and despicable.

homesweethomeMrL,

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_terrorism

xmunk,

A famously not illegal form of protected speech (it should be illegal but it isn’t)… which doesn’t fit this scenario since the violence is very clearly targeted at Biden and not at all vague.

gregorum,

Then do something about it

homesweethomeMrL,

Merrick’s not answering. How strange

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