With polls showing that Democrats’ embrace of violent protest movements is hurting them politically, Joe Biden was pressured into condemning some of the violence gripping cities across the country.
And when he did, his supporters in the media praised him for it, even though he was just copying what Vice President Mike Pence had said days earlier at the Republican National Convention.
A few minutes later the thought was expanded:
What was amazing was that Biden merely restated what Pence had said days earlier, without pressure.
In his speech at Ft. McHenry August 26, Pence said:
President Trump and I will always support the right of Americans to peaceful protest, but rioting and looting is not peaceful protest; tearing down statues is not free speech. And those who do so will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Today, Joe Biden echoed Pence’s remarks:
read more here: https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/31/biden-praised-for-copying-pences-rnc-remarks-on-violent-riots/#.X01_rixAd8J.twitterRioting is not protesting. Looting is not protesting. Setting fires is not protesting. None of this is protesting.
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Biden does not know what day it is more or less what he is reading . I am sure someone is writing down notes he is just mouthing the words.