“This is not somebody you can have as your president — but if he got the [Democratic] nomination I’d be thrilled,” added Trump.
Just the night before, Biden said during a campaign speech in Iowa — in a clip that’s been widely played and reported since then — “We should challenge these students. We should challenge students in these schools to have advanced placement programs in these schools.” His comments were about the need to improve America’s education system.
Then he said, “We have this notion that somehow if you’re poor, you cannot do it. Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.”
Biden quickly attempted to clarify those remarks by adding “wealthy kids, black kids, Asian kids” to the end of his statement.
But by then the damage was done — and video clips of his earlier comment were already widely circulating.
Sleepy Joe was a terrible candidate the first 2 times he ran for president and nothing has changed.
As @realdonaldtrump said, he’s not playing with a full deck!https://t.co/szZpFmaJvT
— Brad Parscale (@parscale) August 9, 2019
Biden is a trainwreck, and Dems know it, but the media is defending him… because he's all they've got. #2020election #JoeBiden https://t.co/rmfEgGTrox
— Herman Cain (@THEHermanCain) August 9, 2019
Biden, for his part, has been ripping into the president during his Iowa campaign stops, even referring to “white supremacy” and “white nationalism” in describing the president and his politics.
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Reminder to all that the next presidential election isn’t until November 2020 — but here we, in early August, already in the thick of the political campaign season (and so much more).
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