It’s always the same: The media could report on Joe Biden’s gaffes, or they could report on Republicans’ reaction to those gaffes, and The Hill has chosen the latter.
The Memo: Trump team pounces on Biden gaffes https://t.co/cFl1A4K88d pic.twitter.com/CLr6vbqmoE
— The Hill (@thehill) August 8, 2020
The debate around Biden’s propensity for these kinds of slip-ups is a complicated one.
The Trump campaign is pressing such moments as examples of why the Democrat is unfit for the presidency, arguing the remarks are both patronizing to people of color and evidence of a lack of mental sharpness.
But there are numerous instances of the president either misspeaking or making much more racially offensive comments than Biden has done.
In the first category, Trump has within the past few days mispronounced both “Yosemite” and “Thailand,” drawing mockery on social media.
Stanage, like so many others, falls back on the Charlottesville hoax, disproven by a minute’s Google search for a transcript, writing, “Trump’s record on racial matters includes talking about ‘very fine people on both sides’ of racist violence in Charlottesville, Va.”
Oh well, it’s nice of The Hill to perform clean-up duties for Biden after he said African-Americans weren’t diverse like Latinos and asked an interviewer if she was a junkie.
POUNCE! pic.twitter.com/77SJlOea3T
— JD (@johnbday) August 8, 2020
The use of "pounce" indicates internal polling is horrific for democrats.
— RICO aka msm/dem/bureaucracy/and now judiciary (@NikitasDad) August 8, 2020
All your “pouncing” means we must “jump” & call you #FakeNews! See, Ding dongs, WE CAN SEE HIS GAFFES TOO
— SeldenGADawgs (@SeldenGADawgs) August 8, 2020
Pounce!
— Steven [Free Hong Kong] Hawkins (@stevenshawkins) August 8, 2020
REPUBLICANS POUNCE ?
— Fake News (Peaceful) Protester?? (@BobQuarantine) August 8, 2020
Republicans….
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!!— Red Dot in a Blue Dot in a Red State (@reddotinaustin) August 8, 2020
Don't forget they also seized on them.
— AdamInHTownTX (@AdamInHTownTX) August 8, 2020
It's pounce time, again! pic.twitter.com/mHvyFbBz5H
— Tom (@RedneckGoalie30) August 8, 2020
Can y’all pick some different words. Pounce is getting old
— Corey (@greensandfrways) August 8, 2020
— AndrewP3 (@SouthronGA) August 8, 2020
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E— Taylor Svehlak (@TaylorSvehlak) August 8, 2020
I live in Massachusetts, home of the Kennedy’s. Everyone has been talking about Biden and his applesauce brain. This isn’t just “republicans pounce” by a longshot.
— Mike (@m_anto04) August 8, 2020
Technically, we seized on them. Trust me. I'm the expert in distinguishing the two.
— Seizer Pouncicus ?????? (@TastyKAR) August 8, 2020
This wasn’t a simple gaffe.
— Dustin Russell (@WoahItsDustin) August 8, 2020
It’s not a “gaffe” when you say it two different times
— Tyler Harper (@TillaDaDrilla) August 8, 2020
Racism is not a "gaffe".
— Anthony Wilk (@MrWilk94) August 8, 2020
You mean the never ending racial remarks by Biden?
— Shawn Williams ?? (@Shawnwill32) August 8, 2020
Racism = gaffes
— Pixaner⏳ (@Pixaner_) August 8, 2020
By gaffes do you mean saying the quiet part out loud?
— Aaron Hall (@GoodThings2Life) August 8, 2020
But instead of "gaffes", use the words "straight up racism".
— Joe Blow (@JoeBlow97119434) August 8, 2020
Related:
‘More racist than ANYTHING Trump has ever said’: Joe Biden says all Black people think alike in newest interview (watch) https://t.co/jkyh2Il2i0
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 6, 2020
