When it comes to the Derek Chauvin trial, Joe Biden’s not saying, per se … he’s just, you know, just sayin’:
Joe Biden on the Chauvin trial: "I'm praying the verdict is the right verdict, which I think is overwhelming in my view."pic.twitter.com/aJDQlZGHO4
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) April 20, 2021
"They’re a good family, and they’re calling for peace and tranquility, no matter what that verdict is," President Biden says. "I’m praying that the verdict is the right verdict, which I think, it’s overwhelming in my view." pic.twitter.com/00IRJ6tZn8
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) April 20, 2021
Pres. Biden on the Derek Chauvin trial: “I am praying the verdict is the right verdict, which is, I think it’s overwhelming in my view. I wouldn’t say that unless the jury was sequestered now and not hear me say that.”
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) April 20, 2021
He’s just trying to nudge the jurors in the right direction. Hopefully his words will eventually get to them, even though they’re sequestered:
Admitting he waited until the jury was sequestered is really something in this clip. https://t.co/6IClOfA177
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 20, 2021
It really is.
Nah, sequestered or not, this is bad form.
— Chris O'Brien (@ChrisOBrienMA) April 20, 2021
This seems like an unwise thing for a president to say in the middle of jury deliberations. https://t.co/ut7XXvjGL7
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) April 20, 2021
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The Chauvin jury is sequestered, and in theory cut off from news from the outside world, which should reduce the chances of Biden's comment leading to a mistrial. But still seems like a reckless thing to say.
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) April 20, 2021
If I'm Chauvin's attorney, I'm already making another motion for a mistrial. https://t.co/KEcCmaLWtR
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) April 20, 2021
It’s almost as if Dems like Joe Biden want to give Chauvin’s defense team ammunition. They do love themselves a good, old-fashioned riot, after all. A mistrial would likely result in one, as, of course, would the “wrong” verdict.
What if instead of doing this, politicians just didn't. https://t.co/bwATwIQcRa
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) April 20, 2021
So apparently leaders staying quiet until the verdict comes is over.
Another broken norm. https://t.co/vtyJVT2Tpe
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) April 20, 2021
Some norms are just more equal than others.
thank goodness we no longer have a president who throws himself into the center of contentious issues in which he has no business weighing in. https://t.co/aB3Pf9nkjI
— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) April 20, 2021
Remember — if Trump said something like this, it would have been the end of America and a threat to Our Democracy.
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) April 20, 2021
But Joe Biden said it, so it’s fine.
So justice-y https://t.co/Uf4YipsohO
— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) April 20, 2021
my precious norms. my sweet, precious, big wet beautiful precious norms.
— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) April 20, 2021
How refreshing. https://t.co/E67Llo7uKP
— Jon Gabriel (@exjon) April 20, 2021
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional text and tweets.