President Joe Biden repeatedly got nasty with NBC News host Lester Holt during an interview on Monday where he struggled to answer questions and made numerous false claims.
When asked if his inflammatory language against former President Donald Trump is appropriate given the assassination attempt that happened over the weekend, Biden falsely claimed that he does not use inflammatory language against Trump.
Examples of times that Biden has engaged in highly inflammatory rhetoric against the Trump includes:
- March 22, 2018: “If we were in high school, I’d take him [Trump] behind the gym and beat the hell out of him.’”
- September 1, 2022: “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.”
- March 21, 2024: “That’s Hitler’s language. That’s not America’s.”
- June 28, 2024: “Donald Trump is a genuine threat to…
