Biden says it was 'mistake' to say he wanted a 'bull's-eye' on Trump

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Published 2024-07-16
President Joe Biden told NBC News in an interview Monday that it was a “mistake” to say he wanted to put a “bull's-eye” on Republican nominee Donald Trump, but argued that the rhetoric from his opponent was more incendiary while warning that Trump remained a threat to democratic institutions.

The remark in question came during a private call with donors last week as Biden had been scrambling to shore up his imperiled candidacy with key party constituencies. During that conversation, Biden declared he was “done” talking about his poor debate performance and said it was “time to put Trump in the bull's-eye,” saying Trump has gotten far too little scrutiny on his stances, rhetoric and lack of campaigning.

The NBC interview — during which, at times, Biden grew defensive under questions about his fitness for office — came as the president and his reelection team prepared to resume full-throttle campaigning after a brief pause following the weekend assassination attempt on Trump. The Biden campaign let loose a flurry of criticism after the GOP nominee announced freshman Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate.

“He’s a clone of Trump on the issues,” Biden told reporters as he headed to Nevada for a series of speeches and campaign events. “I don’t see any difference.”

He expanded on that during the NBC interview, telling Lester Holt that Vance has the same policies as Trump when it comes to abortion, taxes and climate change, adding, “He signed onto the Trump agenda, which he should, if he's running with Trump.” #Politics #News #Trump

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All Comments (21)
  • @matta3968
    Notice how Holt just lets Joe lie constantly with little to no pushback? What a wimp.
  • The U.S. presidential elections have seen some intense moments, but an attempt on Trump's life is quite alarming. It's reminiscent of the incident during Ronald Reagan's presidency in 1981. Nowadays, it seems like there's a strong effort to undermine Trump, creating a concerning atmosphere that mirrors that of a third-world country.
  • @Karla-n1t
    Crosshairs? Bullseye? Which is it? Confused again?
  • @gw7624
    Leftists are never sorry.
  • 50 years as a Bullshiting politician! He knows damn well what he said ! He thinks that everybody's stupid 😮
  • He made a similar sneaky comment about the Russian oil pipeline...and then the pipeline was destroyed. 100% he knew about the plot and couldn't keep from making a jab
  • @m.schetr7398
    So Lester tells him word for word what he said. And Joe says I didn't say cross hairs. He is not even listening to Lester Holt. Lester had to say it again. Then the rant about Trump saying stuff and taking stuff out of context of what Trump was talking about. Just like they did for Jan 6. Thats what's the problem
  • One more to the long long list of him not meaning what he said.