Former president Donald Trump disseminated on social media on Friday an image of President Biden with his hands and feet tied and his mouth gagged, the latest example of the Republican candidate’s use of increasingly violent rhetoric and imagery this campaign season.
The image can be seen about halfway through a 20-second video that Trump posted on his Truth Social site. The post says it was recorded Thursday on Long Island, where Trump traveled this week to attend a wake for a recently killed police officer.
In the video, two trucks decorated with giant Trump flags and altered American flags are driving on a highway. On the tailgate door of one of the trucks is the image of Biden lying horizontally, bound and gagged.
Trump has a history of sharing and promoting violent images featuring his perceived enemies.
Do you guys honestly care about this more than all of the other things that are happening like the immigration issues?
Yes, Trump doesn’t really deal in issues/policies, he heads a personality cult.
Is Biden dealing with immigration?
Not sure how that’s relevant, but no, neither candidate has a good solution here.
I have my own opinions here, but I’m obviously not running for president.
You said trump doesnt deal with issues but he does more of it than biden does if you look at immigration.
I don’t believe Trump will actually follow through on most of what he says, because that’s what happened last time he was in office. And honestly, if he does win, I hope he doesn’t follow through because his immigration policies suck.
That said, Biden’s immigration policies suck too. I don’t like the “diversity lottery” or the weird 8-year plan he proposes.
I dont think any politician tends to do what they say, and trump is more braggadocios than most and will claim he will do more than he will by a long shot. But I can look at what he wanted to do, what he was stopped from doing, and what Biden is doing and see that I dont care about Trumps rude words when Biden is just so so shitty.
They both suck, just in opposite ways. Trump seems to forget that our country was and is built by immigrants, and Biden seems to forget that following the law should be rewarded, not breaking the law.
If I could vote for “empty seat,” I might just do it.
I am going to vote for the libertarian candidate. Of all the groups they are the most right about everything, and since I am in Idaho, it doesnt really matter who I vote for president.
This specific thing is the equivalent of throwing a pebble into a lake. The one thing that’s actually dangerous about a Trump presidency is the policies that may destroy the lives of whatever minorities the Republicans decide to target. However, brewing an imaginary of committing violence against your political enemies is one stepping stone towards legitimizing it. The same way that fascist fucks joking on Twitter about shooting a gay bar paves the way for one of them to actually go and do it, this paves the way for Trump to have his own Brownshirts.
Yeah it’s a ratchet effect. One click on a ratchet may not be significant, but you keep on ratcheting eventually a nut comes loose and things fall apart.
is the policies that may destroy the lives of whatever minorities the Republicans decide to target
What paticular policies could do this?
But do you not understand my point, I feel like this whole post is the meme where you have the dog in hell saying “At least we dont have mean tweets!” I look and see multiple things about how trump is mean and then there is not a single notice how things are falling apart (other than gaza).
Anti-abortion laws, and laws targeting trans people are local legislation that have already destroyed people’s lives, in some cases, quite literally.
By laws targeting trans people, are you referring to “gender affirming care” for minors?
Abortion doesnt target any group in particular.
You mean abortion laws don’t literally target all women?
So men cant give birth?
