23rd July 2020: On Wednesday, Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said with regards to Donald Trump that he was the first racist to win the presidency.
The former vice president’s comments about Trump came at a virtual town hall hosted by the Service Employees International Union, after a healthcare worker, who had emigrated from South Korea, told Biden that she was racially profiled by White Americans at the supermarket.
Biden was ‘so angry’ after hearing this experience and shared that he too was concerned with Trump referring to the coronavirus as the ‘China virus’ hence blamed Trump for ‘his spreading of racism.’
“The way he deals with people based on the color of their skin, their national origin, where they’re from, is absolutely sickening,” Biden remarked.
“No sitting president has ever done this,” said Biden. “Never, never, never. No Republican president has done this. No Democratic president. We’ve had racists, and they’ve existed, that tried to get elected president; he’s the first one that has.”
Trump and his aides have oftentimes referred to the coronavirus as the ‘China virus,’ the ‘Wuhan virus’, and ‘Kung flu.’ Biden claimed that Trump uses the virus’s origin as ‘a wedge.’
“The way he pits people against one another is all designed to divide the country, divide people, not pulling them together,” Biden comments.
In a statement Katrina Pierson, Trump’s campaign senior adviser, replied to Biden saying, “President Trump loves all people, works hard to empower all Americans, and is supported by more Black voters than any Republican presidential candidate in modern history. No one should take lectures on racial justice from Joe Biden.”
Biden’s statement about Trump being the first racist to win the presidency disregards the reality that the United States has elected 12 presidents who owned slaves, and that various others have publicly and privately made racist remarks.
In reference to modern politics, Biden’s reference to racists ‘that tried to get elected president’ could be a subtle indication towards former Alabama governor and segregationist George Wallace’s third-party bid in 1968.
Biden’s senior adviser, Symone Sanders, stated after the former vice president’s comments that Trump was unique, particularly in modern history, since racism was a major theme in his campaign.
“There have been a number of racist American presidents, but Trump stands out — especially in modern history — because he made running on racism and division his calling card and won. He deliberately foments both, intentionally causing indescribable pain because he thinks it advantages him politically,” Sanders commented. “The George Wallaces of our country’s history who have run on these hate-filled themes have lost.”
Compared to Biden’s previous assessments in the 2020 presidential race, his recent comments were a more direct assessment of Trump.
Biden launched his campaign claiming that he was motivated by Trump’s comment about ‘very fine people on both sides’ of clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, between White supremacists who marched there and counter-protesters who stood against this racism.
However, he has been vigilant whilst accusing Trump of fanning the flames of racism and promoting racist policies by not commenting on whether Trump himself is racist.
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