A couple of months ago, while on the campaign trail in Iowa, Donald Trump had plenty to say about President Joe Biden, though there was one line of attack that stood out: The Republican thought it’d be appropriate to take aim at the Democrat’s childhood speaking impediment.
Just hours after Biden’s remarks on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack, the former president told supporters, “Did you see him? He was stuttering through the whole thing. He’s saying I’m a threat to democracy. ‘He’s a threat to d-d-democracy.’”
The rhetoric wasn’t just cheap, it was also false: At no point in Biden’s Jan. 6 remarks did he struggle with the word “democracy.”
But Trump’s line generated some laughter from his supporters, which no doubt contributed to the former president returning to the attack over the weekend. The Washington Post reported:
Former president Donald Trump mocked President Biden’s stutter at a campaign rally in Rome, Ga., on Saturday, the latest in a series of insults he has hurled at his rival but one that disability advocates regard as a demeaning form of bullying. Trump asked the crowd sarcastically if Biden would “bring the country t-t-t-together” while talking about Biden’s State of the Union address.
As a video clip of the comments showed, this, too, sparked some chuckles from the Georgia crowd.
For the record, Biden did not actually struggle with the word “together” during his national address, though that’s hardly the most important detail.
To be sure, there may not be much of a point anymore to writing reports like these. “Trump is a crass man of poor character” has been a familiar headline for many years, and few seriously dispute the fact that the former president lacks anything resembling honor or dignity. For that matter, the Republican’s embrace of offensive nonsense, which he seems to enjoy peddling to his unsuspecting followers, also isn’t exactly new.
But this specific line of attack from Trump stood…
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