President Joe Biden read lines on a teleprompter on Sunday, imploring Americans to cool the political rhetoric. But on his own campaign website, he is still calling for people to “stop Trump before it’s too late.” And he is raising campaign money by using that slogan.
His surrogates are using the same inflammatory language.
Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez called Trump a “fascist” on Monday. Her comment came in response to Jake Tapper pointing out that staffers in the White House are resigned to the fact that there will be another Trump presidency.
“If you’re a ‘senior Democrat’ that feels this way, you should absolutely retire and make space for true leadership that refuses to resign themselves to fascism. This kind of leadership is functionally useless to the American people. Retire,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote.
Matt Walsh, author and podcaster, said the unity being called for by Biden and Donald Trump isn’t realistic.
“There are calls for unity, but unity is not possible. The forces that at a minimum set the stage for Trump’s assassination — the same ones that have been trying to destroy him, and you, for years — are still at work. The only unity is in their defeat. The only way out is through,” he said.
