Joe Biden on JD Vance, his call with Trump and why he’s staying in the race
Chairperson Joe Biden multi-star with NBC Nightly News‘ Lester Holt on Monday in an exclusive interview, his first since Assassination attempt failed about former president Donald Trump only two days ago.
Holt began the interview by asking Biden about the call the two leading presidential candidates shared after Saturday’s shooting at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania—which left an attendee and the gunman dead.
“Very friendly,” Biden began, “I told him how concerned I was, and wanted to make sure I knew how he was really doing. He seemed fine, he said he was fine, and he thanked me for calling him. I told him he was really in Jill and I’s prayers.”
Holt then began ask Biden on how he thinks about political discourse after the assassination and fast blame it on that followed from some Trump’s ally. In a recent private call with donors, Biden said it was “time to take aim at Trump.” Holt gave Biden a chance to respond.
“That was a mistake to use that word,” Biden said, before noting, “I didn’t say line of sight. I meant focal point. I meant focus on him. Focus on what he’s doing, focus on his policies, focus on the number of lies he told in the debate.”
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Their interview took place at the Republican National Convention. begin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Just before Holt and Biden sat down, Trump officially announced That Ohio senator JD Vanceperson who is said to have beenally Trump, “America’s Hitler,” would be his pick for vice president.
Before a suspect is identified or a motive is determined, Vance take it to blame Biden and the Democrats for inciting the shooting. “The core premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs,” he wrote. “That rhetoric leads directly to the assassination attempt on President Trump.”
Asked to respond to the news that Vance would be on the 2024 ticket, Biden said it was no surprise that Trump would “surround himself with people who agree with him completely, have a voting record and support him.”
“But if you go back and look at what JD Vance said about Trump,” Biden continued, with a laugh. In 2016, Vance speak “I can’t stand Trump” and that thing He is “a ‘Never Trumper,’” reference with his current companion being “cultural heroin”
