Joe Biden went too far in his pre-debate insult fest and he actually said President Donald Trump was like “Goebbels.”
Goebbels was the Nazi propagandist and this is a big escalation in the war of words between the two candidates heading into the all-important first debate.
The debate will be held Tuesday and the many have said the debates will probably make up their minds this election.
From Politico:
When Biden was asked during an interview with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle how he would combat Trump’s repeated claim that he was pushing a socialist agenda, the former vice president didn’t mince words.
Trump is “sort of like Goebbels,” Biden said, invoking the name of Joseph Goebbels, the mastermind of Nazi Germany’s propaganda machine. “You say the lie long enough, keep repeating it, repeating it, repeating it, it becomes common knowledge” among voters.
Biden went on to say that the president was using socialism as a way to distract from his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, while likening Trump to another authoritative figure from the past.
“I think people see very clearly the difference between me and Donald Trump,” Biden said. “Trump is clearing protests in front of the White House that are peaceful, you know, with the military. This guy is more Castro than Churchill.”
The Trump campaign didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
In a statement, the Republican Jewish Coalition called on Biden to retract and apologize for the “egregious comment.”
Biden said that he wasn’t worried when Trump said Wednesday he’d refuse to leave the White House if he were defeated in November, relegating the remarks to part of the same tactic he argued the president is employing as the campaign enters its home stretch.
“It’s always about distraction with him,” Biden said as he expressed confidence that Americans would turn out in “large numbers” to vote. “It’s going to be clear from the beginning exactly where this is going.”
Joe Biden says Donald Trump is "sort of like" Nazi official Joseph Goebbels.
Goebbels helped carry out the systematic murder of more than six million Jewish people. This is a disgusting thing for a politician to say. pic.twitter.com/xJQFGpQD2k
— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) September 26, 2020
I will be strongly demanding a Drug Test of Sleepy Joe Biden prior to, or after, the Debate on Tuesday night. Naturally, I will agree to take one also. His Debate performances have been record setting UNEVEN, to put it mildly. Only drugs could have caused this discrepancy???
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 27, 2020
