The president also called Trump, who was found guilty last week in his New York criminal trial, "unhinged."

The president also called Trump, who was found guilty last week in his New York criminal trial, “unhinged.”

President Joe Biden called former President Donald Trump a “convicted felon” who “snapped” after the 2020 election at a campaign event Monday.

“For the first time in American history, a former president that is a convicted felon is now seeking the office of the presidency,” Biden told the crowd at the fundraising event in Greenwich, Connecticut. “But as disturbing as that is, more damaging is the all-out assault Donald Trump is making on the American system of justice.”

Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in his New York hush money trial. Biden addressed Trump’s conviction Friday, taking a swipe at the attacks Trump and his allies have lobbed at the justice system.

  • RubberDuck@lemmy.world
    7·
    5 months ago

    It will be a tightrope act probably.

    • Ignoring it will make it seem irrelevant and ignores the fact that the law also applies to people like trump.
    • Leaning I to it too might indeed feed the “rigged” narrative. But also you should campaign on your own strengths not on the others weaknesses.
    • a lil bee 🐝@lemmy.world
      4·
      5 months ago

      I’m with you, I was leaning toward him embracing it as well. It’ll be interesting to see how the campaign walks that rope, especially with Trump’s campaign throwing darts at him the whole time.

      • RubberDuck@lemmy.world
        2·
        5 months ago

        I just think the media in general should be less forgiving of trump. The man is a loon and a danger to society.

        There in the Netherlands the media especially print also used the right wings popularity to sell more copies. Now the right is on power… the VAT on print media is raised from 6 to 22 percent… and they are all crying about it.

        I have no sympathy for the print media people… they contributed to this result and profited from the path to the result. They deserve this outcome.