Posted on 01/20/2022 8:37:57 AM PST by Red Badger
CNN hosts scrambled to explain away Joe Biden’s remark during his car crash of a press conference when he said that the 2022 mid-term elections could be “illegitimate.”
Former President Donald Trump was vehemently monstered by the media both in 2016 and 2020 for suggesting the election outcome could be compromised.
Following the riot on January 6 last year, Trump’s so-called undermining of the election process was blamed for the raid on the Capitol itself.
Tens of millions of Trump supporters who believe the 2020 election was rigged have also been denounced as everything from dangerous radicals to domestic terrorists.
So when Joe Biden questioned the legitimacy of the upcoming election during a live press conference, the media was placed in an invidious position.
Biden was asked by a reporter if the election could be considered legitimate if he was unable to pass his voting reforms.
“It all depends on whether or not we’re able to make the case to the American people that some of this is being set up to try to alter the outcome of the election,” Biden responded.
This second attempt from Biden on whether the election will be legit is even worse.
"Oh, yeah, I think it could easily be illegitimate … The increase in the prospect of being illegitimate is in proportion to not being able to get these reforms passed." pic.twitter.com/nCyuAWSMXm
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) January 19, 2022
“I’m not saying it’s going to be legit,” Biden added, before noting, “The increase in the prospect of being illegitimate is in direct proportion to us not being able to get these reforms passed.”
Both Maryland Senator Ben Cardin and West Virginia’s Joe Manchin quickly expressed concern at Biden’s rhetoric.
CNN hosts also scrambled to explain away Biden’s clumsy response.
“Well, particularly the first part, Anderson, what he said was–actually, the entire thing, but particularly the first part was, probably the most jarring to hear a president of the United States who is not Donald Trump even suggest, ahead of time, that an election isn’t legitimate,” said Dana Bash.
She continued, “Having said that, the important thing to keep in mind is what he was trying to say, and that is in places like Arizona and places like Georgia, especially, that will determine, votes will determine not only the governor’s race, but this balance of power in the Senate, you have another Senate race there. The laws that were put in place in Georgia were such that the legislature — the Republican-led legislature has the ability to take the power away from the secretary of state to determine an election.”
“That is what he was trying to say, but it’s not exactly how he said it, which is why it was so jarring. The people who know what he was trying to say get it. But still, with this kind of language, given where we are with the Republican party and how you have a former president trying to continue to sew doubt and claim that the election in 2020 was stolen, which is a total lie. That is an area where I know talking to Democrats they believe the president needs to be a lot more nuanced,” Bash added.
This serves as yet another reminder as to why Biden barely ever holds press conferences.
After she lost in 2016, Hillary Clinton also repeatedly questioned the legitimacy of the election, blaming Trump’s win on the baseless Russian collusion conspiracy theory.
“It’s OK when we do it!”
“Well, particularly the first part, Anderson, what he said was–actually, the entire thing, but particularly the first part was, probably the most jarring to hear a president of the United States who is not Donald Trump even suggest, ahead of time, that an election isn’t legitimate,” said Dana Bash.
Maybe I’m wrong but I believe I remember candidate Clinton
making a suggestion to that effect during the debate.
Also notice that Biden says,”“I’m not saying it’s going to be legit,” shouldn’t he have said “I’m not saying it’s going to be illegitimate,”.
So his original statement basically says there will be
a question over the honesty of the election!
It’s just like he said in 2020, “We have put together the biggest voter fraud organization in history.”..............
IOW, its going to be declared illegitimate IF he doesn’t get his way.......................
Typical lib playbook, accuse the other side of what you do.
Think about what he is saying! This is the same as Joe declaring in the 2020 election the following:
“We have put together I think the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics.”
Joe is showing his cards again! 2022 election theft is totally reliant upon passing the legislation that allows voter fraud by mail and electronic voting theft in every statewide election in the USA. The "reform" he is talking about is reforming the system to codify the permanent stealing of elections for all leftist candidates.
The 2020 steal was so successful (thanks to DC GOP swampers) that the legal challenge/real insurrection was not necessary. Here’s the 8/20 plan, just change the dates. The defeat of their voting fraud bill will be the rallying call. All subsequent elections are subject to challenge if the racist wins.
When cranky old Joe starts to get angry/annoyed/mad, he’s more apt to let the truth out.
I can relate to the mouthpieces’ position, from this standpoint: On more than one occasion, I have had to follow up a client’s comment with, “What my client MEANT to say was...”
Excuse me‽
Not you! the other null and void!.....................
Oh. OK, easy mistake to make...
‘When cranky old Joe starts to get angry/annoyed/mad, he’s more apt to let the truth out.’
I say, put him before the camera more often. His melt-down will happen.
No one knows what will or will not happen.
So tired of the left cheating and getting away with it.
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