"I asked them to do what they're doing."

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4198101

Joe Biden in regards to the Israeli genocide in Gaza: "I asked them to do what they're doing."

    • NewLeaf
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      8 months ago

      It's even more weird how mask off they got after trump

  • hotcouchguy [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    No, see, he just misspoke. And not in the dementia way, in the normal way that all of us occasionally do when defending genocide.

    • anarchoilluminati [comrade/them]
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      8 months ago

      I feel like, no matter how you cut it, it's dementia.

      If he did mean he asked them to do the genocide, he admitted it due to dementia.

      If he meant he asked them to do the ceasefire, he fumbled it due to dementia.

      I can't believe the Dems are still running him.

    • NewLeaf
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      8 months ago

      It's a stutter maybe-later-kiddo

  • randomquery [none/use name,any]
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    8 months ago

    The full readout (here) is somehow even worse:

    Q Did you threaten to stop military aid to Israel, Mr. President?

    THE PRESIDENT: Pardon me?

    Q Did you threaten to stop military aid to Israel?

    THE PRESIDENT: I asked them to do what they’re doing.

    (Cross-talk.)

    Q Are you abandoning Israel?

    THE PRESIDENT: Where you from, man?

    Q Are you abandoning Israel?

    THE PRESIDENT: Is that a serious question?