President Joe Biden sharpened his racially charged attack on former President Donald Trump at the annual NAACP Detroit Branch Freedom Fund dinner on Sunday evening.
“What do you think he would have done on January 6 if Black Americans had stormed the Capitol?” Biden asked, as members of the crowd collectively gasped.
The president then added, “No, I mean it. What do you think? I can only imagine, since Trump has long promised to pardon those involved in the 2021 attack on the Capitol if he is elected to a second term in November.
Biden’s appearance at the 5,000-strong dinner in Detroit capped two days of travel dedicated to reaching Black voters in two key swing states: Georgia and Michigan.
Earlier, Biden was the keynote speaker at Morehouse College in Atlanta and also took Trump to task on race, noting how he called the rioters holding Confederate apartment buildings on January 6 “patriots” and noting how they day beating up black police officers and veterans. .
President Joe Biden sharpened his racist attack on former President Donald Trump during the annual NAACP Detroit Branch Freedom Fund dinner on Sunday evening
“Extremists close the doors of opportunity, crush affirmative action, attack the values of diversity, equality and inclusivity,” he said.
“They don’t see you in America’s future, but they’re wrong,” Biden continued. “We know that Black history is American history. We know that black men will lead us into the future.”
In Michigan, before a crowd of about 5,000 people, the president told the group that he told the Morehouse graduates, “I’ve seen them, I’ve heard them, the nation needs them, they are the future of this country .’
He credited voters of color for electing him — and predicted they would do it again.
“You are the reason Donald Trump is the defeated former president,” Biden said.
“You are the reason Donald Trump will be the loser again,” the president added to cheers.
The Democrat also touted his own record on race — pointing to the appointment of the first Black female Supreme Court justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson.
“Let me ask you: Who do you think he’ll put on the Supreme Court?” Biden asked. “Do you think he’ll turn on anyone with brains?”
Biden again used language that Trump “snubbed” after he was defeated in the 2020 election and became “unhinged.”
President Joe Biden spoke briefly with supporters at CRED Cafe Sunday in Detroit, Michigan. Owned by the Crawford family, including NBA players Joe and Jordan Crawford, it is a coffee shop by day and speakeasy by night
President Joe Biden poses for a photo during a campaign stop in Detroit, Michigan at the CRED Cafe on Sunday. He had a lighter touch with former President Donald Trump than in recent appearances
Earlier in Detroit, the president stopped by CRED Cafe, which is owned by the Crawford family, including NBA players Joe and Jordan Crawford, and is a coffee shop by day and speakeasy by night.
The president worked the room and was more diplomatic about Trump than in recent appearances.
At CRED, Biden slammed Trump for all the rollbacks the Republican has planned.
“The bottom line is that the man we’re running against wants to support all the prospects — all the progress we’ve made,” the president said.
“This guy is a different breed of cat, not the typical Republican,” Biden also said.
The president has been on a swing-state swing since Saturday, attending events with voters in both Georgia and Michigan.