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No, funny, I am saying the major political parties have made a total mockery of the way our Government operates. No need for the below:
IRS make direct payments to Treasury from paychecks and gross receipts of all businesses and capital gains. No forms, no refunds, no payments on April 15th, no loopholes, no deductions we all pay the same percentage as we all pay the same for goods and services every day in our communities no matter what one earns so taxes should be as fair as that. Apparently, the goods and services market thinks that is fair so should our taxes be. No taxes for those who earn $25K or less or for any full retirement age folks, zero Federal/State taxes for retirees. The rest pay a flat rate directly to the Treasury, easy peasy.
State Department can go away.
EPA cut staff by 1/2
OSHA cut staff by 1/2
Education Department can go away no more union payoffs for policy concerns.
MOGSA…….
Make Our Government Small Again
Thank you. No lying link to go with this. Sorry board.
I like projecting it is so much better than believing all of their tripe snd BS sent to us all here. But once again I beg not to argue you know it all and I simply forgot that fact. Continue on boys snd girls please don’t let my little tirade distract you from your false missions, you are doing such a great job at it too I might give you all a raise in salary.
Kind sir or madam, Trump is the best thing both sides use to maintain their distraction of hate between the parties. It is a muse, a dupe, a con a ploy the joke is on us. Thanks for playing though.please continue on.
Conix thanks. We can only offer the board here some of the other side and more options here then them toting the same old forced line for optics sake on these Liberal leaders. They have these folks by a nose ring. Sad cannot fix stupid sometimes just point it out. These are good people here just have gone awry with their utter belief in their leaders distractions.
Zab, this issue and subject matter I have personal dealings with so illegal immigration to me is a real pet peeve of mine here. I do wish all who come here legally do it the right way and that is where our Government money should be spent on is an expedient legal process not traveling illegals all over our Country to further burden on our own hard working American people who pay in taxes for all the services being handed out to those who cheated the system. Under Biden’s rules of lawlessness. Fix it. These other Governor's are trying yo make the point that this system is broken as no one has been listening to law enforcement at our border. It’s time that they did. Your board should put pressure on your Libersl leadership to make them do a better job at this. That does not mean bring them here illegally. The drug mess is a huge part of this situation as well. This is what I call a human form distraction, unnecessary but pure evil what is going on with these hopeless souls.
Live free you dummy Margaret Thatcher and numerous typo’s on little words my apologies to this fine board.
Also, Why has Trump not been.arrested yet?
Again my apologies for my bad typo’s you see I do have concerns, but yours here is much greater than mine.
Since Reagan snd Margaret That her these leaders realized that to control the masses, you snd me that is, they need to create total distractions for us to all argue over. They have fine their jobs well as this board and others are living ptoof of their plans to distract us from their realities. I came out of such beliefs and learning this do not like these boards for they perpetuate the leaders will yo the tee.
To be distracted means other things go on behind all of our backs while we all remain concentrated on the BS and subject red meat they toss at us through their bought and paid for media outlets snd spokespersons who fill you heads with all this garbage.
Now you become one of the lead distractors for them but it’s funny you do not even know that fact. There will be no links about such matters both parties are fully engaged and the best actors/actresses on earth just for you and me to watch every day. They fo this for all of your viewing pleasure snd take turns being the good and bad people weekly to maintain this distraction.
Let me ask you something, who is Trump not been arrested? Anyone? I will tell you and this one is free. He is the best distraction both parties have ever had be in power and out of power it still goes on. Best distraction measure ever yo sew the hate and continue Americans to battle one another. It’s working you see do never will he be arrested.
How about Hillary, how come she was never arrested erasing secret and top secret records from her private server? Same answer as Trump.
You and others on boards like this feed at this daily trough for what? Somebody going to hand you some medal for towing the line snd enslaving yourself yo their constant distractions.
Do yo all think the war on Ukraine is just that a war where Russia invaded this sovereign nation? Trust me it’s one more distraction. Do you all think the G7 nations meet about the weather? Or something? There are more than these World Leaders at those meetings . I leave it there. Good luck following your distractions it will get you no medal nor get you anywhere. Closer yo whatever you think the goal is here, you are farthest from it. We used play a game as kids, we would hide something and tell the seeker whether they were warm, cool or hot or cold in their search. This board is dead icy cold.
Also by the way my question from over a week ago I asked is the moon there iif you cannot see it? I received no answers to it of course did not expect anyone here to figure it out. Oh well.
Links are not to be trusted as you have no knowledge of this persons or media bias or position in posting these falsehoods. Not worthy.
Zab, so it’s ok when Liberal leaders do it but not others? Rules for Thee but not for me. Kind of like you follow zero rules after bringing illegal aliens here illegally now expect us true Americans to follow rules or some laws for in Americans illegally here who have no right to be here???? What world do you live in the blind and dumb world? You are handicapped and your brains are all allotted out, you have no clue what laws are when your party leaders break them all. Would have been better to have flown or bussed them all back home yo their legal residence as they are illegal here as everyone has stated such that is what we call facts something this board has no clue about except that is their own facts snd fact checkers in China. We can break the law you say but you and your ilk cannot. It’s up to us and our elitist Liberal snob leaders to be able to break our laws and you well do not step out of line sonny boy or you will be punished for trying to do the best thing for these poor illegal immigrants with zero rights to be here unless they did the legal process to do so. Go interview immigrants who came here legally and followed the process to see if think we can disregard all our laws of immigration to destroy this Nation and Joe they feel about these illegals coming here. No too much work involved there it’s easier just to break the law right you Libbies??? Fools all of you are..
Conic, it is obvious those you are speaking to do not care about America the Country but their great fact checking via the Communist Red Chinese brothers. Give it up this board is hopeless.
It is nice to see that someone on this board realizes their are two sides to the swearing questions with certain ages as mentioned. I hate one side arguments because the doorknob does not talk back to me. Thanks.
I have to correct you here. I have never claimed to have written the Bible do it is clearly not mine. Do I need to post some link from early 1000 A.D. to prove it to you all here now? Not sure their computers were up and running then but that gives me some homework to fo to make sure I did not write it.
The same way all of you come off as the superior knowledge and truthful busters. Simply amazing the brains on this board. Intellect is beyond Homer, Simpson that is.
Truest words have never been spoken. Graffiti it is for real news then. Nice.
So only this board and their information is the accurate source for all information in the world. I did not realize that. Have you all advertised to the major networks snd news agencies to tske your boards commentary snd links as 100% truthful then, what do we need them for. They can just read this board right?
Yes a lot of those people did things for their own reasons and have to live with themselves for them snd the total embarrassment they were. Foolish people abound around politics on both sides of a two party system. Need to change that soon somehow.
Gotta mirror around?
Sorry I forgot only your posts and links are 100% accurate too funny. Yeah I believe it when pigs fly. Funny.
Another false starry posted by your team here in my humble opinion of course and my fact checkers. Keep ‘EM coming.
Zab I could not have said it better myself, thanks. Just because somebody writes something does not make it real totally understand. You folks need to call the World Wide Web hotline and let them know there are some articles and links on the web that are not truthful holy moly call the President, call Fakebook, call Tic Tac, call Instacrap, call Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum and and let them know that the internet is full of BS. And that also pertains to all the phony tripe articles you fools post as well that is the whole freaking point here folks. But your links are very truthful and have been vetted and verified and checked at the highest level of Liberal hypocrisy board in China with their full blessings to post on this one board here. Chinese approval has been granted to you to follow the orders from the top of the Chinese leadership to do so. You all have been cheated here as Americans you all will wake up one day and what you thought was your Country will be gone it’s over half way there now. Save yourselves call that World Wife Web hotline and have all those false links removed…. One sort of wonders why are they still there if false??? Cause disdain snd hate amongst the rest of us and you still don’t get it. While we are all fighting they are robbing us all blind because we are distracted with this kind of BS. You folks are smart enough but for some reason you have a mental block that does not allow you anymore to view realit of situations. Leaders are far ahead of us in the World and our distractions is their entire plan. Good day.
Great Real American Liberal Leaders and Heroes of the Democratic Party Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barrack Hussein Obama, Joseph Biden. I cannot quite place Hunter Biden on this list yet as he has not yet committed enough crimes against the U.S. like the group above. Hunter's party is in his nose and mouth and pants.
I again take no credit for writing these articles nor do I know the folks who wrote them I assume as fuagf thinks that all articles are 100% accurate and truthful which I do not adhere to that belief. Truth is in the brains of the reader once again but these articles do not shed a good light on all these great leaders. Two sides to every story. I am sure you will post multiple links to prove these criminal's innocence, but I cannot believe those either as those were written by others not in the room when these things happened. Direct knowledge as it were. Good day folks.
https://bwcentral.org/2018/02/flashback-bill-clinton-gave-china-missile-technology/
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/08/china-is-a-missile-superpower-with-plans-to-beat-america-in-a-war/
https://www.heritage.org/defense/report/obama-missile-defense-plan-puts-america-risk
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/15/inside-the-ring-2059116/
https://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/an-act-of-treason-how-bill-clinton-sold-our-missile-targeting-technology-to-china-for-campaign-cash/166042
https://clinton.news/2020-06-25-journalist-details-cover-up-clintons-sale-nuclear-tech-china.html
https://tonyrogers.com/news/clinton_china_nukes.htm
https://boards.fool.com/clinton-gives-missile-technology-to-china-32528715.aspx
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/03/stunning-hillary-clinton-gave-russia-us-technology-hypersonic-intercontinental-nuke-missiles/
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/biden-gives-away-the-store-to-communist-china
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/biden-shared-intel-with-china-and-china-naturally-shared-that-intel-with-russia/
https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/international-issues/biden-sells-oil-to-china-from-the-u-s-strategic-petroleum-reserve/
The folks in the articles above if they are true or only a little bit true are not American's but felons who profited by giving our secrets directly to the Communist Red Chinese not via some hidden method but openly. I guess they already knew that China sends folks here all the time to steal all of our technology and ideas so the folks above apparently just gave up knowing that so they must have figured hey we can make a buck at it so why not, we have no Country we work for that pays our salaries so why not let China take over. These are great treasonous non-American's and to me gave up their citizenship to this Country upon performing acts which violate our laws. Yet no indictments, no jail time, no subpoena's, no trials, no charges against any of them for such acts/deeds which violate our Nation's trust when they were in charge.
Seems a few documents under lock and key and under Secret Service agents guard in Florida of which none were leaked until the good old Justice Department got ahold of them, now daily leak, leak, leak, drip, drip, drip to the press from unnamed sources once again. Seems nothing leaked when they were in FL only now are they. So who is the treasonous ones here exactly pretty easy for most Americans to figure it all out, I have faith in them??? Things that make you go hmmmm.......
Funny I quit swearing when I was 13 or 14 years old. But hey we all grow up sometime you folks are just taking longer or you are like Biden mean old men that cannot get snything done even with both houses and the Presidency you are all still mean. Otherwise you all must still be teenagers posting junk here in this phony political board.
Again of being and nothingness. Empty hearted like a lost soul looking for some peace in life which does not come now but it will come when one least expects it too then ehst will you do or say at that moment. Another word salad to ponder.
I see you have an opinion it seems written up by others who may be attempting to fool you all. But it is what you all believe in nothingness snd somewhat empty souls. Sad really there is so much more to entire life than these word salads, which I sm a novice at here.
I am quite positive that there are multiple other galaxies out there with life greater than own own measles bunch here. Thanks for your input here too.
I see said the blind person. Thanks for your keen observations here which again are your own thoughts put out there for others to interpret.
I have not asked one person to believe me, you either do or you don’t. The English language among many others came about via symbols then letters, then words and then evolved into sentences all made by humans which are all fallible. But it is what we use in these current times but does anyone question where and why they came in the form that they are in. So no your words are of your own making but in the end they are just words that mean something in todays world out into sentences as we know it today. They can all mean something or nothing in reality. Just my two cents you do not have to believe me. This is where we are today in our evolution thst is all we have for now.
Sorry mistakes are made by many every day. I cannot account for any religious connotations you took from my words in my post there are many powers out there available to all. Was not meant as some religious comment. You see as I stated prior you see what you want to see and believe snd that becomes your reality. Not really sure what you mean but hey it’s your words placed into a sentence.
If I think much about responding to mean posts it becomes to me a bit tiresome. Do not need a lot of thought to respond to angry teens.
I guess it sounds to me that your preacher needs to grow up a tad more. Or you ought change preachers to another that is more mature.
Thought your team had Michigan seems you need this vote to win now? Okay not do sure I guess. Don’t overthink it.
Believe me when I say there is a greater power than I that will punish you all for your thirteen year old cursing language. Tells me the actual amount of your intellects here, thanks again for playing.
This entire board could learn something from the late Queen Elizabeth II when she has been quoted as saying, “Don’t complain and never explain”.
That is all this board and many others do here. Good day Guvener.
I know where’s my link stating 50/50 truth/falsehoods tight board? C ya.
True enough and spot on as usual here. I do not disagree with your comments. Although there are certain stories/articles that can be confirmed or narrowed down as to their facts or correctness, yet other real world situations that cannot give you the answers that one may seek in any article or source or in reality living each day. Below are some such situations which tell in a small way these things.
There are some stories in some posted links that have a lot of truth them I can give you an example of a story that was written by two separate reporters below.
First Story headline as written:
Early this morning at 1:00 a.m. on Main Street in Springfield there was a terrible car accident involving (3) cars that took the lives of 10 people. Details to follow as the investigation continues.
Second Story headline as written:
At 1:00 a.m. this morning a car accident occurred on Main Street here in Springfield that looks like (3) cars were involved that horrifically took the lives of 100 people.
So what are the known facts we can make out from these two headlines.
• There was a car accident
• The car accident occurred at 1:00 a.m.
• The car accident happened on Main Street
• The car accident happened in Springfield
What don’t we know here from the above two articles
• How many people actually died in the multi-car accident?
• How many injured people in the multi-car accident?
• Did the person writing the Second Story have a typo in their story on the count of dead people, or is that actually correct?
So from the two stories we can make certain of some facts here and the rest we have no clue of the facts of the number of dead or injured people.
Now let’s look at another situation altogether.
You head to the Art Museum in the City and upon walking from painting to painting you come across a woman who was viewing a Monet painting. She says to you, “Isn’t this painting just beautiful?” You look at it and ask her “What is it about this that makes you say that this is a beautiful painting?” She responds, “ Well for one the way the light is shining off of the leaves and the building is exactly how one would see it in person it is exactly what sunlight looks like against those objects don’t you see that?” You look at it again now with her comments in mind and say, “why yes that is beautiful the way it is depicted here and looks real as if you were there seeing it for yourself, I do see what you mean”.
Here’s the odd thing, the next fifty people all give this woman a different response and none of them are the same from each of them. Not everyone believes it is beautiful for one and others don’t like it at all. So what is the point?
The point is that this question and those like it cannot be answered and ever be correct as it is in the opinion of many what they may think about it being just a painting and nothing special or beautiful. Key being as we all read articles and links posted we all have a brain that shows our differences of opinions, none of them are correct and none of them are incorrect.
That is how the world is when opinions are asked from different humans, we all do not think or act alike. Philosophers will say here that this is a question that cannot be answered and ever be correct or incorrect, except for the person themselves.
I leave you with the below of which I will respond in a few days here.
Is the Moon there if you are not looking at it.?
How do you know it's there?
Response in a few days.
12yearplan, this is quite the link and article you have posted here if true it is a shocker to me that these folks are all out there behind the scenes providing funding to sources to attempt to make possible a certain outcome in our Free and Fair election process. Should the statements and people in this article be even half-way truthful that both sides of the aisle "R" and "D" take these actions to manipulate elections, then our Country is farther down the path to its own destruction if we continually allow such things to take place in our society. I am not sure where our Justice Department is with such information and what attempts they have made to stop there billionaires from attempting to influence elections and the process.
Again if this article you posted is true and this writer has gotten personal information related to its truth where they can provide proof that this is going on, then America as we know it today has ZERO Free and Fair elections anywhere in the U.S. so our leading "D" and "R": candidates need to come out openly and denounce these evil doers among us and stop them from making our election process one in which not one voter will want to cast any ballot in any election because the outcome has been bought and paid for from the contents of this article you had posted.
Again,I make no claim as to its facts or truthfulness but if true it is really bad for what used to be American values and Fair and Free elections that is long over now. Sorry so sad of an article to read. Sounds like something one would read about another Country but not ours.
Thank you for posting it as now I am aware of what seems to be going on and for awhile now.
I appreciate all of the feedback from my previous posts on this board. My certain hyperbole does get the best of me sometimes, well most times. I thank fuagf here for making those observations and I credit you for maintaining a proper board here. by straightening out us wayward folks when we stray from your rules here a bit.
For any future postings that are allowed here I will restrict them to only links without my reasoning for posting them as it has been determined that I unfairly treat them as either facts or lies to which I have no real truthful knowledge of them being either. So from now on again, if allowed, I will use a simple “DISCLAIMER” for said links taken from the world wide web of information.
“I post these links without any personal knowledge of them being factual or non-factual, true of false, I do not know personally any of the writers or developers of such information and did not personally witness any of the events that their article’s or their details, which possible were copied from another’s work as well, is unknown to me.
I will not disseminate this information using my own words as that would make me take a position here one way or another and my intention is not to influence anyone on this board with these various links of World Wide Web of information. I put it out there for all to let know it exists as it was written, not changed or edited by myself or changed I any way or by anyone that I know for the sake of maintaining it in its original content the way I found it to be.
The board members and posters here can disseminate this information as either true of false I make no representation either way and will not drive anyone here to think one way or the other. These may represent information related to both sides of the aisle of the major political parties be it “R” or “D” as it were here in the United States, for that matter an “I” as well if any exist out there that write such articles, I am sure there are some but they too hold some bias.
I would also suggest to this wise astute board and those who post their links to it that they also take on the proper responsibility as I have here in regards to these lined articles and writers as their being factual, truthful or false or not factual in the content they also have found to be on the World Wide Web of information. At best each article found or posted contains a bit of truth and a bit of falsehoods and some other diatribe mixed in for their own personal flair or bias’s.
Remember each person who wrote such an article holds a bias of one sort or another and you must discern whether these links are reliable enough in you’re minds to post and have other humans read them as they are. If you have no such disclaimer in your postings then the rest of the board will of course make the overall assumption that you believe this article to be 100% truthful without fault by the writer and they you or they personally witnessed the story as it occurred in person or the person who has written it did not take it from some unreliable online second or third hand Social Medial platform that are all filled with garbage news and which get edited by robots every day to suit a narrative for them.
It is up to the reader or the content to discern whether they believe or think some of the article has some truth or falseness to them, at best it is a 50-50 swing either way as I see it. Maybe 40-40 with 20 percent no one knows what the author is speaking to in the article posted and presented.
I do appreciate again the input from the board Moderators here and certain posters who have made it known to me that my postings leave a lot to be desired so I will now abide by the rules you have laid out for certain posters and myself to follow here. You will see in my future links on posts that if this board allows me to post here that the word DISCLAMER will be above the link so you know what I have stated above applies to the link/links in its/their entirety and they are there for your information only to help educate you further as to what other information may be out there that you may have some interest in or may have not seen yourself. Thanks again.
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I concur with your paragraph arrangement issues. You see sometimes I use my brain and when something sinks into it I write it as I think of it. Sorry about the arrangement I understand your regimented view about how we all should think versus using our own God given disciplined in life. I guess I apologize for being a tad messy here. Great Teacher comment though. I could blame today’s school system but I grew up when Columbus arrived here. Thanks.
Tax continued. No more IRS, no forms, no refunds, no send in any payments, no deductions, just comes straight from paychecks and from monthly gross receipts and monthly Capital gains same percentage of tax on all income with exceptions to those making under $25K per year and full retirement age folks pay zero taxes to State and Federal and retired folks pay zero for medical coverage and treatments. This eliminates all the animosity between citizens and the IRS /Government related to Tax forms made by lawyers and their ilk to benefit them and to benefit the largest corporations. All should be taxed equally. This will provide a surplus of money in the Government to pay for the needs of all Citizens and to assist in disaster relief and to maintain a strong defense military to keep our Nation safe from invasion and attacks. Not to give away to these special interest folks who think they were wronged, there is a court system for those cases if you believe you were wronged there is a system in place to handle those cases.
Every day U.S. citizens go out and buy products in the stores and businesses around them. A person making $15,000 per year is buying milk and bread and the person next to them is a billionaire buying the same items yet they both pay the exact same for these products, so to me the tax system should be equally as fair as our normal everyday marketplace items are, why make it so difficult this is easy and eliminates a ton of waste in our Country of doing all these forms and someone reviewing it for correctness, we can eliminate all those things here.
the money taken out of the paychecks and gross receipts and capital gains all comes out automatically from these monies and goes straight to the Treasury Department.
No forms, no review, no IRS, no audits, nothing all goes away.
Again Biden's Speech presence of two folks in uniform in the background of full red color for his friends the Chinese and the (2) Countries involved in War Garme's is approval to move forward from CIC (Commander-in-Chief) just in case you had no clue.
Neither of the two main parties in our Country have done the American people justice over 30 years. Social Security Trust Fund they have stolen over $4.7 Trillion dollars from it and no one in DC elected wants to talk about it at all. it is bankrupt. Money be sent to Ukraine should stay in the U.S. along with all the other money going to other Countries as bribes and payoffs nothing in our Constitution or laws allows thie money to be sent to others especially those found to be undeserving of same. It should end with the next President and the U.S. must maintain its own in this World for once. Make the tax system here FAIR for all citizens and companies and their CEO's. We all pay the same for loaves of bread and milk and cars, and trucks and homes no matter the income so why are all of our taxes unfair, they should all be the same set values for income, Gross receipts and Capital Gains etc. etc. No one under $25K should pay any taxes and those over their full retirement age should be exempt from any taxes State or Federal and any Medical costs.
Article below from that bastion of Liberal Group Think in America I think maybe more worldly than American. YAHOO NEWS WATCH OUT BELOW
https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-speech-denouncing-trump-maga-ideology-sparks-threats-calls-for-violence-003139767.html
Biden speech denouncing Trump, 'MAGA ideology' sparks threats, calls for violence
Jana Winter
Jana Winter·Investigative Correspondent
Fri, September 2, 2022 at 8:31 PM·6 min read
In this article:
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
President of the United States since 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
45th President of the United States
President Biden’s fiery speech in Philadelphia denouncing former President Donald Trump and what he described as “extreme MAGA ideology” has sparked online calls for violence, including death threats against the president, according to documents obtained by Yahoo News.
Biden’s remarks also prompted immediate concerns from senior counterterrorism officials who said they fear that calling Trump supporters extremists would be viewed as a call to arms and would only inflame an already volatile threat environment.
“Too much of what’s happening in our country today is not normal,” Biden said Thursday night at Independence Hall, flanked by two U.S. Marines. “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.”
The above is the smartest thing this guy's humorous speech said.
Joe Biden
President Biden delivers remarks on what he called the "continued battle for the soul of the nation" at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
By Friday afternoon, posts on forums popular among white supremacists and far-right extremists called for the assassination of Biden, and named Jewish administration officials including Attorney General Merrick Garland, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as potential targets. Declarations of civil war were also appearing, according to documents detailing some of the threats.
“On Gab, one user posted a series of violent threats accusing Biden of stealing the election,” according to a threat alert from Site Intelligence Group sent to law enforcement agencies and others on Friday. Trump and many of his supporters have long claimed, without evidence, that the 2020 presidential election won by Biden was stolen from Trump due to widespread voter fraud.
Methinks these nutjobs believe now they have no voice in their own Country after hearing Joe's unifying speech. Just my opinion.
Site Intelligence Group, which tracks online extremism activity, issued several threat alerts detailing calls for violence in response to Biden’s speech. The potential threats were posted in online forums tied to the Proud Boys, neo-Nazis and other extremist groups.
“Users on several far-right and ultranationalist venues made violent threats against President Joe Biden following his speech addressing political extremism on September 1, 2022,” said one of the alerts. “Users advocated for Biden to be murdered and predicted violence if he continues speaking about the topic.”
Amid criticism, the White House has defended Biden's language, saying that the president is standing up for democracy and denouncing political violence.
On Wednesday, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre singled out specific Republicans who’ve espoused extremist rhetoric.
A far-right rally featuring Nick Fuentes
A far-right rally featuring Nick Fuentes, a leader of the America First movement and a white nationalist, Nov. 14, 2020. (Leah Millis/Reuters)
During Biden's speech, four current U.S. domestic counterterrorism officials told Yahoo News they were concerned the president’s words would further divide the nation and lead to increased threats against government and law enforcement officials.
Yes Joe is a Great Leader of a few people here so we must all listen and follow and drink that Kool-Aid and all will be good.
“I fear he is lighting a fuse that is not going to go well,” one senior Biden counterterrorism official said. “Sadly this is not a united speech but a very divisive one.”
On Friday, this official said their fears appear to have been confirmed by what they described as an uptick in threats of potential violence. A different counterterrorism official said they were concerned that fringe right-wing and extremist groups will use Biden’s speech to recruit and fundraise, potentially increasing the longer-term threat from these groups.
The officials requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the media. Some said they also didn’t want to be seen as criticizing the president. The Department of Homeland Security referred Yahoo News’ request for comment to the White House National Security Council.
Donald Trump
Then-President Donald Trump tosses out MAGA caps at a rally in Waterford Township, Mich., in October 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
Former senior DHS counterterrorism official John Cohen told Yahoo News he was also concerned about the potential ramifications of Biden’s speech.
“The president provided a powerful portrayal of the complex dynamic and dangerous threat environment currently facing the U.S., a threat environment fueled by the conspiracy theories and other extremist content that is pervasive across the online and media ecosystem,” said Cohen, former acting undersecretary for intelligence at DHS and currently an adjunct professor at Georgetown University.
“I am concerned, however, that his words will be used by America’s adversaries to incite attacks by those who believe that violence is an acceptable way to express one’s political or ideological beliefs,” he said. Cohen added that online calls for violence were extensive prior to the speech, but appear to be on the rise.
In a statement to Yahoo News on Friday, the White House said that the calls for violence following Biden’s speech illustrate the threat the president described.
"The President’s message couldn’t have been more clear: there is no place in our democracy for political violence,” the statement said. “None. And that some of the more extreme elements in our society are now calling for more violence only proves the very point of his speech ... that we are in a dangerous moment right now, a moment where simply stating the truth about the fragility of our democracy brings out the worst instincts of those who want to tear it apart. The President was right to call them out. The bigger risk to the body politic would have been to remain silent in the face of such a threat."
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Biden speaking in Philadelphia on Thursday night. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Some Republicans and former Trump administration officials have been critical of Biden’s strong rhetoric, accusing the president of being divisive.
I cannot believe any Reps. grew a pair here to make such a comment.
“I don’t understand how Joe Biden is so angry when his party controls the House, the Senate and the White House,” Richard Grenell, acting director of National Intelligence during the Trump administration, told Yahoo News on Friday. “He should be telling America how great the country is under his leadership and instead he’s attacking Republicans.”
On Friday, Biden defended his remarks, noting that he does not believe all Trump supporters are a threat to the country.
Another Retraction by your great leader here I bet his handlers hated this comment the real controllers of our Country.
“I do think anyone who calls for the use of violence, fails to condemn violence when it is used, refuses to acknowledge when an election has been won, insists upon changing the way that ... you count votes, that is a threat to democracy, to democracy and everything we stand for,” he said on Friday.
The FBI declined to comment on Biden’s speech but told Yahoo News:
“The FBI takes all threats seriously. We work closely with our local law enforcement partners to assess and respond to threats to keep our community safe. As always, we would like to remind members of the public that if they observe anything suspicious to report it to law enforcement immediately.”.