Donald Trump’s use of social networks is once again at the heart of a controversy. Joe Biden’s campaign team accused the former president of inciting “political violence” after the Republican published a video showing an image of the Democrat tied up.
“This image of Donald Trump is the kind of bullshit you post when you call for a butchery,” blasted a spokesperson for Joe Biden’s campaign on Saturday, referring to recent comments by the Republican. “Trump regularly incites political violence and it is time for people to take him seriously,” he added, recalling that Donald Trump’s first term ended with an assault on the Capitol by hundreds of his supporters.
Ever more violent rhetoric
The former tenant of the White House published a video on his Truth Social network on Friday showing two cars driving, decorated with several flags and stickers supporting Donald Trump. On the trunk of the second vehicle, a pickup, an image appears showing Joe Biden tied hands and feet.
A publication condemned by the Democrat’s team, which sees it as a new example of the increasingly violent rhetoric of the candidate in the November presidential election. Joe Biden and Donald Trump, who have already faced each other at the polls in 2020, are assured of winning the nomination of their respective parties for this election this summer.
The Trump camp denounces the legal attacks
Donald Trump’s campaign team has brushed aside the accusations. Democrats “have not only called for despicable violence against President Trump and his family. They are weaponizing the justice system against him,” said his spokesperson Steven Cheung, referring to the legal cases in which the Republican is being prosecuted.
Known for his provocative language, Donald Trump has increased his untimely statements and invectives in recent months. He thus affirmed that the American economy would be “a butchery” if he was not re-elected, accused migrants of “poisoning the blood” of the country, or even promised to “eradicate the communists, Marxists, fascists and thugs of the radical left”, calling them “vermin”.