Meanwhile, the governor of New Hampshire said of Trump: “Assholes come and go.”

Joe Biden has spent the last several months laying out the reasons why it would be a terrible idea to give Donald Trump a second term in office—reasons that include everything from Trump’s assault on reproductive rights to his pledge to be a dictator only “on day one.” And on Wednesday, the president added another entry to the list: the fact that his opponent appears to have completely lost touch with reality.

Speaking to supporters at a fundraiser in San Francisco, Biden reportedly referred to Trump’s claim that he and Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny—who recently died in an Arctic penal colony—had suffered similar treatment, with the president remarking, “Some of the things that this fellow’s been saying, like he’s comparing himself to Navalny and saying that—because our country’s become a communist country, he was persecuted, just like Navalny was persecuted. I don’t know where the hell this comes from.” Biden added: “I mean, if I stood here 10, 15 years ago and said any of this, you’d all think I should be committed. It astounds me.”

      • bob_lemon@feddit.de
        91·
        9 months ago

        This is one of the things where it sounds obviously unconstitutional, but I would not bet money on the fact that it actually is.

        • eran_morad@lemmy.world
          6·
          9 months ago

          Of course it’s blatantly unconstitutional, one cannot be denied due process, see 14th amendment. However, that is not the poignant question. What matters is: does anyone of consequence and power give a flying shit anymore?

          • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
            1·
            9 months ago

            Joe could throw trump in prison without due process and probably tie it up in courts for at least a few weeks.

            • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
              1·
              9 months ago

              Biden should throw Trump in jail, then say he has immunity since he’s the president. Trump either has to take it, or set precedent against his own cases.

              • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
                2·
                9 months ago

                A tiny part of me is hoping the supreme court does rule that presidents are immune and then biden just fucking drone strikes Mar-a-Lago and resigns before they can indict him.

                • RubberDuck@lemmy.world
                  1·
                  8 months ago

                  This is why the supreme court cannot find that. Because that would mean the Dems have only one option left and that would be doing it first.

    • makyo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      If SCOTUS does the unexpected and rules a president has absolute immunity? Yeah, I would do this the very next moment.

  • HorreC@kbin.social
    108·
    9 months ago

    lets not get into mental acuity fighting, no one is ganna win there. This is just some BS middle school shit, just beat the other on the issues. And for fucking once maybe try doing the things you promise on the campaign trail, I mean you know he will, he will be dictator for a day, then maybe just a few more, you know when it feels right to give the power back.

    • Diplomjodler@feddit.de
      14·
      9 months ago

      There is a very very clear winner here. It might be the one eyed man being king in the country of the blind, but it’s no contest at all.

  • ivanafterall@kbin.social
    78·
    9 months ago

    Then they started flinging spoons of Jell-O at each other.

    Just kidding. I know Joe’s a raging bull, etc…etc…

    • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
      212·
      9 months ago

      Joe’s old and moves slow, Donald’s old and has a clinically diagnosable personality disorder. Trump does not share a reality with the rest of us

      • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world
        82·
        9 months ago

        Joe’s old and moves slow

        So is a glacier but they can ground down entire mountains

        Trump does not share a reality with the rest of us

        And still there are too many that want to be part of his alternative reality

    • omgarm@feddit.nl
      52·
      9 months ago

      Would be interesting if the rest of the campaigns took place in the same senior care facility.

      • ivanafterall@kbin.social
        52·
        9 months ago

        Just shuffle all of the “leadership” off, scuffling amongst themselves. Include McConnell, honestly probably Pelosi, Grassley. Eventually they’ll get distracted by board games or whatever and we can figure out next steps.

        • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
          01·
          9 months ago

          I’ve said before that their debates will be reminiscent of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, not because of the high oratory, but because they both think they remember them.

  • The Menemen!@lemmy.world
    314·
    9 months ago

    Both of them should. Honestly guys, at this point you’ll need a socialist revolution to save that shitshow.