2020 Election
Biden shreds 'divorced from reality' Trump in blistering attack on his racism
June 24, 2019 8:09AM ET
Joe Biden and Donald Trump (Photos: Shutterstock)
In an op-ed published in a Florida paper -- published in both English and Spanish -- former Vice President Joe Biden slammed Donald Trump as an out-and-out racist, saying he has used "racist invective to describe anyone south of the Rio Grande.”
In the piece, published in the Miami Herald, Biden bluntly began, "Last week gave us more evidence that President Trump’s morally bankrupt re-election strategy relies on vilifying immigrants to score political points while implementing policies that ensure asylum seekers and refugees keep arriving at our border."
Noting that the president has called immigrants "animals," Biden stated his case by writing, "Under Trump, there have been horrifying scenes at the border of kids being kept in cages, tear-gassing asylum seekers, ripping children from their mothers’ arms — actions that subvert American values and erode our ability to lead on the global stage."
"Add to that Trump’s badgering Mexico with the threat of tariffs, flinging insults at vital partners such as Colombia and callously limiting the ability of Cuban Americans to reunite with and support their families in Cuba, and the administration’s Latin America policy, at best, is a Cold War-era retread and, at worst, an ineffective mess," he continued. "Trump’s failures in the region are even more dangerous because China and Russia are becoming increasingly active in the Americas — and that is before we address the simmering crises in Nicaragua, Haiti, Honduras and elsewhere."
Biden also took a shot at Trump border wall, writing, "It’s imperative that we secure our borders, but 'Build the wall' is a slogan divorced from reality."
"It won’t stop the flow of illegal narcotics or human trafficking, both of which come primarily through legal ports of entry. Nor will it stop asylum seekers fleeing the most desperate conditions imaginable and who have the right to have their cases heard. Nor will it stem the numbers of undocumented, most of whom overstay legal visas," he wrote, before adding, "After four years of Trump taking a wrecking ball to our hemispheric ties, experienced and respected U.S. leadership will be vital to repairing cooperation and addressing shared regional challenges."
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