they d be carried out on a stretcher, folks. guards are gentle, walking out, high fives, smiling, laughing. i d like to punch him in the face. i ll tell ya. we re in a serious moment in our country, and i mean it from the bottom of my heart. as i said last week, we remain in the battle for the soul of america. by the way all right. god love ya. let em go. let em go. no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, let him go. look, everybody is entitled to be an idiot. no, no, everybody is entitled. president biden s response to a protester while campaigning in wisconsin yesterday, as compared to how donald trump handled hecklers during the 2016 campaign. remember that? yeah, willie, it kind of feels like he was speaking to me there. everybody is entitled to be an idiot. i had the same thought. a different approach than donald trump, obviously. that was for us. exactly. also looking back on 2016, too, the idea that donald trump has ever been in a fistfight in his life, the
especially if they re watching right-wing media. the network didn t take is speech. broadcast didn t take it. i think it was mainly for, i think, the base. the left loved it. the base on the right, the trump right loved it because it gave them something to be shocked, stunned, and deeply saddened about, fall on the fainting couches, it s the worst thing ever. all right. president biden campaigned in two battleground states on labor day. pennsylvania and wisconsin. it was his third trip to pennsylvania in less than a week, where alongside the state s democratic nominee for senator, john fetterman, joe biden touted his accomplishments to a group of union workers outside pittsburgh. here is more of what he said at the campaign stop. also, earlier in the day in milwaukee. democracy is really at stake.
parts of the republican party? is an apology in order? no, absolutely not, full stop. i mean, no. you know, you get up, you tell the truth. no, certainly no apology is necessary. as you said, he was clear to draw the distinction between the maga republicans and what he called, like, regular conservative republicans. but, no, no apology needed. he obviously doesn t think there is because he is leaning into it. you know, i checked my text messages this weekend, elise. for all these people who placed fainting couches down at their side when joe biden went out and then fell over and were so shocked and stunned and deeply saddened while the speech was given. and because he talked about the risk a small portion of the republican party poses. you know, i didn t find any, and
don t need the gates of hell. that was a weird vibe. the white house might want to get a new lighting director. that was weird. yeah, that part of it was weird. you know, many of the same people who said the speech was divisive, some people did think it was that, also defend seven years of donald trump. they re clutching their pearls over that speech right there, when they ve defended donald trump from the american carnage speech forward, as president and before that, of course, during the campaign. jonathan lemire, joe biden is certainly leaning into this maga republican attack. he takes pains to point out it s maga republicans, a part of the republican party, that supports this. it is not like he is backing away because of the reviews on thursday. he s leaned into it in wisconsin and pennsylvania on the campaign trail. we are two months from the midterms. democrats, the party is getting things done, and they point to the legislative success over the
summer. republicans are extremism and out of touch with americans on issues like abortion, guns, and, in this case, democracy itself. the president does take pains to say, look, it s not every republican, but a lot of them have been hijacked by donald trump and his maga loyalists. white house aides rolled their eyes to the criticism of the speech, noting that the color scheme was, yes, red, white, and blue, and it was just a close shot of the president. jonathan, we can use a little more red, white, and blue, instead of blood red. if this is all i couldn t got joe, it was reminiscent of the last jedi, the snoke throne room, when it was red and dark. yes! some criticized there were two marines who flanked him for the speech, inappropriate use of the military. every president who held that office has given a speech with marines next to them.