John MacDonald: The two ways Joe Biden can't win

Joe Biden can’t win. In two ways.

The first one’s obvious. After yesterday’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump, and the imagery and defiance and sheer strength Trump showed, Joe Biden can’t win this year’s presidential election.

Nor can anyone else who might replace him as the Democratic nominee between now and November’s vote.

Trump’s campaign has got money shots coming out of its ears, so to speak. With their man defiantly fist-pumping into the air - just minutes after the shooting - blood on his face, and the American flag flying high under a cloudless blue sky.

I will fight for America. And who wouldn’t believe him after seeing all that unfold yesterday at the campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

Compare the imagery of Trump yesterday with the imagery of Joe Biden. It’s all over for Joe.

The other reason I say Biden can’t win, is that despite all the concern he’s been showing towards Donald Trump after the shooting yesterday, believe it or not - there are some Republicans pointing the finger at him over the shooting.

They’re saying that some of his language in a phone conversation last week with political donors puts some of the blame for what happened on him.

According to the Politico website, Joe Biden said this to his supporters on the phone call: “I have one job, and that’s to beat Donald Trump. I’m absolutely certain I’m the best person to be able to do that. So, we’re done talking about the debate, it’s time to put Trump in a bullseye.”

And that’s enough for Joe Biden to be getting some of the blame for the attempt to take-out the yet-to-be confirmed Republican nominee.

Although, that’s just a formality and Trump is expected to be confirmed later this week.

Here’s what Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, who is in the running to be Trump’s running mate in this year’s election, has been saying.

“The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs. That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination.”

So Joe Biden can’t win. He can’t win the election. And he can’t win because, here he is showing concern and support for Trump, calling for calm, and some Republicans are saying he’s partly to blame.

He’s also dreaming if he thinks that this is going to be some sort of watershed moment in American politics. A watershed moment in American society full-stop, for that matter.

I get that he has to say something. But the US President is dreaming when he says: “There’s no place in America for this kind of violence. It’s sick. It’s sick. We cannot allow for this to be happening. We cannot be like this. We cannot condone this.”

Another thing he’s been saying since the shooting is that political violence is unheard of in America, which it's not. There’s been no shortage of reports detailing the country's history of political violence.

Joe Biden has also said: "We have to unite this country."

But how many times have you seen Joe Biden - or any other American president - say this sort of thing whenever something like this happens?

Whenever there’s a mass shooting or any other violent incident, there's always the same old rhetoric about putting an end to violence . And we know what happens. It doesn’t end.

Which is why I have very little faith in America’s capability of uniting in the way Joe Biden is calling for. Because, if you've got Republicans accusing Joe Biden of inciting the shooter, what hope for unity is there?

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Joe Biden can't win. And there are two meanings to
that comment. One of them is particularly key. We first,
one's obvious, obvious after yesterday's assassination attempt on Donald Trump
and the imagery and defiance and the sheer strength Trump
showed after all that Joe Biden can't win this year's

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presidential election. Joe Biden can't nor can anyone else who
might replace him as the Democratic nominee between now and
November's vote. That's my opinion. Trump's campaign has got money
shots coming out of his ears, so to speak, with
their man defiantly fist pumping into the air. You have

(00:57):
looks at the phone notes, fist pumping into the air
just minutes after the shooting, blood on his face, and
the American flag flying high under a cloudless blue sky.
You couldn't You couldn't photoshop at besa I will fight
for America. And who wouldn't believe him? After seeing all
that unfolded yesterday at the campaign rally in Pennsylvania? Do

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you know what? Even I believed him? And compare the
imagery of Trump yesterday with the imagery of Joe Biden.
It is all over for Joe. So that's right, Matt,
Joe Biden and the Democrats can just Goodbine to the presidency.
The other reason I say Biden can't win is that
despite all the concern he's been showing towards Donald Trump

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after the shooting yesterday, despite all that, believe it or not,
believe it or not, there are some Republicans this morning
pointing the finger at Joe Biden. They're saying a couple
of things. They're saying that some of his language in
the phone conversation last week with political donors put some
of the blame on him for what happened. According to

(02:05):
the Political website, Joe Biden said this to his supporters
on the phone call last week, quote, i have one job,
and that's to beat Donald Trump. I'm absolutely certain I'm
the best person to be able to do that. So
we're done talking about the debate. It's time to put
Trump in a bullseye. It's time to put Trump in

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a bullseye. And that's enough for Joe Biden to be
getting some of the blame this morning for the attempt
to take out the yet to be confirmed for Republican nominee,
although that's just a formality, isn't it, and Trump is
expected to be confirmed as the Republican's presidential candidate later
this week. Here's something else that Ohio Senator J. D. Varnes,

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who apparently isn't the running to be Trump's running mate
later in the year. Here's what he's been saying. Quote.
The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President
Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped
at all costs. That rhetoric led to directly to President
Trump's attempted assassination end of quote. So Joe Biden, he

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can't win, can't win the election, and he can't win
because here he is showing concern and support for Trump,
calling for calm, and some Republicans are saying that he's
partly to blame. He's also dreaming. I'm keen to find
out what you think about this particular aspect as well.
Joe Biden and anyone else who thinks this are dreaming

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if they think that this is going to be some
sort of watershed moment in American politics. If they think
this is going to be a watershed moment in American
society of full stop for that matter. And I get
that he has to say something, But the US President
is dreaming when he says this. Another quote for you,
this is Joe Biden. There's no place in America for
this kind of violence. It's sick. It's sick. We cannot

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allow for this to be happening. We cannot be like this,
We cannot condone this. Another thing he's been saying after
the shooting is that Donald Trump's rally should have been
able to be conducted peacefully without any problem. And the
idea that there's political violence or violence in America like
this is just unheard of. End of quiet. It's not
unheard of, actually, and there's no shortage of reports in

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the last twenty four hours going through America's history of
political violence, deadly political violence. Another thing, Joe Biden's me saying,
we have to unite this country. But LORDI, how many
times have you seen Joe Biden or any other American president,
or any other civic leader in America. How many times
have you seen them say this sort of thing whenever

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something like this happens, whenever there's a mass shooting or
any other violent type of incident. This has to win,
This can't be tolerated, and we know what happens, it
doesn't end, Which is why I have very little faith,
very little faith in America's capability of uniting in the
way Joe Biden is calling for today. Because if you've

(05:04):
got Republicans less than twenty four hours after the show
come out and accusing Joe Biden of having a hand
in it, accusing him of inciting the shooter with his
comments on the phone to party donors that it's time
to put Trump in a bull's eye in our other statements,
then what hope for unity is there? Political and otherwise
next to none, I say, which is why I think

(05:27):
this call for unity after what happened yesterday is absolute nonsense.

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