President Biden repeatedly attacked GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump in a speech before the NAACP on Tuesday, despite calling to “lower the temperature” in the wake of the assassination attempt on the 45th president.

"Just because we should lower the temperature, doesn’t mean we should stop telling the truth," Biden said, before claiming "Donald Trump’s presidency was hell for Black America."

At another point, Biden argued the George Floyd protests were peaceful and questioned Trump calling for the National Guard.

He then went after Trump for making a reference to "black jobs" during the June 27 debate and said he's "lying like hell" about the unemployment rate for the black community. 

“Folks, I know what a black job is. It’s the vice president of the United States. I know what a black job is: the first black president in American history, Barack Obama.” 

He continued, "It's because of you that I'm president and Kamala Harris is vice president. By the way, she's not only a great vice president. She can be President of the United States."

Despite growing calls to step down since the June 27 debate, Biden promised the crowd he’s “all in” – a pledge that comes even as support for him among black voters has fallen from 86 percent in 2020 to 70 percent this year. It’s even worse among black voters under the age of 50, going from 80 percent to 37 percent between 2000 and 2024.

"I’ve just never seen anything like this. I’m like speechless," CNN’s Harry Enten recently commented about the polling.

Meanwhile, support for Trump among black voters has increased from 7 percent to 21 percent over the last four years. 


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During his Sunday night address to the nation, President Joe Biden began by speaking about a need to lower the temperature, but it looks to have been all talk. For one, he neglected to mention examples of violence against conservative figures. Sadly, there's plenty of evidence, like the plot to assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) being brutally assaulted over a neighborly dispute, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) being shot and nearly killed while practicing for the Congressional Baseball Game in 2017. 

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre during Monday's press briefing indicated that it's not likely that we can expect Biden to change his problematic tone and the concerning messages he sends about Trump being a supposed threat to democracy. 

Biden himself, during an interview with NBC News' Lester Holt that aired during the first night of the RNC, also on Monday, claimed that he wasn't the one who was engaging in problematic rhetoric, that it was all Trump. He then went on to mention debunked narratives.

Even more relevant to Vance, though, is that one of the many posts from Democrats on Monday about the pick also sent a clear message that the rhetoric will remain.