Biden Laments ‘F Joe Biden’ Signs and Kids Flipping Him Off: ‘Just Inflammatory’

President Joe Biden expressed concern over the increasing “viciousness” of politics, including “F Biden” signs, during an interview with NBC News anchor Lester Holt on Monday.

Asked whether Saturday’s assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump had “changed the trajectory” of the 2024 presidential race, Biden replied, “I don’t know and you don’t know either.”

He continued:

I’ve thought less about the trajectory of the case than two things. One, what his [Trump’s] health is, that that was secure. Number one. And number two, what happens from here on in terms of the kind of coverage that the president and vice president and former president and vice president get in terms of– Look, I’ve never seen a circumstance where you ride through certain [inaudible] in the country and people have signs there standing, big Trump signs saying “F Biden,” and a little kid standing there putting up his middle finger.

I mean, that’s the kind of stuff that is just inflammatory and a kind of viciousness. It’s a very different thing than to say, “Look, I really disagree with Trump’s– the way he takes care of taxes, the way he wants a five trillion dollar tax cut for people who make him a lot of money the next time around, doesn’t focus on working-class people.”

In the same interview, Biden defended his pre-shooting message to donors which declared it was time to “put Trump in a bullseye,” telling Holt, “I didn’t say crosshairs.”

Addressing the nation from the Oval Office on Sunday, Biden called on Americans to work together to “lower the temperature in our politics” after the shooting at Trump’s rally on Saturday left one dead and several injured, including Trump himself.

“I want to speak to you tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics,” said Biden during the address . “While we may disagree, we are not enemies. We are neighbors, we’re friends, co-workers, citizens, and most importantly, we are fellow Americans. We must stand together.”

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