| − | During his campaign, nominee Biden repeatedly blasted [[President Donald J. Trump]] as being a racist, in an attempt to defer / transfer his lifelong racism to the Republican candidate and his opponent. He criticized Trump for his alleged "racist" response in 2017, related to the conflict over preservation of historic monuments located in Charlottesville, VA. In a speech Biden claimed that Trump, while discussing immigrants, "repeatedly invokes racist invective". Biden tweeted, "There has never been a President in American history who has been so openly racist and divisive as this man."<ref>''The Week'', Biden calls Trump the most 'openly racist' president in American history, https://theweek.com/speedreads/852943/biden-calls-trump-most-openly-racist-president-american-history, July 16, 2019</ref> Biden continued in efforts to promote the transference of his racism in attempts to cast off and distance from his own racist legacy. Biden actually claimed "systemic racism", while failing to acknowledge his decades of serving in the government, as the alleged systemic racism proliferation continued. | + | During his campaign, nominee Biden repeatedly blasted [[President Donald J. Trump]] as being a racist, in an attempt to defer / transfer his lifelong racism to the Republican candidate and his opponent. He criticized Trump for his alleged "racist" response in 2017, related to the conflict over preservation of historic monuments located in Charlottesville, VA. Biden misquoted and misrepresented what Trump stated at the time. In a speech Biden claimed that Trump, while discussing immigrants, "repeatedly invokes racist invective". Biden tweeted, "There has never been a President in American history who has been so openly racist and divisive as this man."<ref>''The Week'', Biden calls Trump the most 'openly racist' president in American history, https://theweek.com/speedreads/852943/biden-calls-trump-most-openly-racist-president-american-history, July 16, 2019</ref> Biden continued in efforts to promote the transference of his racism in attempts to cast off and distance from his own racist legacy. Biden actually claimed "systemic racism", while failing to acknowledge his decades of serving in the government, as the alleged systemic racism proliferation continued. |