President Joe Biden is facing mounting backlash after addressing the country in front of a terrifying red-lit backdrop with two US Marines by his side.
Demonizing MAGA supporters and warning about the “soul of America,” blood-red lights illuminated Biden as he stood in front of a podium outside Philadelphia’s Independence Hall.
Conservative podcaster Ben Shapiro called Biden’s speech “the most demagogic, outrageous and divisive speech I have ever seen from an American president.”
“This photo is the worst piece of presidential optics I have ever seen…let’s count the reasons.1. Illuminating an historic site in America – the site of our founding documents – blood red. 2. “Red and black background against the front-lit face of a grim old man shouting at Americans with clenched fists,” Shapiro said.
Meanwhile, the Ohio GOP Senate candidate J.D. Vance he compared the red background with the direction in which the nation’s state is heading.
“It depicts our nation’s president as he blasted across the airwaves and talked about his fellow citizens as if they were sewer rats,” Vance wrote in a social media post.
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy also felt weird about the hellish backdrop, saying it resembled something Hitler would apply.
“The fact that this isn’t photoshopped is surreal,” Portnoy wrote on Twitter, adding: “Every time I think Biden and his crew couldn’t be any dumber, they’re outdoing themselves. Seriously, who gives a speech warning people about how dangerous Republicans are to democracy while having a background that makes it look like the Soviet Union and Hitler had a baby?”
Every time I think Biden and his crew couldn’t be any dumber, they outdo themselves. Seriously, who gives a speech warning people about how unsafe Republicans are to democracy with a background that looks like the offspring of the Soviet Union and Hitler? pic.twitter.com/sukqTswI3C
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) September 2, 2022
Additionally, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk pointed out that Biden mentioned MAGA 13 times, Republicans 16 times and violence 10 times, extremism seven times and Donald Trump three times, all while ignoring some of the country’s most pressing issues such as China, crime, border and inflation.
He mentions in Biden’s speech:
China: 0
Crime: 0
Inflation: 0
Fentanyl: 0
Limit: 0
Charlottesville: 1
January 6: 2
Uprising: 3
Donald Trump: 3
Extremism: 7
Violence: 10
MAGA: 13
Republicans: 16Priorities.
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) September 2, 2022
