Published March 28, 2024
President Joe Biden‘s social media post about his political opponent Donald Trump ahead of a slain police officer’s wake backfired among conservatives.
Biden, the Democratic incumbent, will likely have a rematch against the former president, the presumed 2024 GOP presidential nominee, in November.
On Thursday morning, Biden posted a video to X, formerly Twitter, that jumped from showing himself campaigning in swing states to Trump playing golf.
Audio from MSNBC‘s Jonathan Lemire played in the background of the video: “With the president visiting eight swing states in 18 days. Throughout the month, Biden has crisscrossed the country, visiting the Southwest, the Blue Wall and the South.
“Campaign stops focused on border security, reproductive rights, lowering health care and housing costs, as well as celebrating CHIPS And Science Act investments.”
Included in the video was Trump’s social media post rejoicing over receiving two awards from the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Biden wrote alongside the video: “I’ll tell you this: There’s a difference between the two candidates in this election.”
Newsweek reached out to Biden’s campaigns via email on Thursday.
While Biden’s message appeared to be aimed at showing his effectiveness in the Oval Office and on the campaign trail, compared to Trump’s unimportant golfing activities, conservatives on social media used the president’s words against him.
Conservative journalist Libby Emmons shared Biden’s post and wrote on X: “You tweeted this as Trump is attending a slain NYPD officer’s funeral and you are partying with Lizzo. There’s a difference indeed.”
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Donald Trump is greeted by NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban at the wake for slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller in Massapequa, Long Island, on Thursday, March 28, 2024. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News)
Published March 28, 2024
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday headed to the tearful Long Island wake for slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller while President Biden jetted into the city for a swanky Manhattan fundraiser.
That could amount to a split screen made in MAGA heaven as Trump seeks to take advantage of the contrast, political analysts said.
Trump made little effort to hide his hopes to use the emotional police event to reinforce his focus on crime and appeal to working-class voters as he makes another run at the White House.
It’s a natural for Trump and should play well with his MAGA base, which includes the very Republican area of Massapequa where (Diller) hailed from,” said Lawrence Levy, a Hofstra University professor who studies political trends in suburbia.
Whether such a move will flip votes in favor of Trump as early voting gets underway in deep-blue New York remains to be seen.
“Biden is massively underwater to Trump on the issue of crime and … he’s trying to capitalize on that,” said Doug Heye, a Republican strategist.
Front page of the New York Daily News for March 26, 2024: In car stop, mortally wounded Finest battles suspect with history of nine felony arrests. NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller was shot and killed after he and partner pulled over two career criminals in Far Rockaway on Monday evening.
A somber Trump made a brief appearance at the wake for Diller. He emerged to pay tribute to the slain cop’s widow and infant son, flanked by ashen-faced police officers standing outside in a chilly rain.
