Biden: Trump 'dumbs down' American values

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY MAX GREENWOOD - 03/17/18 05:55 PM EDT

Former Vice President Joe Biden blasted President Trump on Saturday, saying that he "dumbs down" American values.

Biden called out Trump during an appearance in North Dakota for his attacks on people with disabilities and his insults over people's appearances.

"Think about how that dumbs down the values that we Americans have," Biden said, according to a reporter for the Grand Forks Herald in North Dakota.

Link to tweet

Trump has repeatedly taken aim at individuals for their appearances but especially prompted backlash on the campaign trail when he mocked a disabled reporter during a 2015 rally.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/378967-biden-trump-dumbs-down-american-values

[Mc Mike]

1. He promotes the values that deaden the sensibilities of a great Democracy.

[RandomAccess]

2. That's far too light a condemnation

He eviscerates and defiles everything it means to be an American.

[dogknob]

3. No, they have been systematically dumbed down for decades...

...which allowed Trump to become President.

[SergeStorms]

4. True 'dat.

The "dumbing down" of America has been going on for quite some time. That's precisely why Republicans get elected with surprising regularity. Point of proof? Betsy DeVos. Simple as that.

[MissMillie]

5. Thanks to Fox News

I keep wishing America would turn off that crap.

[Orsino]

6. Trump is the fulfillment of a toxic subset of American values.

The notion that a rich white man is better than anyone else, and ought to be allowed to do as he pleases with or to anyone else, is an old, old principle near and dear to too many Americans.

It has always implied a lack of consequences for anything up to and including the current toddler rage ruling the Executive Branch (and poisoning the other two).