Biden speaks of violence against an opponent, defined as “semi-facist” by the White House

President Joe Biden has engaged in the exact same behavior identified by his White House as “semi-fascist”: talking about physically assaulting his political opponent.

On Wednesday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked to explain how Biden’s assertion that many Republicans, especially Trump supporters, were “semi-fascists” might square with his claim to unify the country. Jean-Pierre cited a list of examples – some more dubious than others – of Republicans talking (or joking) about physical violence against their opponents.

“[J]Last week you had Governor Ron DeSantis, [who] suggested that Dr. [Anthony] Fauci should be physically assaulted, and former President Trump has done the same many times,” Jean-Pierre said.

She was referring to a joke DeSantis recently made about throwing Fauci (whom he called a “little elf”) across the Potomac River.

But by that definition, Biden himself is “semi-fascist.”

In October 2016 — ironically, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the same town he spoke in last Tuesday — Biden told Hillary Clinton supporters that he would rather beat Trump than debate him:

Biden in Wilkes-Barre PA today.
He was there 21/10/2016
“Trump’s personal behavior. What he said he did and is doing is a classic definition of sexual assault…The press always asks me if I wouldn’t like to discuss him. No, I wish we were in high school, I could take her behind the Gym” pic.twitter.com/8QYM0otd2R

— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) August 30, 2022

In 2018, Biden did the same, telling a crowd at the University of Miami that he would like to attack Trump – who at the time was the sitting president of the United States: “They asked me if I would like to debate this gentleman, and I said no. I said, “If we were in high school, I’d take him behind the gymnasium and beat him to death.” Biden never apologized or explained his violent rhetoric.

According to Biden’s own administration, his rhetoric calls him a “semi-fascist” and a risk to the survival of democracy.

Joel B. Pollak is editor of Breitbart News and host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot Sunday nights from 7-10 p.m. ET (4-7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the recent e-book Neither Free Nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. His latest book, RED NOVEMBER, tells the story of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary from a conservative perspective. He is the winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.