A right-wing media personality complained on Saturday that president Joe Biden turned his D-Day speech into an attack on Donald Trump, but was met with some backlash.
Just last week, the internet conservative media personality Erick Erickson, the founder of Red State, after he complained that Justice Juan Merchan was biased against Donald in the former president's criminal trial.
This time, Erickson was trying to make a point about how Biden's speech honoring military veterans who landed on the beaches of Normandy was actually a slight against his opponent in the GOP.
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"I don't think it was appropriate for Biden to turn the remembrance of D-Day into a political attack on his opponent," Erickson said going into the weekend. He then got a brutal fact check from the social media network's users.
"Joe Biden did not mention Donald Trump at all during his fifteen speech. He spoke out against tyranny, dictators, and in favor of freedom and NATO," the community note reads.
Two days later, Erickson followed up, saying, "Twitter readers believe Biden didn’t turn his D-Day speech into an attack on Trump. But I think the Washington Post is right and Twitter readers are wrong." He included a screenshot of a Washington Post headline that reads, "Biden defends democracy in France, drawing implied contrast with Trump."
@StacyStateham responded to Erickson, saying, "Implied vs explicit are two different things."
"I never said explicit," the host shot back.
Constitutional law professor Anthony Michael Kreis said, "Hit dog hollers. Etc etc."
@OlgaNYC1211 also chimed in:
"Republicans believe standing against tyranny and for NATO is considered an attack these days. Very telling."
Conservative attorney George Conway had this to say to the radio host:
"Face it, Erick, anytime anyone praises anything good—patriotism, courage, honor, decency, compassion, honesty, rationality, truthfulness, just to pick a few qualities at random—that’s a devastating rebuke of Trump. Hope this helps."
