In July, GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump caused a stir among the left and their media allies, leaving them in need of figurative “smelling salts” after he made a now-infamous remark during an in-person interview at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention.
“I will tell you, that coming from the border are millions and millions of people who happen to be taking black jobs,” Trump said, echoing a similar comment he made during his June debate with Joe Biden.
As expected, mockery and outrage followed from the usual sources on both occasions. The Biden campaign quickly released an ad after the June debate, and Biden himself later criticized Trump’s remarks as offensive.
“I love his phrase ‘black jobs.’ Tells a lot about the man and about his character,” Biden said during a speech at the NAACP convention in July, just five days before he was forced to drop out of the presidential race. The Harris campaign also released an ad accusing Trump of “another racist insult” after his NABJ comments.
Now, a month and a half later, guess what just happened? If you guessed that Biden used the same phrase — and in front of an audience primarily composed of Black people — you’d be right.
On Friday, President Biden appeared to stumble over a reference to “Black jobs,” a phrase Democrats previously criticized Trump for using, before taking a jab at the Republican.
“With your help, in just three and a half years we created over 2 million new Black jobs for Black — Black Americans,” Biden told a crowd at a brunch celebrating Black excellence at the White House. The crowd audibly reacted with laughter as Biden raised a hand in response.
Watch the clip below, which features Biden’s comments and includes the Harris campaign ad that slammed Trump for saying the same phrase:
It’s also, surprisingly, included in the official transcript.
We eagerly await the same outrage from the usual suspects.
But trust me, this will be glossed over, just like the undemocratic process of powerful and wealthy Democrats replacing their nominee without a single primary weeks before their convention. Because remember, it’s always (D)ifferent when a Democrat says or does it. Always.
