{"id":1630863,"date":"2022-09-02T09:18:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T13:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1630863"},"modified":"2022-09-02T09:19:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T13:19:05","slug":"grim-old-man-screaming-ben-shapiro-others-react-to-bidens-dark-speech-before-eerie-red-backdrop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grim-old-man-screaming-ben-shapiro-others-react-to-bidens-dark-speech-before-eerie-red-backdrop\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Grim Old Man Screaming\u2019: Ben Shapiro, Others React To Biden\u2019s Dark Speech Before Eerie Red Backdrop"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgrim-old-man-screaming-ben-shapiro-others-react-to-bidens-dark-speech-before-eerie-red-backdrop%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1630863&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Joe Biden<\/a>\u2019s prime-time speech Thursday night, which featured a blood-red backdrop and a grim warning about the endangered \u201csoul of America,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-slammed-across-political-spectrum-for-optics-of-divisive-speech-satanic-ghoul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drew fierce reactions online<\/a>, with critics branding the content divisive and the theatrics just plain weird.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, who framed the upcoming midterm elections as a fight between good and evil, stood flanked by U.S. Marines outside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/philadelphia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philadelphia<\/a>\u2019s Independence Hall. Unusual red lighting cast a fiery glow on the brick building as Biden railed against supporters of former President Trump, who he said have taken over the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMAGA Republicans have made their choice,\u201d Biden declared. \u201cThey embrace anger. They thrive on chaos. They live not in the light of truth, but in the shadow of lies. Together, we can choose a different path.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That was the most demagogic, outrageous, and divisive speech I have ever seen from an American president. Joe Biden essentially declared all those who oppose him and his agenda enemies of the republic. Truly shameful. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZcJX2BbZlt\">pic.twitter.com\/ZcJX2BbZlt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1565539785468514306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Critics called the speech divisive, but the strange stagecraft prompted equal outrage. The Daily Wire\u2019s Ben Shapiro called the speech \u201cthe most demagogic, outrageous, and divisive speech I have ever seen from an American president,\u201d and posted a screenshot of Biden with his clenched fists raised and face contorted with passion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis image is the worst piece of presidential optics I have ever seen,\u201d Shapiro wrote. \u201cLet us count the reasons.1. Lighting a historic American site \u2014 the site of our founding documents \u2014 blood red. 2. The red-and-black background against the front-lit visage of a grim old man screaming at Americans, fists clenched.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former ambassador to Germany and Trump\u2019s acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell said Biden\u2019s over-the-top condemnation of Trump supporters, who numbered 75 million in the 2020 election, was telling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis blood red setting and negative complaining about political opponents means one thing \u2014 Joe Biden is really nervous that Donald Trump is going to run again,\u201d Grenell tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Former Trump White House press secretary and current Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany branded the background demonic and the rhetoric divisive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStanding in front of a hellish red background Biden called half the country, the MAGA Republicans \u2018threats\u2019 &#038; \u2018clear and present dangers,&#8217;\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kayleighmcenany\/status\/1565496848160366592?s=20&amp;t=lOWpfgKEb5qBP4Z0tgbwow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McEnany tweeted<\/a>. \u201cThen he says, \u2019empathy is the fuel of democracy-the willingness to see each other not as enemies but as fellow Americans\u2026\u2019!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden has stepped up his rhetoric against political opponents in recent days, branding Trump supporters as \u201csemi-fascists.\u201d The White House insisted that his criticisms were not directed at all Republicans, although in the past, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2021\/10\/26\/biden_warns_at_mcauliffe_rally_extremism_can_come_in_a_smile_and_a_fleece_vest.html#!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden has called moderate Republicans<\/a> such as Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin extremists.<\/p>\n<p>Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Biden has contributed mightily to division in America, and put his opponents\u2019 safety in jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden\u2019s wretched attacks on millions of Americans have fueled attacks on pregnancy centers, Republican offices, and an assassination attempt on a Supreme Court Justice,\u201d McDaniel said. \u201cHis agenda has pitted neighbors against each other, rewarded the wealthy while punishing working families, and trampled on the rights and freedoms of Americans. Joe Biden is the divider-in-chief and epitomizes the current state of the Democrat Party: one of divisiveness, disgust, and hostility towards half the country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s prime-time speech Thursday night, which featured a blood-red backdrop and a grim warning about the endangered \u201csoul of America,\u201d drew fierce reactions online, with critics branding the content divisive and the theatrics just plain weird. 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