{"id":2211809,"date":"2024-04-02T20:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T00:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-strategist-says-its-idiotic-to-expect-biden-to-ditch-fundraiser-to-honor-fallen-cop\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T20:50:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T00:50:24","slug":"democrat-strategist-says-its-idiotic-to-expect-biden-to-ditch-fundraiser-to-honor-fallen-cop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-strategist-says-its-idiotic-to-expect-biden-to-ditch-fundraiser-to-honor-fallen-cop\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic strategist calls idea of Biden skipping fundraiser to honor fallen police officer &#8220;foolish."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fdemocrat-strategist-says-its-idiotic-to-expect-biden-to-ditch-fundraiser-to-honor-fallen-cop%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=2211809&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>Democratic strategist James Carville dismissed the idea of President \u2064Biden attending fallen\u2062 NYPD officer Jonathan Diller&#8217;s funeral \u200bwhile in NYC\u200d for\u200c a fundraiser. Carville,\u200c speaking on NewsNation\u2064 with\u2062 Geraldo \u200dRivera, deemed the notion &#8220;foolish,&#8221; \u2064emphasizing\u2064 non-disruption of fundraising for fallen officers, claiming such\u2064 incidents\u2064 occur around 120 times annually.\u2063 The discussion highlighted contrasting events \u2064where Biden fundraised\u2062 and\u200c Trump attended Diller&#8217;s funeral nearby.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville literally laughed off the idea that President Joe Biden, who was in New York City for a fundraiser at the time, should have taken some time to drop by the funeral of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-calls-for-return-to-law-and-order-at-wake-for-slain-ny-police-officer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fallen NYPD officer<\/a> Jonathan Diller.<\/p>\n<p>Carville, who joined fellow guest Geraldo Rivera in a discussion with NewsNation host Chris Cuomo, called the notion \u201cidiotic\u201d and asserted that fundraising schedules should not be disrupted when police officers were killed: \u201cUnfortunately, it happens about 120 times a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last night Dem strategist James Carville said it would be &#8220;idiotic&#8221; for Biden to care about Officer Jonathan Diller being murdered and to modify his fundraiser plans because cops are shot all the time: &#8220;They&#8217;re raising money, they got guest lists\u2026&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kkYAmuZFDG\">pic.twitter.com\/kkYAmuZFDG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickFondacaro\/status\/1775174956160094712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cuomo began by pointing out the stark comparisons that many had made \u2014 namely that while Biden was hobnobbing with former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and shilling for high-dollar donations, former President Donald Trump was speaking at Diller\u2019s funeral just minutes away \u2014 and he argued that Biden could have undercut the bad optics by simply making an appearance, however brief.<\/p>\n<p>Carville just laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJames, when you\u2019re done laughing,\u201d Cuomo prompted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I think \u2014 I think it\u2019s idiotic,\u201d Carville replied. \u201cI\u2019ll tell you why: they have a fundraising schedule, they have Radio City Music Hall, they\u2019re out there raising money, they got guest lists, they got everything done. Unfortunately, it happens about 120 times a year, a police officer was shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so you\u2019re really saying he should just unring the entire bell.\u201d Carville then abruptly pivoted to complain about conservatives who had objected to the president\u2019s decision to honor \u201cTransgender Day of Visibility\u201d even though it coincided with Easter Sunday, claiming that people just wanted to always be outraged about something.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, James, that was an easy one. It\u2019s a layup,\u201d Cuomo protested, saying that all Biden really had to do was make an appearance at the fallen officer\u2019s funeral. \u201cYou stop by, you see the family, you give them some private moments, you get back in the car, you go to the fundraiser. That\u2019s not a stretch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI profoundly disagree,\u201d Carville pushed back, repeating his initial assessment that the idea was \u201cidiotic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s how you fix it with minimal effort and you make people feel better,\u201d Rivera weighed in then, saying that all Biden really had to do was acknowledge Diller \u2014 even if all he did was say a few words about him during the fundraiser.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not uncommon for a peace officer to be killed in the line of duty,\u201d Carville continued to push back, arguing that keeping the fundraising schedule on track was the more pressing of the two issues.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic strategist James Carville dismissed the notion that President Biden, attending a fundraiser in New York City, should have attended fallen NYPD officer Jonathan Diller&#8217;s funeral. 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