{"id":573262,"date":"2021-06-24T16:51:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T20:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=573262"},"modified":"2021-06-24T16:51:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T20:51:41","slug":"media-ignore-bidens-threat-to-nuke-americans-lets-compare-that-to-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-ignore-bidens-threat-to-nuke-americans-lets-compare-that-to-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Ignore Biden\u2019s Threat to Nuke Americans. Let\u2019s Compare That to Donald Trump"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fmedia-ignore-bidens-threat-to-nuke-americans-lets-compare-that-to-donald-trump%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=573262&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1325296859.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Although the media magnified every stray statement and gruff tweet by President Donald Trump into a threat of violence, they ignored President Joe Biden\u2019s veiled threat to rain nuclear missiles on American citizens during his <a href=\"https:\/\/whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/06\/23\/remarks-by-president-biden-and-attorney-general-garland-on-gun-crime-prevention-strategy\">remarks<\/a> on gun control Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose that say \u2026 all this stuff about how we\u2019re going to have to move against the government \u2014 Well, the tree of liberty is not watered with the blood of patriots,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-to-americans-who-own-guns-to-defend-against-tyranny-you-need-jets-nuclear-weapons-to-take-us-on\">said<\/a>, referring to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monticello.org\/site\/research-and-collections\/tree-liberty-quotation\">familiar quotation<\/a> from Thomas Jefferson. \u201cWhat\u2019s happened is that there never been \u2014 if you want, if you think you need to have weapons to take on the government, you need F-15s and maybe some nuclear weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been edifying to learn over the course of the last 24 hours that in the view of this administration, the military exists primarily to serve two functions: social engineering via CRT education, and nuking Americans who have guns,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1408043379913637899\">tweeted<\/a>\u00a0Ben Shapiro.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.438848920863\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It has been edifying to learn over the course of the last 24 hours that in the view of this administration, the military exists primarily to serve two functions: social engineering via CRT education, and nuking Americans who have guns.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1408043379913637899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t you feel the unity?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thetomknighton\/status\/1407821786201399296\">quipped<\/a> Second Amendment advocate Tom Knighton.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.3422818791946\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Honestly, I&#8217;m just feeling all the unification here.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t you feel the unity? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nN5Gyi3rYg\">https:\/\/t.co\/nN5Gyi3rYg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Knighton (@TheTomKnighton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTomKnighton\/status\/1407821786201399296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While the remarks were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hands-up-dont-nuke-biden-ripped-over-gun-remarks-that-counter-democrat-narrative-of-jan-6-riot\">roundly jeered<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-ripped-for-threatening-to-nuke-law-abiding-american-citizens-hes-literally-recording-nra-ads\">conservative media figures<\/a>, the legacy media have had virtually nothing to say about them.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/biden-guns\/2021\/06\/22\/6bda0c0a-d38d-11eb-9f29-e9e6c9e843c6_story.html\">prefaced<\/a> the quotation by saying that Biden merely \u201csought to rebut some gun proponents\u2019 arguments that they need high-powered weapons as a check on the federal government.\u201d Others <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/video\/president-biden-announces-plan-fight-gun-violence-78452254\">quoted<\/a> his remarks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtok.com\/2021\/06\/23\/biden-2nd-amendment-has-always-limited-what-type-gun-you-could-own\/\">without comment<\/a>. But most \u2014 including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=F-15s+OR+%22nuclear+weapons%22+Biden+site%3Aapnews.com&#038;client=safari&#038;rls=en&#038;biw=1440&#038;bih=727&#038;tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A6%2F22%2F2021%2Ccd_max%3A6%2F24%2F2021&#038;ei=rMLUYIDdB8SxtQagxbX4Bg&#038;oq=F-15s+OR+%22nuclear+weapons%22+Biden+site%3Aapnews.com&#038;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EANKBAhBGAFQtYgCWJaJAmCgigJoAXAAeACAAVaIAe8BkgEBM5gBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXrAAQE&#038;sclient=gws-wiz&#038;ved=0ahUKEwiA49u757DxAhXEWM0KHaBiDW8Q4dUDCA0&#038;uact=5\">Associated Press<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=F-15s+OR+%22nuclear+weapons%22+Biden+site%3Areuters.com&#038;client=safari&#038;rls=en&#038;biw=1440&#038;bih=727&#038;tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A6%2F22%2F2021%2Ccd_max%3A6%2F24%2F2021&#038;ei=6sLUYPTaHoy2tAb3iKGwAw&#038;oq=F-15s+OR+%22nuclear+weapons%22+Biden+site%3Areuters.com&#038;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EANKBAhBGAFQ2WJYpGhgqWpoAXAAeACAAVqIAbkEkgEBN5gBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXrAAQE&#038;sclient=gws-wiz&#038;ved=0ahUKEwj097rZ57DxAhUMG80KHXdECDYQ4dUDCA0&#038;uact=5\">Reuters<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=F-15s+OR+%22nuclear+weapons%22+Biden+site%3Aapnews.com&#038;client=safari&#038;rls=en&#038;biw=1440&#038;bih=727&#038;tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A6%2F22%2F2021%2Ccd_max%3A6%2F24%2F2021&#038;ei=rMLUYIDdB8SxtQagxbX4Bg&#038;oq=F-15s+OR+%22nuclear+weapons%22+Biden+site%3Aapnews.com&#038;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EANKBAhBGAFQtYgCWJaJAmCgigJoAXAAeACAAVaIAe8BkgEBM5gBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXrAAQE&#038;sclient=gws-wiz&#038;ved=0ahUKEwiA49u757DxAhXEWM0KHaBiDW8Q4dUDCA0&#038;uact=5\">NBC News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=F-15s+OR+%22nuclear+weapons%22+Biden+site%3Acbsnews.com&#038;client=safari&#038;rls=en&#038;biw=1440&#038;bih=727&#038;tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A6%2F22%2F2021%2Ccd_max%3A6%2F24%2F2021&#038;ei=o8LUYL_jN8extQbygbnQDg&#038;oq=F-15s+OR+%22nuclear+weapons%22+Biden+site%3Acbsnews.com&#038;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EANKBAhBGAFQ7iRY5jtg5TxoAXAAeAGAAf4BiAG6EJIBBjE4LjMuMZgBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXrAAQE&#038;sclient=gws-wiz&#038;ved=0ahUKEwj_wOa357DxAhXHWM0KHfJADuoQ4dUDCA0&#038;uact=5\">CBS News<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=F-15s+OR+%22nuclear+weapons%22+Biden+site%3Anytimes.com&#038;client=safari&#038;rls=en&#038;biw=1440&#038;bih=727&#038;tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A6%2F22%2F2021%2Ccd_max%3A6%2F24%2F2021&#038;ei=D8PUYNTLFdT0tAa94JjYBA&#038;oq=F-15s+OR+%22nuclear+weapons%22+Biden+site%3Anytimes.com&#038;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EANKBAhBGAFQ72pYuHBgsnFoAXAAeACAAY4BiAHFBpIBAzMuNZgBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXrAAQE&#038;sclient=gws-wiz&#038;ved=0ahUKEwiUj4Tr57DxAhVUOs0KHT0wBks4ChDh1QMIDQ&#038;uact=5\">New York Times<\/a> \u2014 ignored the 78-year-old\u2019s threat to set off a domestic nuclear conflagration altogether.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time President Biden has made such comments. Last February 9, then-candidate Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/no-way-an-ak-47-is-going-to-take-care-of-you-biden-dismisses-founding-father-quote-on-militias\">told<\/a> a campaign rally in New Hampshire, \u201cThose who say \u2018the tree of liberty is watered with the blood of patriots\u2019 \u2014 a great line. Well, guess what? The fact is, if you\u2019re going to take on the government you need an F-15 with Hellfire Missiles. There is no way an AK-47 is going to take care of you.\u201d He <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1226627073055318017\">continued<\/a>, \u201cYou can\u2019t own an assault weapon. There\u2019s no need for it. You can\u2019t have a magazine with more than 10 rounds in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other Democrats have made a similar argument. A Twitter user said that the Second Amendment exists to protect the rights of the American people against the government during a Twitter exchange with Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA). Swalwell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/repswalwell\/status\/1063527635114852352\">replied<\/a> that, if Americans ever attacked the government, \u201cit would be a short war my friend. The government has nukes. Too many of them. But they\u2019re legit.\u201d He, too, concluded with a call for his opponents to unite behind him: \u201cI\u2019m sure if we talked we could find common ground to protect our families and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.390438247012\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And it would be a short war my friend. The government has nukes. Too many of them. But they\u2019re legit. I\u2019m sure if we talked we could find common ground to protect our families and communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSwalwell\/status\/1063527635114852352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMaking threats is the lowest form of communication,\u201d Swalwell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ericswalwell\/status\/1120532537846136832\">tweeted<\/a> a year later.<\/p>\n<p>Although the legacy news media ignored Democrats\u2019 repeated promises to turn Republicans radioactive, they heavily covered a Twitter message from President Trump praising police for pacifying violent riots with \u201coverwhelming force.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last June 2, President Trump tweeted: \u201cD.C. had no problems last night. Many arrests. Great job done by all. Overwhelming force. Domination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-praises-overwhelming-force-domination-dc-morning-peaceful\/story?id=71018509\">said<\/a> that President Trump salivated at the brute use of force against \u201c[d]emonstrators who had been peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights in protesting the death of George Floyd.\u201d CNN\u2019s Chris Cillizza <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/06\/02\/politics\/donald-trump-protests-dc-church-photo\/index.html\">wrote<\/a> that \u201cDonald Trump\u2019s twisted definition of toughness\u201d proved the president was not an \u201cemotionally mature person.\u201d Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-minneapolis-police-protests-bush-idUSKBN239389\">contrasted<\/a> Trump\u2019s comments about \u201cprotesters\u201d with former President George W. Bush\u2019s view that protesters should be allowed to tell Americans how to make this country \u201ca better place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The legacy media so exaggerated the reality that foreign media used it as a propaganda tactic against the United States. The Turkish media outlet TRT World <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/americas\/trump-threatens-military-force-against-protesters-nationwide-36856\">claimed<\/a>, \u201cTrump threatens military force against protesters nationwide.\u201d China\u2019s Xinhua News Agency <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/northamerica\/2020-06\/06\/c_139118757.htm\">reported<\/a>, \u201cU.S. protests against police brutality met with excessive police force.\u201d And Russia\u2019s Sputnik News <a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/radio-political-misfits\/202006031079502973-trump-gasses-dc-protesters-for-photo-op-threatens-martial-law\/\">asked<\/a>, \u201cWill Americans unite against this repression?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Only this month did a report from the inspector general of the Department of the Interior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/inspector-general-debunks-claims-made-by-biden-harris-left-wing-media-against-trump\">clear Donald Trump<\/a> of stampeding peaceful protesters out of Lafayette Park so that he could stage a photo op in front of a church holding a Bible. A federal judge later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-wins-federal-judge-tosses-most-of-blms-claims-against-president-bill-barr-us-officials-over-lafayette-park-incident\">dismissed numerous legal claims<\/a> based on this allegation.<\/p>\n<p>Even that received more media coverage than Biden\u2019s menacing WMD comments which \u2014 in a country that, in the words of liberal George Packer,\u00a0is in the process of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/books\/story\/2021-06-15\/after-covid-19-and-jan-6-george-packer-on-the-last-best-hope-for-an-unwound-country\">unwinding<\/a>\u201d \u2014 seem altogether too newsworthy.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the media magnified every stray statement and gruff tweet by President Donald Trump into a threat of violence, they ignored President Joe Biden\u2019s veiled threat to rain nuclear missiles &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281271,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1325296859.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Media Ignore Biden\u2019s Threat to Nuke Americans. 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