Biden Mocks Trump on Climate Change: He Thinks 'Windmills Cause Cancer'

By Caleb EcarmaJun 11th, 2019, 9:08 pm

Former Vice President Joe Biden mocked President Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories about climate change during a stump speech at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport, Iowa today.

“President Trump? He denies climate change. What did he tell Piers Morgan in an interview recently? He said well, weather goes both ways,” Biden said to laughter from the crowd. “This reminds me when he tweeted in the winter… ‘It was cold outside, there’s no such thing as climate change.’ As my mother would say, bless me father for I have sinned.”

The leading Democratic presidential candidate went on to jokingly bring up the time Trump suggested the California wildfires could have been avoided if homeowners raked their leaves.

“This could be material a stand-up comic could use if it weren’t so true,” he added. “Look, if this wasn’t so serious it would be just another rich guy living in a gold plated apartment in Manhattan tweeting about scientists who don’t know anything, it wouldn’t matter, but he is the president.”

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Biden Decries Trump for ‘Tearing Down the Guard Rails of Democracy’: He Attacks ‘Fake News’ and ‘Deep State’

By Josh Feldman Jun 11th, 2019, 8:56 pm

Former Vice President Joe Biden went off on President Donald Trump during an Iowa rally tonight and said he is “tearing down the guard rails of democracy.”

Biden contrasted Trump with Barack Obama and said Obama would never do something like tweet that Donny Deutsch is a loser––”most teenagers wouldn’t do that.” The former veep said he’s troubled by the standard Trump is setting before saying, “Everywhere you turn, Trump is tearing down the guard rails of democracy.”

He said phrases like “fake news” and “enemy of the people” are not “words to be laughed at or dismissed,” bringing up how dictators around the world use similar language.

He also brought up Trump’s attacks on the intel community and the “deep state”:

“He absolutely abuses them. They make mistakes, everybody makes mistakes but my lord! Treating them like they’re the enemy of the people––the ‘deep state.’ My lord. The deep state. It’s like out of a science fiction novel.”

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