For President Joe Biden, Republican book bans have become a defining political fight. The more Biden and his team condemn book banning as a national scourge, the more some conservatives help prove him right.
President Joe Biden delivered some funny lines at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night, but toward the end of his remarks, the Democrat sounded a serious note, warning that poison is running through our democracy and parts of the extreme press.
He said, “The truth buried by lies, and lies living on as truth. Lies told for profit and power… designed to generate a cycle of anger, hate, and even violence. A cycle that emboldens history to be buried, and books to be banned.”
As the president moves forward with his newly announced re-election campaign, the Democrat and his campaign operation have seen some overwhelming public opposition to book banning.
Last week, the president delivered remarks at the 2023 National and State Teachers of the Year Celebration, telling attendees to stand with teachers and parents against politicians who try to score political points by banning books.
Before that, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the National Action Network National Convention and aimed extremists who ban books to attempt to erase America’s full history.
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, no doubt aware of the fact that book bans are unpopular, has tried to condemn the concerns as a “hoax,” but the evidence to the contrary is overwhelming.
The more outrages like these continue, the easier it will be for Biden and his allies. #queer_up_politics