Biden Claims Republicans Say Political Violence Is ‘Necessary’
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CLAIM: President Joe Biden claimed that Republicans argue that political violence is “necessary” and “appropriate.”
VERDICT: FALSE. There is no example of any Republican saying that, though some have warned that it may occur.
President Joe Biden told an audience in a speech on gun control and crime in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday:
A safer America requires all of us to uphold the rule of law. Not the rule of any one party, or any one person. Let’s be clear: you hear some of my friends on the other team talking about political violence and how it’s necessary. Think about this, now: Did any of you think — you’re as old as I am, you’d ever be in an election [where] we’d talk about it’s appropriate to use force, political violence in America? It’s never appropriate. Never. Period.
Biden went on to claim, without evidence, that Republicans are defending those who rioted in the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
It is not clear who Biden is referring to.
