Speaking in Scranton, Pennsylvania in what was meant to be a rally in support of Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden ended up going on a bizarre and much-derided rant in which he ended up saying, all while making a weird face, that Trump is someone “you want to smack in the a**.”

As background, Biden has close ties with the state of Pennsylvania, and so was speaking in it as Kamala’s prospects for a Keystone State victory dim significantly, with it appearing to be, alongside Wisconsin, one of the Rust Belt states Trump has the best change of winning in this election.

However, as with his recent “garbage” remark, President Biden probably did more harm than good by speaking, something shown not only by his meme-worthy face but also by his bizarre and irresponsible rhetoric, as he indicated during his speech that people in his old Scranton neighborhood would have resorted to violence against Trump and people like him. As there have already been two assassination attempts against Trump, many see such rhetoric as irresponsible.

During the Scranton speech, Biden, oddly, introduced his hint of violence by commenting on Trump’s desire for tax policy reform. Doing so, the president said, “There’s one more thing Trump and his Republican friends want to do. They want another giant tax cut for the wealthy,”

Continuing, he spoke about what he characterized as the temptation to see former President Trump as a “macho guy,” deriding the notion that that is what the former president really is. He said, “Now, I know some of you guys are tempted to think it’s macho guy.”

Then, gritting his teeth and indicating that violence would be called for, he said, “I tell you what, man, when I was in Scranton, I used to, we used to have a little trouble going down The Plot once in a while. From Green Ridge. But I’m serious, these are the kind of guys you’d like to smack in the ass!”

Watch Biden here:

Commenting on a clip of the video posted by the RNC Research X account, an account associated with the Republican National Committee, people questioned what Biden is up to with his recent remarks. In fact, many even wondered if he was intentionally torpedoing Kamala’s campaign.

One of those who posted about that issue said, “He’s sabotaging this campaign purposely I think at this point lol.” Similarly, another said, “Joe Biden is absolutely making sure she loses.” And on the same note, still another said, “This has to be intentional at this point right? He hates Kamala.”
Another commenter on the same post joked, “Obviously Joe escaped out of the WH and found a camera. Not sure what his point is but then, Joe’s probably not sure either.” On a different note, another commenter said, “Why is the sitting President advocating for violence? Now imagine if Trump had said that.”

Featured image credit: screengrab from the embedded video