CBS, NBC and Fox News all refused to air Biden’s prime-time speech attacking MAGA Republicans and Donald Trump because it was too ‘political’ and close to midterms.
People involved in negotiations over Biden’s Thursday address in Philadelphia told the Washington Post the networks deemed the remarks ‘political’ in nature and opted not to televise it.
Instead, CBS aired a rerun of Young Sheldon, NBC broadcasted a rerun of Law and Order, and Fox, the most-watched of the cable news channels, aired its latest episode of Tucker Carlson Tonight.
In his divisive speech, Biden In his divisive speech, Biden called out Trump by name, slamming the former president for his false claim the 2020 election was stolen and berating those who support the former president.
‘Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represented extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic,’ Biden said to great applause from his supporters.
Following criticism over his speech and its optics, Biden backtracked on his remarks the following day, claiming: ”I don’t consider any Trump supporter a threat to the country.’
Biden declared Donald Trump is a ‘threat to the country’ in a speech that contained his harshest rhetoric to date about his predecessor in the Oval Office and the MAGA movement