Troll-master Trump: Shares manipulated video of Biden dancing to 'F--- tha Police'

Adam Shaw
Fox News
Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:31 UTC

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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks at a Hispanic Heritage Month event at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida, September 15, 2020.

Biden actually played the 2017 hit Despacito

President Trump on Wednesday trolled Democratic rival Joe Biden by sharing a manipulated video of the former vice president dancing to N.W.A.'s "F--- Tha Police."

"What is this all about?" Trump asked as he retweeted a video that showed Biden appearing to play the explicit '90s anti-cop song on his phone and bop along to it.

Trump later retweeted the video again, this time commenting: "China is drooling. They can't believe this!"

WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE

The core of the video was actually from a campaign event in Kissimmee, Fla., where Biden did pull out his phone -- but instead, he played the much less explicit (and much more recent) Despacito by Luis Fonsi.

Comment: Not really less explicit. Check out Despacito's lyrics below.

"I just have one thing to say," Biden began as he looked down at his phone and found the song. "Hang on. Here."

The event was to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month and featured supporters including Fonsi, who had introduced Biden, along with Eva Longoria and Ricky Martin.

"I'll tell you what -- if I had the talent of any one of these people, I'd be elected president by acclamation," Biden joked after playing the 2017 hit.

The meme Trump shared was slapped with a "manipulated media" warning by Twitter, so that viewers did not believe that the Democratic nominee was, in fact, dancing to F--- tha Police.

The sharing of the video is part of a continued theme by Trump and his allies, in which they claim that Biden has been supportive of anti-police elements on the left and that he would defund the police -- something Biden has firmly denied.

Comment: Biden's campaign choice of Despacito to pander to the Lantino vote was a triple play of bad optics, from the title translation ("Slowly"), to the lyrics and his proclivity for pawing children. What were they thinking?

The consensus? This is gaffe-machine Biden's 'hot sauce' moment of failed attempts at relevancy:

The original video - which many already found cringe-inducing - shows Biden pandering to a Hispanic audience by playing the popular reggaeton song Despacito by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee on his phone after being introduced by Fonsi.

Other commenters labeled the incident as Biden's "hot sauce moment," referring to when failed 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said that she carried a bottle of the stuff everywhere she went, which critics slammed as a flagrant attempt to pander to African American voters.

Even some self-avowed Biden supporters stated the former VP's Despacito tribute made them "cringe," while others took up more sincere criticisms over the candidate's policy platform.