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Former president Donald Trump disseminated on social media on Friday an image of President Biden with his hands and feet tied and his mouth gagged, the latest example of the Republican candidate’s use of increasingly violent rhetoric and imagery this campaign season.

The image can be seen about halfway through a 20-second video that Trump posted on his Truth Social site. The post says it was recorded Thursday on Long Island, where Trump traveled this week to attend a wake for a recently killed police officer.

In the video, two trucks decorated with giant Trump flags and altered American flags are driving on a highway. On the tailgate door of one of the trucks is the image of Biden lying horizontally, bound and gagged.

Trump has a history of sharing and promoting violent images featuring his perceived enemies.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (16 children)

i went and looked for the image ... to uh.. confirm if true or not

it's "just" trump showing a truck parade and one of the trucks has it as a large sticker/decal

[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 months ago (13 children)

‘Just’

normalising this is part of the problem. It isn’t ‘just’ a video of two trucks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

okay

i edited my comment to better fit what you said please lmk if there's any other problems with it so i can edit those too

thank you for the effort you provide to really fight the good fight i couldn't do this without you thank you for helping me i can't belive i normalized it thank you you helped me thank you

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