Former US President Donald Trump faced criticism after sharing a video on his social media platform, Truth Social, depicting the current president and his opponent in the upcoming election, Joe Biden, Tied up in the back of a pickup truck. Trump claimed that the video was captured on Friday (Mar 28), following his attendance at the funeral of New York Police Department (NYPD) officer Jonathan Diller, who tragically lost his life in a traffic stop shooting.
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00:00 Former US President Donald Trump faced criticism after sharing a video on his social media
00:08 platform Truth Social depicting the current president and his opponent in the upcoming
00:12 election Joe Biden tied up in the back of a pickup truck.
00:16 Trump claims that the video was captured on Friday, March 28, following his attendance
00:20 at the funeral of New York Police Department officer Jonathan Diller, who tragically lost
00:25 his life in a traffic stop shooting.
00:27 The 20-second clip shows pro-Trump and pro-police blue line flags along with an image on the
00:33 truck's rear which shows Biden lying on his side with his hands and feet tied together.
00:40 When asked to comment on the video, the US Secret Service said that it does not confirm
00:44 or comment on matters of protective intelligence.
00:46 "This image from Donald Trump is a tie of crap you post when you're calling for a bloodbath
00:51 or when you tell the proud boys to stand back and stand by," said Michael Tyler, the Biden
00:57 campaign's communications director.
00:59 He added, "Trump is regularly inciting political violence and it is time people take him seriously.
01:04 Just ask the Capitol Police officers who were attacked protecting our democracy on January
01:08 6."
01:09 Tyler's statement alluded to the former president's history of using violent and provocative language.
01:14 Recently, Trump issued a warning during a rally in Ohio, suggesting there would be dire
01:18 consequences for the American auto industry and the nation if he were not re-elected in
01:23 the upcoming elections.
01:24 Additionally, the communications director for the Biden campaign pointed to the January
01:28 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by Trump's supporters.
01:31 The attack aimed to halt the certification of the incumbent president's 2020 election
01:36 victory.
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