The Twitter hashtag #BidenWorstPresidentEver started trending on Tuesday with tens of thousands of tweets using it, seemingly in response to an interview in which President Joe Biden compared George Floyd to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Despicable that this inept fake president would say career felonious criminal George Floyd is more important than an American pioneer Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. #BidenWorstPresidentEver https://t.co/kJbbW4N6og
— ? Unvaccinated John ? (@DJTrumpMatters) January 18, 2022
Biden even went as far to say in the interview Monday that George Floyd’s death was more consequential than the civil rights icon.
“Even Dr. King’s assassination did not have the worldwide impact that George Floyd’s death did,” Biden said.
Some have noted that in a practical sense, Biden is correct. While King’s death elicited nationwide race riots, there was not the same systemic response as followed Floyd’s, with much of it appearing to have been coordinated, if not pre-planned.
Businesses, schools and other institutions immediately implemented trainings in Critical Race Theory, while rioters were allowed in blue cities to loot and vandalize with impunity, even giving rise to a short-lived “defund the police” movement.
Cancel-culture consumed the entertainment and media industries, with any sort of pushback or criticism forming the justification for blacklisting.
Far from healing the wounds, Biden’s installment as president has done little but to exacerbate them on multiple levels as he seeks shamelessly to advance a radical and controversial agenda with no sort of voter mandate.
Despite the accuracy of his comment, Biden’s false equivalency of the revered civil-rights icon King and the recently-martyred crack-dealer Floyd offended many.
You sir are an absolute disgrace and embarrassment to this country. How dare you even attempt to compare the work of Dr King to George Floyd!! #LetsGoBrandon #BidenWorstPresidentEver https://t.co/9q4UVX5N8d
— Lori Dunn (@LoriDun33229005) January 18, 2022
The tag trended for several hours and eventually transformed from criticism of Biden’s comments on MLK to broad disparagement of his administration, political career, intellectual level and personal character.
Shopping in Joe Biden’s America look at this fully stocked shelves of invisible merchandise #BidenWorstPresidentEver pic.twitter.com/QVMiVpPRoC
— ? Hawaii girl ? (@Grama641) January 18, 2022
How mad are you all going to get when I point out:
A pound of hamburger – $6.19
Half gallon of milk – $3.59
9oz of deli turkey – $5.49
Hamburger buns – $3.69
ONE TOMATO – $1.99
Half/gallon OJ – $4.59
Dozen eggs – $3.39Highest inflation in 40 years. #BidenWorstPresidentEver https://t.co/J31YlN0LwV
— The?FOO (@PolitiBunny) January 18, 2022
So insightful. Words of wisdom from the bottom 10% law school grad. pic.twitter.com/Mxzi2GSuX5
— Biden is a Corrupt Loser (@ShaynaCEC323) January 18, 2022
I had abysmally low expectations and, I honestly admit, this administration has sunk even lower than my wildest, lowest expectations.#BidenWorstPresidentEver
— Smug Potato (@PotatoSmug) January 18, 2022
Dude sucks#BidenWorstPresidentEver
— Frittte (@Frittte1) January 18, 2022
The Biden administration is coming off of a particularly rough week and a historically bad first year, with his approval rating currently sitting around in the low 30s, according to Gallup.
Polling also revealed that support for Democrats dropped precipitously last year while support for Republicans increased by the same amount—7% each way. Americans now say they prefer the GOP 47% to Democrats’ 42%.
Headline USA’s Ben Sellers contributed to this report.
