Much of the attention on Thursday’s presidential debate fell upon President Joe Biden’s faltering performance, which has called into question whether he can even remain the Democratic candidate. In the aftermath, some have focused on former President Donald Trump’s nonstop lies.

Left largely overlooked, however, has been the open xenophobia Trump deployed against Palestinians and immigrants, and the silence with which it was met.

The most striking illustration might be Trump’s response to a prompt from CNN moderator Dana Bash, regarding Israel’s war on Gaza and the “humanitarian crisis” that Israel has created while killing thousands of Palestinians.

As Biden insisted that Hamas was the only entity standing in the way of a ceasefire, Trump actually pushed back on the idea. “You got to ask him,” Trump began, referring to Biden, “as far as Israel and Hamas, Israel is the one that wants to go. He said the only one who wants to keep going is Hamas.” He continued: “Actually, Israel is the one, and you should let them go and let them finish the job. He doesn’t want to do it. He has become like a Palestinian. But, they don’t like him because he is a very bad Palestinian. He is a weak one.”

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    The people I care about being… me

    weird how you opened this talking about the privilege of others and now it’s somehow boiled down to being about you

    and the rest of the vulnerable demographics in the US

    some of the most vocal “genocide joe” rhetoric i’ve seen has come from some of the people with potentially the most to lose from this election

     

    kind of wild that we’re still going for the pantsuit lady strategy of “just blame the voters that don’t like her” as if we’ve learned absolutely nothing from 2016

    i guess if we just intentionally misrepresent criticism of biden then said critics will be forced to vote for him

    let me know how that works out, i guess

     

    in either case, the ground is rapidly shrinking under biden’s feet. tolerate him or not, surely at this point you have to confront the very realistic possibility that he’s not going to win?

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      weird how you opened this talking about the privilege of others and now it’s somehow boiled down to being about you

      What an absolutely bizarre take.

      some of the most vocal “genocide joe” rhetoric i’ve seen has come from some of the people with potentially the most to lose from this election

      Didn’t I already mention that voting for fascism is actually bad? That engaging in self-destructive behavior for oneself and one’s fellow vulnerable demographics is… bad even if you’re one of those demographics?

      I don’t know why “Voting for fascism is bad” is such a hard concept for you to grasp.

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        Don’t forget though… ground rapidly shrinking…. Something something don’t care if genocide continues as long as Biden isn’t elected!

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          The way the same phrases are constantly woven into the posts sure make it seem like either a clear Trollfarm account that got the instructions to drop those phrases or like an ai bot that got caught in a loop