Miksi presidentti Biden kutsui Trumpin kannattajia 'roskaksi' ja miten Kamala Harris reagoi? Pysy kuulolla!
Viimeisin poliittinen kuhina Yhdysvalloissa sai alkunsa, kun presidentti Joe Biden lausui tahattomasti kiistanalaisen kommentin, jossa hän viittasi Donald Trumpin kannattajiin "roskana". Tämä tarkoitti tietenkin, että Biden ei itse asiassa ollut tarkoituksella halventamassa Trumpin tukijoita, vaan hän yritti reagoida koomikko Tony Hinchcliffen esittämään laskelmoituun vitsiin Puerto Ricosta, joka kuvattiin "kelluvaksi roskasaareksi". Bidenin kommentti sytytti kuitenkin tulipaloa sosiaalisessa mediassa ja poliittisessa keskustelussa, ja White House joutui pian korjaamaan kurssia.
Kamala Harris, Bidenin varapresidentti, oli nopea ottamaan etäisyyttä tätä lausuntoa. Hän kehotti demokraatteja pysymään yhtenäisinä ja vetämään linjansa eroon tällaisista mahdollisesti polarisoivista kommenteista. Herättää mielenkiintoa, että Bidenin lausunnot muistuttavat Hillary Clintonin kuuluisaa kommenttia "deplorableista" vuodelta 2016, joka jakoi Trumpin tukijat kahtia ja aiheutti valtavaa keskustelua. Harris tarvitsee koko kansan tuen tuleviin vaaleihinsa, ja hänen täytyy varmistaa, että Bidenin kommentit eivät heikennä hänen omaa kampanjaansa.
Vaikka Biden yritettiin peittää kommentti komedian taustalla, hänen valitsemansa sanat herättivät silti kysymyksiä siitä, uudistaako hän vanhoja kiistoja vaalien alla. Moni on saanut käsityksen, että Bidenin puolue pyrkii luomaan laajempaa yhteyttä kansalaisiin, kun taas hänen sanavalintansa näyttävät sotivan tätä tavoitetta vastaan. Voidaan kysyä, antaako Biden Trumpille etulyöntiaseman tämän rauhattoman viestin ansiosta, kuten monet asiantuntijat ovat toteuttaneet.
Mielenkiintoista on, että Bidenin kommentointivirhe voi itse asiassa avata keskustelun siitä, kuinka poliitikot käyttävät huumoria tai komediaa viestinnässään. Huumori voi poiketa politiikasta, mutta se voi myös olla tehokas tapa käsitellä vakavia aiheita. Onko Biden todella niin huolissaan koomikoiden käytöksestä tai onko tämä vain hänen tapansa erottautua muista? Jokaisella tapauksella on oma painonsa, ja vaalit lähestyvät, niin on tärkeää vakavoitua, mutta ei liian vakavasti.
Luota John Bidenin kykyyn käydä keskustelua, vaikka hänen kommenttinsa ovatkin saaneet osakseen melkoista huomiota. Onko tämä vain yksi tulenliekin leikkijä poliittisessa pelissä, vai voiko se johtaa johonkin suurempaan? Vain aika näyttää, ja se on varmasti huomionarvoista seuraavissa vaaleissa.
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