Joe Biden Is a ‘Dictator’ and ‘Worse Than Trump’: Progressive Activist

A progressive activist is warning voters against reelecting President Joe Biden, whom she describes as a “dictator” and being “worse than Trump.”

“Biden is already a dictator, folks. Fascism is already here under Biden,” Bree Newsome said in a Wednesday post on X (formerly Twitter). “Please pay attention to how popular will is being completely ignored because Biden doesn’t give af what the public thinks if he can maintain his grip on power.”

Newsome, who made national headlines for removing the Confederate flag from the South Carolina Statehouse grounds in 2015, has staunchly opposed a second Biden term since the Israel-Hamas war began on October 7. She’s repeatedly criticized the president’s pro-Israel response, accusing him of funding a Palestinian genocide and vowing to not vote for him in 2024.

Her stance on Biden reflects the growing outrage that some progressives and young voters have felt over the president’s handling of the war. Prominent left-leaning voices have echoed her remarks and pushed back on the popular Democratic narrative that Biden is the solution to the Donald Trump threat.

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Newsome said on X that Biden and Trump were equally “dangerous” but then took a further shot at the president, whom she accused of having “already caused more international & murdered more people than Trump.”

Other X users went even further in their criticisms, blasting Biden as being “more dangerous” than his predecessor and alleging that his administration has “embraced Trumpian tactics, policies & personnel while giving people permission to check out because it’s presumed the ‘serious adults are back in the room.'”

Biden’s progressive critics have called out what they see as the “hypocrisy” of his administration and the Democratic Party, arguing that liberals are willing to support Biden even when he adopts attitudes and behaviors that he criticizes Trump for.

“If Trump was circumventing Congress to send bombs being used to blow up babies at Christmas & we were all seeing the videos & aftermath & Bethlehem literally cancelled Christmas, Dems would be apoplectic,” @CravenCarpenter said in response to Newsome’s tweets. “The hypocrisy is so thick you could cut it with a knife.”

In other posts, Newsome wrote, “If it’s Trump’s genocide, maybe Democrats will finally be willing to admit genocide is bad” and “‘Don’t be a one issue voter’ Says the crowd that can’t engage in any political nuance beyond ‘Trump bad.'”

But not everyone has agreed with Newsome’s arguments. Many flooded the comments to criticize Newsome over her use of the word fascism.

“This is what happens when you think ‘fascism’ means anything you don’t like,” writer Tom Nichols said.

Cornell professor Spencer Beswick wrote, “There are plenty of things to critique Biden for, but calling him a fascist is incredibly misguided, totally ignores the specificity of what fascism is, drastically underestimates the actual threat fascism poses, and leaves us unprepared to confront it.”

@ArmandDoma wrote, “The only people naive enough to believe Biden is a dictator are Americans, who have been spoiled by the fact that they have never lived under one.”

Last week, Newsome argued that Biden has been able to maintain his grip on the party only because of fears that Trump could win back the White House. Once again, she said, this sets Biden up for a unique election where voters cast their ballots in opposition to a candidate rather than in support of one.

“The fear of a Trump re-emergence is the main thing keeping Biden in power & he knows it, which again reveals something about Biden’s own character,” she wrote. “In another time, under more functional govt, Biden wld be gone w/o question & ppl wld tell the truth about his disastrous actions.”

In the same way she felt it was “imperative” to remove Trump from office in 2020, she now feels the need to vote Biden out of the White House, Newsome said. Both presidential candidates would be “a danger to the world” and a 2024 rematch would ultimately be “a contest between two men who shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near the Oval Office again.”

“Never thought anyone could be worse than Trump but if anyone could pull it off, Biden is the one,” Newsome said.

Others said that even though both candidates are undesirable, they’d be willing to let Trump win by choosing not to vote.

“If Trump is the bullet I have to eat to stop Bidens murderous slaughter of children then I will grit my teeth and take it by not voting for either,” @model_daughters tweeted. “And if Trump makes it his genocide then guess what – we’re in exactly the same boat but a year late in doing anything about it.”