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JOE Biden stopped himself from saying Donald Trump gave "racist f**ks" credibility before stopping himself at the last minute. 

The nominee for this year's almost uttered the expletive during a round table discussion in Philadelphia on Thursday.

Biden accused Trump of giving racists credibility on ThursdayCredit: AP:Associated Press
Trump clapped back on Twitter, saying Biden intended to defund the policeCredit: AFP or licensors

"When a president speaks, no matter how good or bad he is, people listen," Biden said during .

"And when he speaks and gives credibility to these racist f – I better watch my language – folks out there, they come out from under the rocks."

During his appearance in , Biden detailed his thoughts on, accusing him of giving prejudiced people a platform in the wake of the protests – after nearly dropping an F-bomb.

"From the moment he came down that escalator in his golden building, when he started off saying 'I'm going to see to it that we get rid of all those Mexican rapists," Biden began. "That's the first thing he talked about.

"Secondly, what did he do? He decided that he was going to based on race."

Biden cited Charlotteville as an exampleCredit: AFP or licensors
The news comes after Trump decided to reschedule his Tulsa rallyCredit: AFP or licensors

"When you saw those people at Charlottesville, coming out of the fields carrying those torches, their veins are bulging and screeching that anti-semitic hate and bile," he said of the 2017 in .

"[They used] he same phrases used in Germany in the early thirties in Nazi Germany – accompanied by .

"The Grand Wizard said 'this is why we elected him.' And then a young woman gets killed and he gets asked to comment and he says there were 'very fine people on both sides.'"

"No president in the history of the has ever said anything remotely like that," Biden raged, pointing his finger.

"So what I learned coming out of the movement much, much earlier as a kid is you think you can defeat hate, you can only make it hide."

Biden's comments came two weeks after his controversial , which caused widespread outrage.

Biden said he shouldn't have been so cavalierCredit: CNN
He said Charlamagne Tha God was also being a 'wise guy' during their chatCredit: Alamy Live News

He was discussing undecided black voters who don't know whether to support him or Trump this November when he made the remark.

He later conceded the statement he made on "The Breakfast Show" with Charlamagne Tha God was a "mistake."

But then  claimed  was also being "a wise guy" because he was "smiling when he was asking the question."

Trump slammed Biden in on Thursday, saying the Delaware Democrat was had "created his own sanctuary city in the basement of where he is."

Trump defended the decision to hold a rally in Tulsa on such a significant dateCredit: Reuters
The race riots left 300 dead in 1921Credit: Getty Images - Getty

On Saturday morning, the President reiterated his belief that Biden-led democrats wanted to "totally destroy our great Police Departments" amid widespread civil unrest and calls for to be removed.

The news comes after Trump decided to reschedule his Juneteenth rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the .

Officials slammed the June 19 event amid  protests because it marked the date American slaves were freed by Abraham Lincoln in 1865.

On Friday night, Trump took to Twitter to announce that he was changing the date.

"Many of my African American friends and supporters have reached out to suggest that we consider changing the date out of respect for this Holiday, and in observance of this important occasion and all that it represents," he tweeted just before 11.30 pm.

"I have therefore decided to move our rally to Saturday, June 20th, in order to honor their requests.

"We have already had ticket requests in excess of 200,000 people. I look forward to seeing everyone in Oklahoma!"

Trump said Biden wanted to 'destroy' the US police forceCredit: 2020, Bastiaan Slabbers
Trump previously said the Delaware Democrat intended to defund the forceCredit: Represented by ZUMA Press, Inc.
Donald Trump defends holding huge comeback rally on Juneteenth in Tulsa – the site of a race massacre


 

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