The Trump campaign took a speech in which Joe Biden quoted Pope Francis on Tuesday and deceptively edited the footage to make it seem as if the Democratic nominee was mentally unfit to be president. Biden had given the speech at a rally in Warm Springs, Georgia. In what may have been a veiled jab at the president, Biden went on to argue that these “charlatans” increased division in the United States to benefit themselves, and then quoted Pope Francis. “In a recent encyclical, Pope Francis warns us against this phony populism, that appeals to ‘the basest and most selfish instincts.’ He goes on to say, ‘Politics is something more noble than posturing, marketing, and media spin. What is my real aim?’ Pope Francis asked questions that anyone who seeks to lead this great nation should be able to answer.

Source: Huffington Post October 28, 2020 18:33 UTC