As closing arguments began in Donald Trump’s first criminal trial, the Biden campaign organized an urgent press conference outside the Manhattan courthouse. They chose Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro (wearing an N95 mask) to address millions of people concerned about the cost of living and the economy.
As one of the world’s wealthiest movie stars, De Niro has an estimated net worth of roughly $500 million.
The 80-year-old “Goodfellas” star didn’t take kindly to criticism from some of Trump’s biggest fans, resorting to cursing in full view of the press.
Fox News political contributor Karl Rove called the incident a “big mistake” that should worry Biden supporters.
Mediaite continues:
“Stupid mistake by the Biden campaign! They wanted to get, while all the cameras were there, they wanted to get their moment in the sun. And it was a big mistake,” began Rove.
He continued:
It politicized the trial — better to have waited. And then what was said, with all due respect to Mr. De Niro, who’s a wonderful, wonderful actor, I mean, really the people up for grabs in this election, are they going to be, “Donald Trump wants to destroy New York, destroy America, and destroy the world. And if you reelect him, he’s never going to leave office. He’s going to make himself a tyrant for life.” Are those the kind of credible statements that are going to cause people who don’t like Biden and don’t like Trump, but are trying to figure out who to vote for. are they going to cause people to say, “Well, geez, you now told me you wanted to destroy our country? Of course he did.” The people who believe that are already in the Biden camp. That’s not who they should be trying to reach out to. He came close in a moment of talking about January 6 and talking about the two officers, but that might have had an impact. But this was so over the top as to simply be useless. And what a stupid mistake on the part of the Biden campaign. More reason why Democratic leaders are probably going to be concerned that he’s the nominee, likely nominee of their party.
The De Niro press conference was held shortly after closing arguments began in Trump’s NYC trial and comes on the heels of a new Politico report suggesting that Democrats are in a “full-blown freakout” over the state of Biden’s campaign.
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Patrick Houck is an avid political enthusiast based out of the Washington, D.C., metro area. His expertise is in campaigns and the use of targeted messaging to persuade voters. When not combing through the latest news, you can find him enjoying the company of family and friends or pursuing his love of photography.
