Topic: Fine People

President Joe Biden revisited the 2017 Charlottesville protests during a commencement speech at South Carolina State University, repeating the "very fine people" claim regarding Donald Trump. Critics point out that the quote is frequently taken out of context and used as a recurring political trope.

A 1993 video from the Senate floor shows Joe Biden using the phrase "many fine people" to describe an organization that continued to display the Confederate flag. This discovery is being used to highlight perceived hypocrisy in the media's treatment of Donald Trump's "very fine people" comment regarding Charlottesville. The transcript of the 1993 speech has been archived at veryfinepeople.info.

CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale accused Donald Trump of an "avalanche of lying" while describing Joe Biden's errors as minor gaffes. Scott Adams expressed frustration that his long-standing deconstruction of the "very fine people" hoax has failed to gain mainstream traction, leading him to reconsider his support for Trump.

Joe Biden delivered a speech in Pittsburgh where he reiterated his claim that President Trump called neo-Nazis in Charlottesville "very fine people." The hosts cite a Rasmussen poll suggesting that 52% of voters believe Trump was actually critical of the radical protesters. Biden framed his campaign as a battle to "restore the soul of the country."

Representative Louie Gohmert questioned Morton Klein to clarify Donald Trump's "fine people" comment regarding Charlottesville. Klein argued that the media distorted the truth by omitting Trump's explicit condemnation of neo-Nazis and white nationalists in the same statement.

The hosts review the actual transcript of Donald Trump's 2017 Charlottesville comments to show he explicitly condemned neo-Nazis and white nationalists. They note that Scott Adams is actively tweeting the transcript to combat the "fine people" media narrative. They discuss the difficulty of breaking "hypnosis" once the media has established a persistent lie.