President Joe Biden weighed in on former President Donald Trump‘s guilty verdict Friday afternoon, saying justice was served and should be respected.
“It’s reckless, it’s dangerous, and it’s irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don’t like the verdict,” Biden said from the White House. “Our justice system has endured for nearly 250 years, and it literally is the cornerstone of America.”
“The justice system should be respected, and we should never allow anyone to tear it down,” Biden continued. “It’s as simple as that.”
Biden’s critics say it’s not so simple, with several pointing to the president’s words and actions regarding a verdict he didn’t appreciate.
“Biden claims that ‘the justice system should be respected,’ but apparently he only means it regarding Trump,” Job Creators Network Foundation President Elaine Parker said. “When the Supreme Court struck down his student loan giveaway scheme, Biden ignored the law and gave away billions in an effort to buy votes from college grads. Respect is the last thing that Biden has shown to the law or to the taxpayers.”
Many pointed to a post on X Biden sent out the day before the Trump verdict was reached in which the president bragged about forgiving student loans even after the Supreme Court ruled it is illegal for him to do so without Congress.
Conservative pundit Carmine Sabia shared Biden’s words and then called out what he sees as hypocrisy.
“[This is] from the man who said he defied the Supreme Court to pass student loan forgiveness and who knocks Supreme Court Justices every chance he gets,” Sabia wrote.
Libs of TikTok founder Chaya Raichik had a similar take.
“Biden: Trump is a threat to Democracy!” she posted. “Also Biden: I completely disregarded the Supreme Court.”
Biden has taken several actions to cancel student loans since the Supreme Court overruled his original plan last summer. The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates the combined total cost to taxpayers for those programs could reach $1.4 trillion.
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However, Biden strongly defended the Trump verdict Friday, saying it was the end result of a fair process.
“Trump was given every opportunity to defend himself. It was a state case, not a federal case, and it was heard by a jury of 12 citizens — 12 Americans, 12 people like you, like millions of Americans who served on juries,” Biden said. “This jury is chosen the same way every jury in America has chosen.”
