Joe Biden says former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ criticism of Donald Trump is a “powerful indictment” of the president’s actions and character.
Biden, the presumptive presidential nominee for the Democrats, made his comments in a Thursday afternoon tweet. His remarks came after Mattis leveled harsh criticism of Trump in a statement posted by The Atlantic.
Biden wrote: “Jim Mattis and I haven’t always agreed on everything, but you'd be hard pressed to find a more powerful indictment of Trump's actions and character than the one he's written.”
Biden ended his tweet quoting Mattis’ statement: "We do not need to militarize our response to protests. We need to unite around a common purpose.”
Mattis left the administration in late 2018. He had said at the time it would be counterproductive to criticize the president.
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