On Saturday, social media erupted with reactions from leftists after President Trump issued a warning about a potential “bloodbath” in the automobile industry if Joe Biden wins the November election.
Trump delivered these remarks during a rally held in Dayton, Ohio, where he highlighted the potential consequences for the automobile industry if he is not re-elected.
“Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s gonna be a bloodbath. That’s going to be the least of it,” Trump said. “It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country.”
“If this election isn’t won, I’m not sure that you’ll ever have another election in this country,” he added.
Media narrative: Trump just called for a bloodbath if he loses the election
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 16, 2024
Trump is predicting a bloodbath in the automobile industry if he loses: pic.twitter.com/uO8DTwbp4Z
While Trump was clearly referring to the impact on American workers in the automobile industry, leftists on X immediately twisted his words, claiming that they were a threat of civil war.
Trump:
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) March 16, 2024
1) Fires RNC people who aren’t willing to break the law for him
2) Hires Big Lie proponents Christina Bobb and Scott Presler
3) Eliminates mail-in voting program
4) Promises a bloodbath
TRUMP THREATENING CIVIL WAR: If I don’t get elected, it’s gonna be a bloodbath. It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country.
— Morgan J. Freeman (@mjfree) March 16, 2024
pic.twitter.com/KswOmVbTWP
FYI: Yes, you heard him right.
— Popular Liberal 🇺🇸 (@PopularLiberal) March 16, 2024
Trump; “If I am not elected, there will be a bloodbath.”
Spoken like a true dictator pic.twitter.com/jZQ38UzsCD
Merrick Garland, are you listening?
— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) March 16, 2024
At a rally today in Ohio, Trump threatened violence if he is not declared the winner of the 2024 election: “If I don’t get elected, it’s gonna be a bloodbath … It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country.”pic.twitter.com/7PqFZ03H2L
Biden and Harris went as far as issuing a campaign statement regarding the remark.
Biden-Harris campaign statement on Trump tonight promising a “bloodbath” if he loses pic.twitter.com/8mBYh4QKnf
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) March 17, 2024
It’s hard to believe the media is still perpetuating blatant and easily refutable hoaxes in 2024.
Thankfully, there were other accounts available to expose the hoax and serve as a reminder of why the mainstream media cannot be trusted.
We are witnessing the invention of the “bloodbath” hoax in real-time
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 17, 2024
Unfortunately for them, we have 𝕏
Media narrative: Full context: pic.twitter.com/jaYDvtGomn
While discussing tariffs on car imports, Trump explains he won’t allow the US to be exploited by other countries and the cars won’t sell “if I get elected.”
— Julia 🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) March 16, 2024
“Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath…that’s going to be the least of it,” he added to summarize the… pic.twitter.com/FqiMWxewOx
Is @CommunityNotes going to fact check this video before the damage is done?
— Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) March 17, 2024
It’s going, viral, and idiots are repeating it as though Trump threatened a bloodbath if not reelected.@elonmusk are you paying attention?
Your community notes don’t work for shit, and they don’t… https://t.co/2Qozvhvmzv pic.twitter.com/zqxsPuKbTh
Ladies and gentleman, today birthed the “bloodbath hoax”
— Albert Latham (@albert1776) March 16, 2024
That Trump meant the automobile industry, is beyond dispute.
They are that desperate.
We are witnessing the misinformation of the “bloodbath” Fake news brainwash propaganda hoax in real-time #bloodbath
— AJ Huber (@Huberton) March 17, 2024
Lie: Truth: pic.twitter.com/MvmNnBPqO5
President Trump’s team also issued a response to the blatant misinformation campaign against him with the following statement:
🚨Full Statement from President Trump’s@MAGAIncWarRoom on Fake news Politico’s brainwash propaganda about “bloodbath”
— AJ Huber (@Huberton) March 17, 2024
Politico sucks! They should be sued! #bloodbath pic.twitter.com/qQTXyH1M9d
Biz Pac Review provided additional insight into the “bloodbath” hoax:
Corporate media malignment set “bloodbath” trending in a blatant attempt to drum up a “hoax in real-time” against former President Donald Trump.
The years removed from “very fine people on both sides” haven’t seen a change in tactics with coverage of the GOP leader from his friends in fake news. If anything, the latest example after a campaign stop in Dayton, Ohio showed they’ve only grown shrewder in their shamelessness.
Saturday, ahead of the Buckeye State’s primary election, Trump joined Senate hopeful Bernie Moreno and other Republican figures on stage in the midst of one of his lengthy stump speeches. During his remarks, the president highlighted differing approaches to China’s impact on the American economy by himself and incumbent President Joe Biden prompting a slew of narrative-supporting headlines.
As the social media account End Wokeness described with a side-by-side of Trump’s actual remarks and the clickbait coverage, “We are witnessing the invention of the ‘bloodbath’ hoax in real-time…Unfortunately for them, we have X.”
Examples included CBS News, Rolling Stone and NBC News, which had titled an article, “Trump says there will be a ‘bloodbath’ if he loses the election,” only to clarify in the subheading that he was speaking “in the context of auto manufacturing.”
