There are just so many layers to peel back on this gif.
Biden's assault weapons ban editorial in the NYT, I listened to some of this 2013 remarks. What was astounding was how far left Joe has lurched in six years.
11:55. Biden points out that 25 people are killed in a homicide every day, equal to the third largest mass shooting (at that time).
14:35. "Well folks, we can no longer, continue to define deviancy down."
17:42: in explaining the first in a set of principles upon which the Obama Admin and 200+ groups agreed, was "there IS a Second Amendment."
18:50: "this isn't just about guns...this is about the coursing (I think he means the coarsening) of our culture."
19:45: Biden goes on a relatively normal and positive discussion of gun owners and the "culture" (including a very funny scene at 21:15 of Joe shooting an imaginary shotgun).
25:20: Biden raises mental health as a possible reason to deny firearms ownership.
Now, not everything is perfect. He IS A Dem after all. Further...
34:35 Biden misquote Jefferson saying "the tree of liberty is watered with the blood of patriots"
34:57 Biden incorrectly notes you can't buy a flamethrower
But hopefully you get the point. While Joe wasn't sounding like a Republican in 2013, his comments then vs today say less about how Joe has "woke" and more about how far left the Dems have driven.