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Biden condemns violence in Portland and calls on Trump to do the same
It's time for Joe Biden to go on the attack. With Trumps dismal record of unending failures, Biden may have to prioritize his targeting.
I think it is important for Joe Biden to go on the hard offensive and not allow Trump to commandeer the daily news cycle.
8/30/20
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is forcefully condemning the violent protests that took one life in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday evening, calling on President Donald Trump to do the same. "The deadly violence we saw overnight in Portland is unacceptable," Biden said in a statement on Sunday. "I condemn this violence unequivocally. I condemn violence of every kind by anyone, whether on the left or the right. And I challenge Donald Trump to do the same." Biden is expected to travel to southwestern Pennsylvania on Monday to deliver remarks intended to contrast his vision of leadership with Trump's, where, according to a statement from his campaign, he'll ask voters to consider whether they are "safe in Donald Trump's America." "Donald Trump has been President for almost four years. The temperature in the country is higher, tensions run stronger, divisions run deeper. And all of us are less safe because Donald Trump can't do the job of the American president," the former vice president said. Democratic Oregon Gov. Kate Brown similarly blamed Trump. "For the last several years, and escalating in recent months, President Trump has encouraged division and stoked violence. It happened in Charlottesville. It happened in Kenosha. And now, unfortunately, it is happening in Portland, Oregon," she said in a statement Sunday.
Trump tweeted in encouragement of the caravan of his supporters Sunday morning, calling them "GREAT PATRIOTS!" but has yet to condemn the violence in the city outright besides a litany of tweets and retweets disparaging the city's Democratic mayor, Ted Wheeler. "If you think about it, Donald Trump saying you're not going to be safe in Joe Biden's America while all the video being played is in Donald Trump's America," Biden said in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper on Thursday. Biden said on CNN that Trump is "absolutely" rooting for violence for political purpose because it allows him to claim a "law and order" mantle. "Have you ever heard this President say one negative thing about white supremacists? Have you ever heard it?" he asked. "That's the reason I got back in this race -- because what happened in Charlottesville," Biden said, recalling Trump's "both sides" comment following violence in the Virginia city in 2017. "We will stick to the game plan we've had from the first day of the campaign — to restore the soul of the nation," a Biden adviser told CNN. "We will not be distracted from that goal."
It's time for Joe Biden to go on the attack. With Trumps dismal record of unending failures, Biden may have to prioritize his targeting.
I think it is important for Joe Biden to go on the hard offensive and not allow Trump to commandeer the daily news cycle.