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'Fires are burning and we have a president who fans the flames': Biden slams Trump in Pa. campaign
‘Fires are burning and we have a president who fans the flames’: Biden slams Trump in Pa. campaign stopby Tom Lisi
PITTSBURGH — Former Vice President Joe Biden denounced looting and rioting in an address from Pittsburgh on Monday, and accused President Donald Trump of being weak for not calling on his supporters to stop acting as armed militias.
“Fires are burning and we have a president who fans the flames, rather than fighting the flames,” Biden said. “Does anybody believe there will be less violence in America if Donald Trump is reelected?”
The address comes after Republicans seem to have gained some traction among some voters. Amidst several days of violent clashes in the streets of Kenosha, Wisc., and Portland, Ore., Republican surrogates have used those events as fodder for their message that the unrest should be associated with local Democratic governance and a hypothetical Biden presidency.
Biden pushed several times against the notion that he was a “radical socialist” or condoned violence.
Read more: https://www.penncapital-star.com/government-politics/fires-are-burning-and-we-have-a-president-who-fans-the-flames-biden-slams-trump-in-pa-campaign-stop/
