US election: Biden accuses Trump of fueling divisions and violence
Candidate Joe Biden campaigning in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this Monday, August 31, 2020. REUTERS / Alan Freed
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Joe Biden returns to the field.
Just over two months away from the presidential poll in the United States, the Democratic candidate is campaigning in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He gave a speech where he accused Donald Trump of fueling divisions and violence.
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With our correspondent in New York,
Loubna Anaki
From the first words, Joe Biden hit hard.
He accuses the president of sowing chaos rather than establishing order.
For the Democratic candidate, Donald Trump is directly responsible for the conflagration of violence in recent days on the sidelines of demonstrations against racism.
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See also: Demonstrations against police violence: passing of arms between Trump and the Democrats
"
Donald Trump cannot stop violence because he encouraged it for years,
" says Joe Biden.
The Democratic candidate also denounces the failures of the American president and says he wants “
an America safe from the epidemic, safe from police violence and looting and above all, safe from Donald Trump
”.
This speech comes as many in the entourage of the Democratic candidate urged him to be more visible and to communicate more about the demonstrations and violence.
So as not to leave the floor only to Donald Trump.
The American president reacted to Joe Biden's speech on Twitter, estimating "
that he criticizes the police more than the demonstrators, the radicals, the agitators."
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Just watched what Biden had to say.
To me, he's blaming the Police far more than he's blaming the Rioters, Anarchists, Agitators, and Looters, which he could never blame or he would lose the Radical Left Bernie supports!
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 31, 2020
With this trip, Joe Biden goes into high gear in his campaign.
He had not made any trips since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
After Pittsburg, he should go to other states, including Wisconsin and Texas.
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To read also: Headlines: In the United States, the electoral campaign under the sign of street violence
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