Politics must never be a literal battlefield and, God forbid, a killing field.

We owe that to those who come before us, to those who gave their lives for this country. We owe it to ourselves. We owe it to our children and our grandchildren.

There's no place in America for this kind of violence. It's sick. It's sick. It's one of the reasons why we have to unite this country.

But in America, we resolve our differences at the battle box. You know, that's how we do it, at the ballot box, not with bullets.

I've said it many times that the choice in this -- we make in this election is going to shape the future of America and the world for decades to come.

My fellow Americans, I want to speak to you tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics, and to remember, while we may disagree, we are not enemies. We're neighbors. We're friends, coworkers, citizens. And most…

There is no place in America for this kind of violence or for any violence ever. Period. No exceptions. We can't allow this violence to be normalized.

It cannot be tolerated. This has to end.

Here in America, we need to get out of our silos, where we only listen to those with whom we agree, where misinformation is rampant, where foreign actors fan the flames of our division to shape the outcomes consistent with their interests…

He talked about the tenets of democracy and the need to continue the discussion and the real debate using words and not anything else, and focusing on the end goal, which is November and the ballot box.

I urge everyone, everyone, please, don't make assumptions about his motives or his affiliations. Let the FBI do their job and their partner agencies do their job.

There is no place in America for this kind of violence. It’s sick. It’s sick. Everybody, everybody, must condemn it.

Part of why I admire and support Joe Biden is that his tone, his leadership as president, has been geared towards trying to bring us together.

We cannot, we must not go down this road in America.

We need to reduce the rhetoric and the tone.

Look, there is no place in America for this kind of violence. It's sick. It's sick. It's one of the reasons why we have to unite this country. We cannot allow for this to be happening. We cannot be like this. We cannot condone this.

It's time to cool it down.

I'm the nominee of the Democratic Party, the only Democrat or Republican who has ever beaten Donald Trump ever. I'm going to beat him again.