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On the recordAugust 31, 2020
He's stroking violence in our cities. I want to make it absolutely clear rioting is not protesting. Looting is not protesting. Setting fires is not protesting. None of this is protesting. It's lawlessness, plain and simple. And those who do it should be prosecuted right look like a radical socialist with a soft spot for rioters, really? I want to save America safe from COVID, safe from crime and looting, safe from racially motivated violence, safe from bad cops. Let me be crystal clear, say from four more years of Donald Trump is rooting for chaos and violence. These are not images of some imagined Joe Biden American the future. These are images of Donald Trump's America today. He keeps telling you if only he was president, it wouldn't happen. Well, he is President whether he knows it or not. And it is happening.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
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msnbc.com

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Joe Biden denounces violence and criticizes Trump for exacerbating unrest.

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