Former Vice President Joe Biden forcefully denounced Donald Trump's ducking of any responsibility regarding the spate of mass shootings in the U.S.
From Jonathan Capehart of the Washington Post:
In a fiery and blunt speech slamming the tenor, tone and words of President Trump as the nation reels from white nationalist domestic terrorism, former vice president Joe Biden reminded all of us of what a presidential president sounds like.
His words were stirring. His delivery was passionate. And they were befitting a man who kicked off his campaign with a video decrying Trump’s shameful response to Charlottesville.
From Biden's speech:
How far is it from Trump’s saying this “is an invasion” to the shooter in El Paso declaring, quote, “this attack is in response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas”? How far apart are those comments?
How far is it from white supremacists and Neo-Nazis in Charlottesville -- Trump’s “very fine people” -- chanting “You will [not] replace us” – to the shooter at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh saying, “we're committing genocide" -- Jews are committing genocide -- on his people. I don't think it's that far at all.
It’s both clear language and in code, this president has fanned the flames of white supremacy in this nation.
Biden notes similarities between El Paso shooter's manifesto & Trump's rhetoric, says Trump "has fanned flames of white supremacy in this nation."— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 7, 2019
"His vacant-eyed mouthing of the words written for him condemning white supremacists this week I don't believe fooled anyone." pic.twitter.com/tt8nBcBzhY
BIDEN: "We have a problem with this rising tide of white supremacy in America. And we have a president who encourages and emboldens it ... He says that guns are not the problem in mass shootings. That the issue is mental health. It's a dodge. Hatred isn't a mental health issue." pic.twitter.com/JylC3D2uxE— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 7, 2019
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