September 1, 2020

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The battle over who can keep Americans safe after recent deadly protests emerged Monday as the sharpest dividing line for the presidential campaign’s final weeks as Joe Biden condemned the violence and President Donald Trump defended a supporter accused of fatally shooting two men.

While the president blamed Biden, his Democratic foe, for siding with “anarchists,” Biden, in his most direct attacks yet, accused Trump of causing the divisions that have ignited the violence. He delivered an uncharacteristically blistering speech and distanced himself from radical forces involved in altercations.

Biden said of Trump, “He doesn’t want to shed light, he wants to generate heat, and he’s stoking violence in our cities. He can’t stop the violence because for years he’s fomented it.”

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