Biden: 'Donald Trump is determined to instill fear in America. That's what his entire campaign for the presidency has come down to: fear. But...I believe we'll be guided by the words of Pope John Paul II, words drawn from the scriptures: 'Be not afraid.''
’s handling of civil unrest sparked by police violence in a speech Monday afternoon in Pittsburgh, his first in-person campaign trip on the road since the Democratic National Convention two weeks ago.
Democratic presidential nominee former US Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at Mill 19 in Pittsburgh, Aug. 31, 2020. Former Vice President Joe Biden, left, accepts the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination in Wilmington, Del., Aug. 20, 2020. At right, President Donald Trump speaks accepts the Republican presidential nomination from the South Lawn of the White House, Aug. 27, 2020, in Washington.
“Does anyone believe there will be less violence in America if Donald Trump is reelected? We need justice in America. And we need safety in America,” Biden said. "The violence we are seeing in Donald Trump's America. These are not images of some imagined Joe Biden in the future but Donald Trump's America today. He keeps telling you if only he was president, it wouldn't happen, if he was president he keeps telling, if he was president you would feel safe. He is president whether he knows it or not and it is happening," Biden said
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