The Joe Biden campaign is pushing ahead with a major swing-state ad blitz addressing the rioting that's gripped many U.S. cities head-on and blaming President Trump for the violence, casting the Democratic nominee as a calming force who will 'lower the temperature' of the national discourse.
The ad is titled "Be Not Afraid," a quote from Pope John Paul II, and is adapted from a speech Biden gave Monday in Pittsburgh. It will air on major cable news networks as well as stations in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Trump allies have challenged the sincerity of the tone change by the Biden campaign. Meanwhile, the Biden campaign has noted that the nominee has condemned the violence on several occasions throughout the summer, even to the point ofBiden has certainly mentioned the rioting -- perpetrated almost exclusively by far-left actors -- far less on the virtual campaign trail than Trump, who has made it perhaps the top talking point of his campaign.
Biden Rapid Response Director Andrew Bates shot back: "How can anyone take Trump seriously when he refuses to condemn someone who shot protestors on tape -- killing two -- and is currently in custody? There is one candidate for president who unequivocally condemns violence, and that candidate is Joe Biden."
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