With protests continuing to rage in Kenosha, Wis., over the Aug. 23 police shooting of African-American Jacob Blake, President Trump will travel there Tuesday on a visit to the key swing state that will echo his “law and order” campaign message.
On Monday, Trump reiterated what he asserted at last week’s Republican National Convention: that he is the only person keeping the country from descending into chaos.
Trump announced last week that he would travel to Kenosha, prompting Evers to write him a letter discouraging the visit. Exactly which “hurting Americans” he seeks to comfort was not specified. According to the White House, as of Monday morning he had not yet spoken with Blake’s family.“The president is not going to weigh in on that,” McEnany said.
Yet Biden also made clear that he had shared Trump’s view that the violence in Kenosha and other cities needs to stop. “I think that Kenosha at this present time needs peace and needs to heal and needs people to allow us to do that,” Antaramian told reporters at a press conference.“Everyone’s going to be always doing this with the politics of what’s happening because you have a presidential election,” Antaramian said. “At this point in time, you know what, I care about my community and I care about the people in my community, and that’s what my focus is and that’s what I’m going to focus on.
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