Biden slams Trump: He has ‘forfeited any moral leadership in this country’

In a speech in Pittsburgh, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said that Donald Trump ‘can’t stop the violence — because for years he’s fomented it.’

Joe Biden lambasted Donald Trump in a speech on Monday, blaming him for fomenting violence and fueling tensions in American cities.

Biden’s comments, made in Pittsburgh, came after Trump refused tocondemn the man charged with murdering two anti-racism protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, but cheered on right-wing counter-protesters who have been traveling to Portland, Oregon, to violently clash with anti-racism demonstrators.

At last week’s Republican National Convention, Trump and his supporters attempted to blame Biden and other Democrats for the rise in urban violence on Trump’s watch. They repeatedly cited recent problems to argue that people “won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America.” Continue reading.