CITIES WHERE RIOTERS REIN.
MR. TRUMP MR. TRUMP’S MEDIA
OPPONENTS WILL TAKE ANY OPENING
THEY CAN TO MAKE ALLEGED
INDIVIDUAL LANTISM THE STORY
RATHER THAN THE FAILURE OF
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNANCE.
MEANWHILE, JOE BIDEN STATING
SHOOTING IN THE STREETS OF A
GREAT AMERICAN CITY IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
I CONDEMN THIS VIOLENCE
UNEQUIVOCALLY.
I CONDEMN VIOLENCE OF EVERY KIND
BY ANYONE WHETHER ON THE LEFT OR
THE RIGHT.
HE WENT ON TO SAY WE MUST NOT
BECOME A COUNTRY AT WAR WITH
OURSELVES, A COUNTRY THAT
ACCEPTS THE KILLING OF FELLOW
AMERICANS WHO DO NOT DWROOEAGREE
YOU.
BUT THAT IS THE AMERICA THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS US TO BE.
THE AMERICA HE BELIEVES WE ARE.
>> IT’S SO INTERESTING, MIKA,
WE’VE HEARD FROM DONALD TRUMP
AND OTHERS AND HIS SUPPORTERS
AND SOME OF THE MEDIA WHO HAVE
SAID JOE BIDEN IS NOT SPEAKING
OUT AGAINST THE VIOLENCE.
IT’S RIDICULOUS, THEY’RE NOT
LISTENING OR THEY’RE
INTENTIONALLY IGNORING THE
FACT --
>> YOU’RE WATCHING THE COUNTER
PROGRAMMING.
>> -- JOE BIDEN HAS CONTINUED TO
SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE VIOLENCE.
TWO THINGS MY FRIENDS ON BOTH
SIDES
SIDES
SIDES.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH, TWO THINGS
CAN BE TRUE AT ONE TIME.
THERE CAN BE VIOLENCE AND CHAOS
IN PORTLAND, WHICH WAS THERE
BEFORE DONALD TRUMP SENT IN THE
FEDERAL TROOPS THERE WHILE
DONALD TRUMP SENT IN THE FEDERAL
TROOPS, AND THERE AFTER DONALD
TRUMP TOOK OUT FEDERAL TROOPS
AND WAS THERE BEFORE DONALD
TRUMP’S PEOPLE WENT IN AND
STARTED AGITATING THE CITY.
THESE THINGS CAN BE TRUE AT ONCE
AND WE’LL TALK TO REVEREND AL
ABOUT IT IN A SECOND.
ABOUT ALL THE PLEAS FROM
REVEREND AL AND THE NAACP AND
JIM CLYBURN AND OTHERS TO RESIST
THE VIOLENCE THAT THIS
UNDERMINES -- THIS UNDERMINES
THE CAUSE OF THE 25 MILLION,
MAYBE 30 MILLION MARCHERS THAT
HAVE MARCHED PEACEFULLY THIS
YEAR PROTESTING THE DEATH OF
GEORGE FLOYD FOR BLACK LIVES
MATTER.
BUT YOU KNOW THIS WHOLE THING
MIKA WHERE PEOPLE SAY JOE BIDEN
NEEDS TO SAY SOMETHING.
LISTEN, THAT COMMENT YESTERDAY
WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME JOE BIDEN
HAS SPOKEN OUT AGAINST THE
VIOLENCE WE’VE SEEN ACROSS
AMERICA.
DESPITE WHAT DONALD TRUMP AND A
LOT OF REPUBLICANS AND SOME
PEOPLE IN THE MEDIA WOULD HAVE
YOU BELIEVE, HE SAID IT BEFORE.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> THERE’S NO PLACE FOR
VIOLENCE.
NO PLACE FOR LOOTING OR
DESTROYING PROPERTY OR BURNING
CHURCHES OR DESTROYING
BUSINESSES.
MANY OF THEM BUILT BY THE VERY
PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES WERE
BEGINNING TO REALIZE THEIR
DREAMS AND BUILD WEALTH FOR
THEIR FAMILIES.
NOR IS IT ACCEPTABLE FOR OUR
POLICE SWORN TO PROTECT ALL
PEOPLE TO RESORT TO VIOLENCE.
WE NEED TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN
LEGITIMATE PROTESTS AND
OPPORTUNISTIC VIOLENCE AND
DESTRUCTION.
>> I SAID FROM THE OUTSET OF THE
PROTESTS THERE’S NO PLACE FOR
VIOLENCE OR DESTRUCTION OF
PROPERTY.
PEACEFUL PROTESTERS SHOULD BE
PROTECTED AND ARSONISTS AND
ANARCHISTS SHOULD BE PROSECUTED.
AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN DO
THAT.
WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA AND I WERE
IN OFFICE WE PROTECTED FEDERAL
PROPERTY.
WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY TURNING IT INTO A
PRIVATE MILITIA.
IT CAN BE DONE TODAY, BUT THAT
WOULDN’T HELP TRUMP’S POLITICAL
INTEREST.
HE’S DETERMINED TO STOKE
DIVISION AND CHAOS.
IT’S NOT GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY.
BUT DONALD TRUMP DOESN’T CARE.
HIS CAMPAIGN IS FAILING AND HE’S
LOOKING FOR A POLITICAL
LIFELINE.
THIS ISN’T ABOUT LAW AND ORDER,
IT’S ABOUT A POLITICAL STRATEGY
TO REVIVE A FAILING CAMPAIGN.
EVERY INSTINCT TRUMP HAS ADDS
FUEL TO THE FIRE.
>> PRO TESTING BRUTALITY IS A
RIGHT AND NECESSARY.
BUT BURNING DOWN COMMUNITIES IS
NOT PROTEST.
IT’S NEEDLESS VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE THAT ENDANGERS LIVES,
GUTS BUSINESSES, SHUTTERS
BUSINESSES THAT SERVE THE
COMMUNITY.
THAT’S WRONG.
>> FIRST OF ALL I DENOUNCED IT A
LONG TIME AGO, WEEKS AGO.
I MADE IT CLEAR FROM THE
BEGINNING THERE’S NO
JUSTIFICATION WHATSOEVER FOR
VIOLENCE, LOOTING.
AS A MATTER OF FACT IT FLIES IN
THE FACE OF THE LEGITIMATE
PROTESTS GOING ON AND TAKES AWAY
FROM THE WHOLE RATIONALE FOR
WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE.
I’VE CONDEMNED THE VIOLENCE FROM
THE BEGINNING.
THE PROBLEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS
WE’RE IN DONALD TRUMP’S AMERICA.
TO QUOTE KELLYANNE CONWAY, SHE
SAID, AND I’M PARAPHRASING
TODAY, THEY’RE LOOKING FOR MORE
VIOLENCE AND DISRUPTION BECAUSE
IT HELPS THEM POLITICALLY.
HE VIEWS THIS AS A POLITICAL
BENEFIT TO HIM.
HE’S ROOTING FOR MORE VIOLENCE,
NOT LESS, AND IT’S CLEAR ABOUT
THAT.
WHAT’S HE DOING, POURING
GASOLINE ON THE FIRE.
THIS HAPPENS TO BE DONALD
TRUMP’S AMERICA.
DONALD TRUMP’S AMERICA.
COVID IS OUT OF CONTROL, HE’S
NOT PREPARED, HE DIDN’T PREPARE
FOR IT, HE HASN’T RESPONDED TO
IT, AND HE CONTINUES TO BE IN A
POSITION WHERE HE DOES NOTHING
TO DEAL WITH IT.
WE HAVE 15 MILLION PEOPLE OUT OF
WORK.
WE HAVE -- IT JUST IS AMAZING
HOW, IF YOU NOTICE HE DIDN’T
SPEAK ABOUT COVID AND THEY
DIDN’T SPEAK ABOUT ANY OF THE
REASON WHY WE’RE DOING WHAT’S --
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN KENOSHA IS
