LOOKS LIKE IT’S IN THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION.
BUT WE’LL SEE, IT’S JUST ONE
POLL.
SO WE’LL SEE.
>> WELL, I’M -- AMID THE
BACKDROP OF VIOLENT PROTESTS
THAT HAVE ESCALATED ACROSS THE
COUNTRY IN RECENT DAYS, FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS
LAUNCHED A NEW ATTACK AGAINST
PRESIDENT TRUMP DURING A VISIT
TO BATTLEGROUND PENNSYLVANIA
YESTERDAY, BIDEN GAVE A
BLISTERING SPEECH.
ACCUSING TRUMP OF SOWING CHAOS
AND DIVISION.
IN HIS REMARKS, BIDEN DIRECTLY
CHALLENGED TRUMP’S CLAIM THAT
AMERICANS WON’T BE SAFE IF
DEMOCRATS WIN IN NOVEMBER AND
CONDEMNED THE RECENT VIOLENCE
SEEN IN SEVERAL U.S. CITIES.
>> I WANT TO MAKE IT ABSOLUTELY
CLEAR, SO LET ME BE VERY CLEAR
ABOUT ALL OF THIS.
RIOTING IS NOT PROTESTING.
LOOTING IS NOT PROTESTING.
SETTING FIRES IS NOT PROTESTING.
NONE OF THIS IS PROTESTING.
IT’S LAWLESSNESS PLAIN AND
SIMPLE.
AND THOSE WHO DO IT SHOULD BE
PROSECUTED
PROSECUTED.
YOU KNOW ME.
YOU KNOW MY HEART.
YOU KNOW MY STORY.
MY FAMILY’S STORY.
ASK YOURSELF, DO I LOOK LIKE A
RADICAL SOCIALIST WITH A SOFT
SPOT FOR RIOTERS?
REALLY?
I WANT A SAFE AMERICA.
SAFE FROM COVID, SAFE FROM CRIME
AND LOOTING.
SAFE FROM RACIALLY MOTIVATED
VIOLENCE.
SAFE FROM BAD COPS.
LET ME BE CRYSTAL CLEAR, SAFE
FROM FOUR MORE YEARS OF DONALD
TRUMP.
BUT LOOK, IF DONALD TRUMP WANTS
TO ASK THE QUESTION WHO WILL
KEEP YOU SAFER AS PRESIDENT?
LET’S ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
FIRST, SOME SIMPLE FACTS.
WHEN I WAS VICE PRESIDENT,
VIOLENT CRIME FELL 15% IN THIS
COUNTRY.
WE DID IT WITHOUT CHAOS AND
DISORDER.
THIS IS A SITTING PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECTING
THIS COUNTRY.
INSTEAD HE’S ROOTING FOR CHAOS
AND VIOLENCE.
THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS, DONALD
TRUMP FAILED TO PROTECT AMERICA.
SO NOW, HE’S TRYING TO SCARE
AMERICA.
DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN A TOXIC
PRESENCE IN OUR NATION FOR FOUR
YEARS.
POISONING HOW WE TALK TO ONE
ANOTHER.
POISONING HOW WE TREAT ONE
ANOTHER.
POISONING THE VALUES THIS NATION
HAS ALWAYS HELD DEAR.
POISONING OUR VERY DEMOCRACY.
NOW, JUST A LITTLE OVER 60 DAYS,
WE HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE.
WILL WE RID OURSELVES OF THIS
TOXIN OR WILL WE MAKE A
PERMANENT -- MAKE IT A PERMANENT
PART OF OUR NATION’S CHARACTER?
>> CAMPAIGNS ARE ALL ABOUT
CONTRASTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU’RE CHALLENGING SOMEBODY.
THE CONTRAST BETWEEN JOE BIDEN,
DECENCY EXHIBITED THERE IN THAT
STATEMENT AND DONALD TRUMP,
COULD NOT BE MORE EXTREME.
ESPECIALLY IN THESE CHAOTIC
TIMES.
>> TERRIBLE TIMES.
>> YEAH, TERRIBLE TIMES.
AND JOE BIDEN ALSO TALKED ABOUT
HOW MOST COPS WERE GOOD COPS AND
WHEN THEY PUT ON THAT BADGE AND WENT OUT AT NIGHT, THEY WERE
WENT OUT AT NIGHT, THEY WERE
PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE
I EVER
EVERY SINGLE NIGHT AND HE
BELIEVED HE COULD BRING PEOPLE
TOGETHER, AND HAVE POLICE AND
PROTESTERS AT THE SAME TABLE AND
WORK THROUGH POLICE REFORMS.
KASIE HUNT, DESPITE THE FACT
THAT JOE BIDEN SAID REPEATEDLY
HE CONDEMNS THE VIOLENCE, YOU
HAVE TRUMP SUPPORTERS AND PEOPLE
IN THE BLOG-SPHERE AND TRUMP
MEDIA SAYING HE WON’T CONDEMN
THE VIOLENCE.
HE DID IT YESTERDAY IN
UNAMBIGUOUS TERMS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE IMPACT IS?
>> YOU SAW IT THERE, WE PLAYED
IT FOR EVERYONE.
I THINK THE FACT THAT JOE BIDEN
WENT AND PLAYED THIS SPEECH I
THINK SHOWS THAT HE HIMSELF
THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FROM A
MORAL PERSPECTIVE TO MAKE THAT
ARGUMENT.
IT SHOWS THEY WERE FEELING
POLITICAL PRESSURE AND
IMPERATIVE TO MAKE SURE THEY
WERE GOING BACK AND PUSHING BACK
AGAINST THE MOMENTUM THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN FEELING
BECAUSE OF WHAT WE’VE BEEN
SEEING.
BUT I THINK THIS COMES DOWN TO
WHAT HAS BECOME THE CENTRAL
NARRATIVE OF THIS RACE AND THE
CENTRAL PROBLEM FOR DONALD
TRUMP, WHICH IS THAT HE KEEPS
TRYING TO CONVINCE AMERICANS
THAT JOE BIDEN ISN’T SOMEBODY
THAT HE OBVIOUSLY IS.
AMERICANS HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH
JOE BIDEN AS A PUBLIC FIGURE FOR
50 YEARS AND THAT’S WHY HE CAN
STAND THERE ON A STAGE AND SAY,
ROOK
LOOK AT ME, DO I LOOK LIKE THE
KIND OF GUY THAT THINKS THIS IS
OKAY AND HAVE PEOPLE BELIEVE
HIM.
IF YOU’RE THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND
YOU WANT TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT
I’M THE LAW AND ORDER GUY, IT’S
SAFER IF I’M THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK PEOPLE IN THE
FACE AND SAY, AND HAVE THEM
THINK, THINGS WILL DEFINITELY BE
CALMER, THE TEMPERATURE WILL BE
REDUCED, I WILL FEEL SAFER AND
LESS ON EDGE IF DONALD TRUMP IS
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SUBMIT TO
YOU THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN
THE POLLS THAT WE SHOWED, THE
BATTLEGROUND POLLS, PERHAPS
DON’T NECESSARILY FEEL LIKE THE
NEXT FOUR YEARS WILL BE CALMER
AND MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD IF
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
>> ESPECIALLY, MIKA, IF HE IS
NOT DISCOURAGING VIOLENT
ACTIVITIES.
IF HE’S ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GO
IN, IN THE MIDDLE OF A HOT ZONE,
AND RILE THINGS UP, THAT
OBVIOUSLY CAUSES A SERIOUS
PROBLEM.
AND THAT’S WHAT AMERICANS CAN
SEE.
I THINK MOST AMERICANS LOOK AT
PORTLAND, KENOSHA, AND THEY WANT
LAW ENFORCEMENT TO STEP UP AND
WITH THE GUIDANCE OF THE MAYORS
AND THE GOVERNORS TO CLEAN
THINGS UP IN THOSE STREETS AND
TO STOP THE VIOLENCE.
THEY DO NOT WANT THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES HAVING
PEOPLE DRIVE IN FROM OTHER
STATES WITH CARAVANS TO GO
AROUND AND SHOOT PAINT GUNS AND
SPRAY GAS, TEAR GAS OR WHATEVER
THEY WERE SPRAYING AT THE
PROTESTERS, AND MAKE THE
SITUATION EVEN MORE VOLATILE.
THAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF BEING A
LAW AND ORDER PRESIDENT AND
TURNING OFF VOTERS.
>> THE PRESIDENT MAY SEE IT AS
HIS WAY OF GETTING VOTERS.
>> IT DOESN’T WORK.
JUNE THE 1ST DIDN’T WORK.
SOWING CHAOS DOESN’T WORK.
SAYING WHEN THE LOOTING STARTS
THE SHOOTING STARTS DOESN’T
WORK.
SAYING I HAVE DOGS I’M GOING TO
RELEASE AND THEY’RE GOING TO CUT
THROUGH YOU LIKE BUTTER, THAT
DOESN’T WORK FROM A PRESIDENT.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE THE
PRESIDENT TO UNDERSTAND THAT
CHURNING UP DISORDER FOR A
NATION ALREADY ON EDGE NOT THE
ANSWER.
>> HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL GET HURT
AND KILLED.
>> WHAT AMERICANS WANT, SIMPLE.
COORDINATE WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS,
ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO, HOW YOU CAN
HELP WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD.
AND IF THEY TELL YOU THAT YOU
SHOULDN’T COME BECAUSE YOUR
PRESENCE WILL BE DISRUPTIVE AT
THIS POINT, YOU ACTUALLY LISTEN
TO THEM.
IT’S JUST -- YOU KNOW, THE SAME
THING HAPPENS FROM TIME TO TIME
WITH HURRICANES WHERE GOVERNORS
WILL SAY TO PRESIDENTS, MR.
PRESIDENT THANK YOU FOR BEING
INTERESTED IN THIS, BUT CAN YOU
GIVE US FOUR OR FIVE DAYS
BECAUSE WE’RE STILL CLEANING UP
ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW, THINGS
ARE VOLATILE, COME FOUR OR FIVE
DAYS FROM NOW, AND YOU KNOW
WHAT, PRESIDENTS LISTEN TO THAT
