Biden Says Trump’s Words Not So Different From El Paso Shooter’s
Jennifer Epstein, Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump has encouraged white supremacy to come out of the shadows, Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden will say Wednesday, adding that there’s very little that distances Trump’s rhetoric from the anti-immigrant screeds of mass shooters like the suspect in the recent El Paso, Texas, attack.
“How far is it from Trump’s saying this ‘is an invasion’ to the shooter in El Paso declaring ‘his attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas?’ Not far at all,†Biden plans to say during a campaign stop in Iowa, according to excerpts of his prepared remarks provided by his campaign.
“How far is it from the white supremacists and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville – Trump’s ‘very fine people’ -- chanting ‘You will not replace us’ – to the shooter at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh saying Jews ‘were committing genocide to his people?’ Not far at all,†Biden plans to say. “In both clear language and in code, this president has fanned the flames of white supremacy in this nation.â€
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