Joel B. Pollak 22 Jul 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden called violent anarchists attacking federal property in Portland, Oregon, “peaceful protesters†in a statement Tuesday condemning President Donald Trump for sending in federal law enforcement officers.
In a statement, Biden failed to condemn the violent actions of rioters who have attacked a federal courthouse, vandalizing it and attempting to set it ablaze.
He also repeated a false claim that protesters in front of the White House last month had been tear gassed, and that the protesters there — who had attacked police and assaulted journalists — were also “peaceful.â€
Biden said:
We have a president who is determined to sow chaos and division. To make matters worse instead of better. We all remember the appalling scenes in front of the White House, when peaceful protesters were gassed to make way for a Trump photo op. Now Homeland Security agents — without a clearly defined mandate or authority — are ranging far from federal property, stripped of badges and insignia and identifying markings, to detain people. They are brutally attacking peaceful protesters, including a U.S. Navy veteran. Of course the U.S. government has the right and duty to protect federal property. The Obama-Biden administration protected federal property across the country without resorting to these egregious tactics — and without trying to stoke the fires of division in this country. We need a president who will bring us together instead of tear us apart, calm instead of inflame, and enforce the law faithfully rather than put his political interests first.
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