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Biden Excoriates Trump for Turning US Into ’Battlefield’ As Protests Continue to Rage

Biden Excoriates Trump for Turning US Into ’Battlefield’ As Protests Continue to Rage
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By Staff, Agencies

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden accused US President Donald Trump on Tuesday of turning the United States into a "battlefield riven by old resentments and fresh fears" and pledged to try to heal racial divisions if elected to the White House in November.

"The moment has come for our nation to deal with systemic racism," Biden said in Philadelphia in his first major speech outside his home state of Delaware since the coronavirus pandemic gripped the country in March. "We are in a battle for the soul of this nation."

The 77-year-old former vice president condemned the use of force by police on Monday evening against demonstrators outside the White House protesting last week's killing of a black man, George Floyd, by a white police officer in Minneapolis.

"Donald Trump has turned this country into a battlefield driven by old resentments and fresh fears," Biden continued. "He thinks division helps him. "His narcissism has become more important than the nation's wellbeing that he leads."

Biden vowed to tackle "systemic racism" if he wins November's presidential election by implementing "long overdue concrete changes" such as police reform.

"The action will not be completed in the first 100 days of my presidency if I'm fortunate enough to be elected, or even in my entire term," he said. "It's going to take the work of a generation."

Biden, meanwhile, met anti-racism protesters on Sunday as he seeks to reignite his presidential campaign after weeks of coronavirus sequestration.

Tuesday's speech in Philadelphia was just the third public appearance by Biden, who served for eight years as vice president to Barack Obama, America's only black president since the COVID-19 pandemic began in mid-March.

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