President Joe Biden has underscored the need for divided Americans to come together as he addressed the nation after Donald Trump was shot in an assassination attempt.
mr biden He said that “politics should never be a political battlefield or, God forbid, a killing field,” while speaking in a televised speech from the Oval Office.
“We need to lower the temperature in our politics,” he added.
Former president Triumph78, suffered a gunshot wound to the ear in the shooting, which occurred early Saturday afternoon while he was giving a speech to supporters in Butler, Pennsylvania, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Pittsburgh. .
“There is no place in America for this kind of violence, for any kind of violence. Period. No exceptions,” Biden said in his speech.
“We cannot allow this violence to become normal. The political rhetoric in this country has become very heated. It is time to calm it down.”
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He said passions would run high on both sides and the stakes in the election were enormous.
“We can do this,” Biden implored, saying the nation was founded on a democracy that gave reason and balance a chance to prevail over brute force.
“American democracy, where arguments are presented in good faith. American democracy, where the rule of law is respected. Where decency, dignity and fair play are not just quaint notions, but living, breathing realities.”
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The former president said in a social media post that he was going to delay his trip by two days because of the assassination attempt, “but I just decided that I cannot allow a ‘shooter,’ or a potential assassin, to force the schedule change,” or anything.” the rest”.
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