Democrat Joe Biden called Trump’s debate performance “national embarrassment”
Alliance:
Democratic challenger Joe Biden on Wednesday called Donald Trump’s debate performance “national embarrassment” for failing to address the concerns of ordinary Americans and for failing to speak out against white supremacist groups.
“Maybe I shouldn’t say this, but the President of the United States behaved the way he did – I think it was a national embarrassment,” Biden said during a stop at Alliance, Ohio, as part of a train trip through Swing State. Ohio and neighboring Pennsylvania battlefield.
Trump and Biden engaged in a violent verbal brawl on Tuesday in Cleveland where they clashed in their first presidential debate.
Both men launched biting personal attacks, but the political boxer Trump was widely seen as interrupting his rival more often – to the point that Biden told him to “shut up.”
During the confrontation, Trump refused to clearly and vigorously denounce white supremacist groups or the far-right, male-only Proud Boys, and instead shouted at the militia group saying they should “take a step back and be ready, “” and that the real problem is the “far left” extremists.
In Alliance, Biden attacked the president’s remarks.
“My message to the Proud Boys and all the other white supremacist groups is, cease and desist,” Biden said.
“It’s not who we are. It’s not who we are as Americans.”
The former vice president, appearing invigorated after what could be described as an assertive debate performance where he held his own, criticized Trump for not speaking directly to the American people about his plight during the Covid-19 crisis.
“Does your president have any idea or understand what you’re going through? And if he does, does he care about you?” Biden asked.
“Or does he ignore you, despise you, lie to you?”
Trump’s debate performance was “all around him,” Biden added.
“He hasn’t told you about your concerns for the American people, even once.”
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