“In both clear language and in code, this president has fanned the flames of white supremacy in this nation,” former Vice President Joe Biden said.
Democratic presidential candidates, in a break from competing against each other, closed ranks Wednesday to denounce President Trump’s inflammatory leadership and harsh rhetoric in the wake of back-to-back mass shootings, even as the president met with families and first responders in the two cities mourning the 31 people killed last weekend.
It sounded more like a general election campaign pitch than one designed to give the audience of Iowa Democrats — many still uncommitted to Biden or any other candidate — a reason to pick him over others competing for the party’s nomination. Booker demanded that lawmakers not only ban the assault-style weapons used in the massacres but step up scrutiny of white supremacist activity, which he blamed for making the country less safe for immigrants, African Americans and other minority groups.But Booker said criticizing Trump is not an adequate response to the ills tearing at society, and that Americans need to confront the nation’s history of bigotry.
O’Rourke, who planned to attended a protest rally in El Paso during Trump’s visit, quickly tweeted back, “22 people in my hometown are dead after an act of terror inspired by your racism. El Paso will not be quiet and neither will I.” Before leaving Washington early Wednesday, Trump rejected the suggestion that he has encouraged violence.“I don’t think my rhetoric does at all,” he told reporters at the White House. “I think my rhetoric brings people together. Our country is doing really well.”
In arguably the most fiery speech of his campaign so far, Biden leveled a blistering critique of Trump’s speech at the White House on Monday that focused on the shootings.
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