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Does Anyone Believe There Will Be Less Violence In America If Donald Trump Is Reelected?
If that sounds familiar, it’s because it’s a quote. It’s a question Joe Biden asked at the end of last month.
That’s after he started by saying of the President:
“He can’t stop the violence because for years he’s fomented it.”
In our opinion, that same question should come out of Biden’s mouth every time he makes any kind of public statement about anything.
Because it’s so obvious, yet could also be a revelation in its simplicity. Especially if we don’t assume everybody’s already thought of it. We hadn’t.
And the fact that Bob Woodward’s got Trump on tape saying things he’d deny he said if he wasn’t on tape (and may still deny anyway), doesn’t make Biden asking his question over and over again any less essential. If anything, it’s more imperative. Because stoking violence in cities, and fear of violence in cities spreading out of cities, is all Trump’s got right now. By Election Day though, he may also have a more…
