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Today’s convention takes place against the backdrop of yet another wave of race riots in America. Last month, I spent some time in Minneapolis to see how the city was faring in the wake of George Floyd’s death. You can check out my featureThree months after that tragedy, the police shooting of black man Jacob Blake in the battleground state of Wisconsin has once again ignited divisions in an already fractured nation.
Both presidential candidates hit Twitter today to share their concerns. Trump announced that he’d be sending in federal officers and the national guard in a bid to “restore LAW and ORDER.” Joe Biden, meanwhile, who we’ve barely seen since the Democratic convention ended last week, finally made a statement today, calling for an end to violence.
“Protesting brutality is a right and absolutely necessary, but burning down communities is not protest. It’s needless violence,” Biden said in a video posted to his campaign’s social media accounts. “The wisest words that I’ve heard spoken so far have come from Julia Jackson, Jacob’s mother. She looked at the damage done in her community and she said ‘this doesn’t reflect my son or my family."
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