'He Thinks Division Helps Him': Biden Condemns Trump's Protest Response

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🗓️ 2 June 2020

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Former Vice President Joe Biden condemned both police violence and President Trump's increasingly confrontational response to widespread unrest in a Tuesday morning speech delivered at Philadelphia City Hall.

This episode: campaign correspondent Scott Detrow, campaign reporter Juana Summers, and senior political ediotr and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:06.4	It is 207 Eastern on Tuesday, June 2nd.
0:10.0	I'm Scott Detrello, I cover the presidential campaign.
0:12.1	I'm Wanda Summers, I also cover the campaign.
0:14.4	And I'm Dominica Montenora, Senior Political Editor and Correspondent.
0:17.4	Alright, so a day after peaceful protesters were physically cleared out from Lafayette
0:22.2	Park with tear gas in order for President Trump to walk across to visit a church damaged
0:26.9	by a fire.
0:28.3	Former Vice President Joe Biden delivered a forceful speech condemning the act.
0:33.0	When peaceful protesters dispersed in order for a president, a president from the doorstep
0:41.2	of the people's house, the White House, using tear gas and flash grenades in order to
0:46.4	stage a photo op, a photo op, and one of the most historic churches in the country,
0:53.6	or at least in Washington, D.C.
0:56.4	We can be forgiven for believing the president is more interested in power than in principle.
1:03.4	Warranty is serving the passions of his base than the needs of the people in his care.
1:10.2	This was part of a broader message that Biden delivered from Philadelphia City Hall that
1:14.3	the country needs to begin to unify and that as president, he would focus on unifying
1:19.7	not dividing.
1:21.2	I ask every American, I mean this to the bottom of our eyes, every American.
1:25.5	Look at where we are now and think anew.
1:28.9	Is this who we are?
1:31.6	Is this who we want to be?
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