Democrats accuse Trump of ‘rooting for more violence’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have accused Donald Trump of rooting for violence amid unrest in Wisconsin and attacked him for a lack of leadership on the coronavirus pandemic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Their comments came hours before Mr Trump’s planned address on the final night of the Republican National Convention&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He views this as a political benefit&comma;” Democratic presidential nominee Mr Biden said on MSNBC about protests in Wisconsin after police shot a black man earlier this week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He’s rooting for more violence&comma; not less&period; And it’s clear about that&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Harris&comma; the vice presidential nominee&comma; said Mr Trump has showed &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a reckless disregard for the well-being of the American people” in failing to contain the coronavirus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was her first major Trump-focused speech since she joined the Democratic ticket&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The two had been largely silent during the first three days of the Republican convention&comma; during which Republicans have tried to link them to protesters&comma; warning a Biden presidency would make America less safe and erroneously saying he wants to defund the police&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha&comma; Wisconsin&comma; has once again sparked protests against racial injustice and police brutality&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Days later&comma; a 17-year-old white gunman was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of two protesters in clashes between vigilante militias and demonstrators&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>White House adviser Kellyanne Conway suggested on Fox &amp&semi; Friends that the Wisconsin unrest could help Mr Trump’s reelection chances&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The more chaos and anarchy and vandalism and violence reigns&comma;” Ms Conway said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the better it is for the very clear choice on who’s best on public safety and law and order&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Biden does not support defunding the police but has advocated for overhauling US police practices after years of high-profile killings of black Americans by officers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Harris&comma; meanwhile&comma; sponsored a Bill in Congress to ban certain police practices like chokeholds and no-knock warrants and would create a national registry for police misconduct&comma; among other things&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Washington on Thursday&comma; Ms Harris defended the protesters in remarks sure to give fuel to Mr Trump on the convention’s final night&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s no wonder people are taking to the streets — and I support them&comma;” she said&period; 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