Washington Post: Biden, in speech to the nation, denounces President Trump’s actions against protesters and vows to heal racial wounds
EDITOR'S NOTE: The AFL-CIO endorsed Biden for president.
By ANNIE LINSKEY, MATT VISER and SEAN SULLIVAN
Seeking to console a nation riven by nights of violence with a promise to heal its racial wounds, former vice president Joe Biden on Tuesday bluntly criticized the White House’s decision a night earlier to forcibly clear protesters from a Washington street so President Trump could pose with a Bible in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church.
“When peaceful protesters dispersed in order for a president — a president — from the doorstep of the people’s house, the White House, using tear gas and flash grenades, in order to stage a photo op — a photo op — at one of the most historic churches in the country, or at least Washington, D.C., we can be forgiven for believing that the president is more interested in power than in principle,” the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said.