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Trump Vows End to US Violence; Biden Says Country Needs 'Leadership'

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to end "the riots
   and lawlessness" across the country, but clashes between police and
   protesters erupted for a seventh night Monday even as big city mayors
   imposed curfews to keep people off the streets and National Guard
   troops were deployed to quell the violence.
   The often peaceful day-time demonstrations spawned by the death last
   week of a black man while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
   degenerated as night descended into angry street confrontations between
   protesters and police in several cities.
   But Trump on Tuesday morning declared on Twitter: Washington "had no
   problems last night. Many arrests. Great job done by all. Overwhelming
   force. Domination. Likewise, Minneapolis was great (thank you President
   Trump!)."

     D.C. had no problems last night. Many arrests. Great job done by
     all. Overwhelming force. Domination. Likewise, Minneapolis was great
     (thank you President Trump!).
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [1]June 2, 2020

   Former Vice President Joe Biden, Trump's presumptive Democratic
   opponent in the November national election, attacked the U.S. leader's
   response to the week of coast-to-coast violence, perhaps the most
   widespread civil unrest in the country since the extended protests
   against the Vietnam war in the 1960s.
   "The country is crying out for leadership," Biden said in Philadelphia.
   "Leadership that can unite us, leadership that brings us together.
   Leadership that can recognize pain and deep grief of communities that
   have had a knee on their neck for a long time.
   "I won't traffic in fear and division," Biden promised.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1267808120136511489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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