"Trump is the Root of Chaos and Violence," Biden Attacks in Battleground States

Preemptive Offensive in Battleground State a Day Before Trump’s Kenosha Visit
Swift Move Amid Shrinking Support in Battleground State

Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate of the United States, is giving a speech in Pittsburgh on the 31st.
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[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate in the United States, visited Pittsburgh a day before President Donald Trump's visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, and launched an offensive, saying that Trump cannot stop the violence as he is the instigator of violence.

This is interpreted as an attempt to bring the conflict caused by President Trump to the forefront of the election campaign and to block the rise in Trump's support rate in battleground states.

On the 31st (local time), Biden visited Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, emphasizing that since President Trump has been the instigator of violence over the past four years, no one believes that Trump can properly handle the violence issues occurring in American cities.

In his speech that day, Biden delivered the message, "Are you safe in Donald Trump's America?" This was a response to Trump's claim in last week's Republican presidential candidate acceptance speech that Biden's America cannot be safe.

He argued that President Trump is the root of chaos and violence and criticized, "President Trump does not have the ability to tell us the truth." He also mentioned that Trump wants the people to live in fear.

Biden also expressed a stance different from Trump, who said he would deploy the military to protest sites.

Biden emphasized, "Democracy is being poisoned because of President Trump, who will do anything to stay in office."

Biden's move that day was somewhat unusual. Although he had announced that he would campaign in battleground states after Labor Day on the 7th, the timing was brought forward by a week. It is interpreted that he changed his position as President Trump announced he would visit Kenosha, where protests erupted due to a shooting of a Black man, despite opposition from the Wisconsin governor, and meet law enforcement officers.

Biden's decision to appear on the battleground state scene seems to be related to the fact that Trump has been closing the gap by fiercely chasing him in battleground states.

According to the political media outlet The Hill on that day, in Michigan, Biden was ahead of Trump by 8.4 percentage points as of July 28, but a month later, the gap narrowed to 2.6 percentage points. In Pennsylvania, where Biden gave his speech that day, the gap narrowed from 7.4 percentage points to 5.8 percentage points during the same period.

In Wisconsin, which Trump announced he would visit, Biden was ahead by 6.4 percentage points as of July 28, but as of the 26th, the gap narrowed to 3.5 percentage points.

As of the 31st, Biden was ahead of Trump by 3.7 percentage points in Florida and 2.2 percentage points in Arizona, but was trailing by 0.3 percentage points in North Carolina.

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