"Biden, Surrenders to Rioters" VS "Trump, Root of Violence"

Trump and Biden Exchange Accusations Over Police Shooting of Black Man
Competition Intensifies in Battleground States as Support Gap Narrows

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden gave a speech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the 31st of last month (local time).
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[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] "Trump is the root of chaos and violence" VS "Biden's strategy is to surrender to left-wing rioters."

U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden clashed after the party conventions. The protests sparked by police shootings of Black people became a weapon to attack each other. Biden made his first campaign appearance on the ground since his nomination.

On the 31st (local time), Biden visited Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a battleground state, and criticized, "President Trump is incapable of telling us the truth." He added, "He wants the people to live in fear." Biden also emphasized, "Democracy is being poisoned because of President Trump, who will do anything to stay in office."

In his first campaign speech after being nominated, Biden recalled the shooting death of a Black person and stressed 'safety.' The message of the speech was "Are you safe in Trump's America?" This was a response to Trump's claim during last week's Republican presidential acceptance speech that Biden's America cannot be safe.

President Trump also held an unscheduled briefing that day and fiercely attacked Biden. He criticized, "Biden has provided moral support and stability to anarchist revolutionaries," and claimed, "They are trying to destroy our country and suburban areas," asserting that violent protesters are targeting his support base in the suburbs.

The exchange between the two did not end there. In a statement released after Trump's briefing, Biden argued, "If you do not acknowledge that violence is wrong no matter who commits it, then Trump is unfit to be president."

The confrontation Biden provoked that day is interpreted as an effort to bring the conflict caused by President Trump to the forefront of the election campaign and simultaneously block the rise of Trump's support in battleground states. Despite opposition from the governor of Wisconsin, Trump has announced plans to visit Kenosha, where protests erupted after a police shooting of a Black person on the 1st, to meet law enforcement officers.

The sharp confrontation between the two sides is expected to intensify. As the gap between the two candidates narrows significantly in battleground states, the strategy of discrediting the opposing candidate has become more urgent.

According to the political media outlet The Hill, as of July 28, Biden led Trump by 8.4 percentage points in Michigan, 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 has announced he will visit, the gap decreased from 6.4 percentage points to 3.5 percentage points within a month.

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