🥇Joe Biden Visits Protest Site🧷Trump Hides in Bunker & Tweets BS
Biden Visits George Floyd Protest Site & Urges Americans to Turn 'Anguish Into Purpose'
Former Vice President Joe Biden left his home on Sunday afternoon to visit Wilmington, Delaware, where protests erupted the night before to demand justice for the death of George Floyd.
In photographs and videos posted to his Instagram account, a masked Biden was seen talking and taking photos with people, who were also masked, at the site.
“We are a nation in pain, but we must not allow this pain to destroy us,” Biden, who has made public appearances only twice in the past two months amid the coronavirus pandemic, wrote in a photo caption.
Several cities saw peaceful protests turn violent on Saturday night. In Wilmington, some demonstrators began looting businesses as night fell. Surveying the damage the next morning, Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) blamed a small band of bad actors for the destruction while lauding Wilmingtonians who had focused “on the good,” the Delaware News Journal reported.
Hours later, hundreds of protesters took to the city’s streets again, chanting Floyd’s name and calling for the end of police violence. Floyd died last Monday after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck.
“I cannot breathe,” Floyd told the officer. “Please man, I can’t breathe.”
Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki (D) declared a state of emergency on Sunday evening and imposed a curfew from 9:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Monday.
Biden was among several prominent politicians who have urged protesters to continue to voice their anger and frustration without resorting to violence. In a statement released on Sunday, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said protesting the brutality that Floyd and others have endured “is right and necessary. It’s an utterly American response.”
“But burning down communities and needless destruction is not,” Biden stated.
“The act of protesting should never be allowed to overshadow the reason we protest. It should not drive people away from the just cause that protest is meant to advance,” he added.
In response to the demonstrations, President Donald Trump reportedly rebuffed advice from campaign advisers to deliver a nationally televised address on Sunday and remained out of sight. However, he continued tweeting, mocking Biden and blaming “anarchists,” “antifa” and the “Lamestream Media” for the violence on America’s streets.
TRUMP TOOK SHELTER IN WHITEHOUSE BUNKER DURING PROTESTS
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service agents rushed President Donald Trump to a White House bunker on Friday night as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the executive mansion, some of them throwing rocks and tugging at police barricades.
Trump spent nearly an hour in the bunker, which was designed for use in emergencies like terrorist attacks, according to a Republican close to the White House who was not authorized to publicly discuss private matters and spoke on condition of anonymity. The account was confirmed by an administration official who also spoke on condition of anonymity.
The abrupt decision by the agents underscored the rattled mood inside the White House, where the chants from protesters in Lafayette Park could be heard all weekend and Secret Service agents and law enforcement officers struggled to contain the crowds.
Friday's protests were triggered by the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after he was pinned at the neck by a white Minneapolis police officer. The demonstrations in Washington turned violent and appeared to catch officers by surprise. They sparked one of the highest alerts on the White House complex since the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001.
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