Donald Trump Jr. accuses Biden of REFUSING to stand up to radical supporters to stop deadly riots
DONALD Trump Jr. accused Joe Biden of REFUSING to stand up to radical supporters to stop deadly riots.
The president's son's comments came after a night of escalated demonstrations in Portland, Oregon and Washington DC.
"In Democrat-run cities across the country, innocent people are being murdered, communities are being burned to the ground, small businesses are being destroyed & Joe Biden refuses to stand up to his radical supporters causing the mayhem," Donald Jr. tweeted.
"Enough is enough, Joe! #BidenRiots" he added.
Speaking with Fox News on Sunday, however,
Joe Biden's Deputy Campaign Manager, Kate Bedingfield, spoke with Fox News on Sunday about how the Democrat has condemned violence across the nation.
Bedingfield's comments came in response to claims from Laura Trump that Biden did not condemn the actions.
"That's absolutely not true. He came out right after George Floyd was killed back in May, said there's no place for violence," Bedingfield said.
"He said it forcefully again this week.
"That's certainly not true," she added, shooting down claims that Biden did not condemn violence.
Trump Jr.'s comments came after a pro-cop supporter was shot in Portland as Black Lives Matter demonstrators clashed with Trump supporters.
Around 600 vehicles of Trump supporters came to the Oregon city as the incident occurred.
It was unclear if the shooting was linked to violence in the city as the two groups clashed.
Video appeared to show a woman praising the man's death.
"I am not sad that a f***king fascist died tonight," she said.
"Everybody needs to realize what is going on in these streets."
Meanwhile in the nation's capital, police fired chemical spray and flash-bangs at crowds as they dispersed crowds of demonstrators near the White House.
Cops at one point were seen pulling demonstrators out of a van, as they tried to clear the area.
One protest leader was seen threatening to "burn the White House down" and put police "in f***ing graves" as he gave a speech on Saturday night.
"Im at the point where I'm ready to put these police in a f***ing grave," he said.
"I'm at the point where I want to burn the f***ing White House down."
He later told protesters: "Don't get on this front line when the police f***ing push up, you push back."
President Trump called for DC Mayor Muriel Bowser to have police arrest agitators.
".@MayorBowser should arrest these agitators and thugs!" Trump tweeted on Sunday morning.
"Clean up D.C. or the Federal Government will do it for you. Enough!!! @MayorBowser" he added.
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Despite some unrest, demonstrations have been largely peaceful across the nation.
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Violence erupted in Kenosha, Wisconsin earlier this week, when a gunman – identified as Kyle Rittenhouse – allegedly opened fire on demonstrators, killing two and injuring one other.
The incident came at a demonstration following the shooting of Jacob Blake in the same city last week.