In Pittsburgh, Biden to blame Trump for violence nationwide

Joe Biden is mounting a more aggressive offense against President Donald Trump with a rare public appearance in Pittsburgh on Monday, where he’s expected to say Trump is contributing to violence in streets nationwide.

According to a campaign aide, Democratic presidential minee will accuse Trump of exacerbating unrest and will make argument that violent turn some of recent protests is Trump administration’s problem.

Trump and Republicans are increasingly running on a “law and order” mess heading into vember elections, highlighting violence at protests focused on criminal justice reform as examples of what country will look like under a Biden administration.

In Kesha, Wisconsin , National Guard was deployed to quell demonstrations in response to a police shooting of a Black man that have resulted in looting, vandalism and shooting deaths of two protesters.

And this weekend, one of Trump's supporters was shot at a demonstration in Portland, Oregon, prompting multiple tweets from Trump himself, including one late Sunday erroneously accusing Biden of failing to criticize “agitators” at protests. Biden did, however, issue a statement Sunday afteron deuncing violent acts.

"I condemn violence of every kind by anyone, wher on left or right. And I challenge Donald Trump to do same," he said in statement.

Portland has seen nearly 100 consecutive nights of Black Lives Matter protests and many have ended with vandalism to federal and city property.

Trump and or speakers at last week’s Republican National Convention frequently highlighted incidents of violence at protests that were sparked by police killing of George Floyd last May, charging that if Biden is elected in vember such incidents will become rm.

Biden has repeatedly deunced violence at se protests, and last week accused Trump of viewing violence as a “political benefit.”

“He’s rooting for more violence, t less. And it’s clear about that," he said.