Published 12:45 IST, October 23rd 2020
Trump, Biden have back-and-forth over racism
Biden and Trump are clashing on race relations, as the former vice president calls the current president "one of the most racist presidents we've had in modern history."
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Biden and Trump are clashing on race relations, as former vice president calls current president "one of most racist presidents we've h in modern history."
Biden said Trump "pours fuel on every racist fire" and ted that at his last debate president wouldn't condemn white supremacy and told an extremist group to "stand down and stand by."
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Trump portrayed himself as a champion of African-Americans. Repeating his standard line that president has done more for Black Americans than anyone or than Abraham Lincoln, Trump accused Biden and former President Barack Obama of igring issues of racial justice.
"You've done thing but crime bill which put 10s of thousands of Black men in jail," Trump told Biden.
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Biden said he's been trying to change drug sentencing laws that disproportionately harmed African-Americans and that public kws his record.
Trump, touting criminal justice reform and opportunity zone bills he signed, said: "I am least racist person in this room."
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(Im Credit: AP)
12:45 IST, October 23rd 2020