WASHINGTON — Former US vice president Joe Biden levels harsh words at US President Donald Trump for placing blame on “both sides” for the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
In a commentary published Sunday in The Atlantic, Biden writes: “Today we have an American president who has publicly proclaimed a moral equivalency between neo-Nazis and Klansmen and those who would oppose their venom and hate.”
He says Trump has “emboldened white supremacists with messages of comfort and support.”
Biden and former president Barack Obama have each kept a low profile since leaving office, carefully choosing the moments to weigh in.
In his commentary, Biden says: “This is a moment for this nation to declare what the president can’t with any clarity, consistency, or conviction: There is no place for these hate groups in America.”
— AP
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