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What the protests, riots in Philadelphia could mean for presidential election - Fox News
Oct 28, 2020 2 mins, 30 secs

Events Tuesday night started peacefully with family members of Wallace's speaking about him to reporters but later turned violent with widespread looting, including one group of about 1,000 people, according to police.

These areas are experiencing widespread demonstrations that have turned violent with looting." At least 30 police officers were injured Monday night into Tuesday.

With the presidential debates over and Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett officially seated, law and order, civility, policing and racial justice now figure to play a renewed prominent role in the final days of the presidential campaign alongside the economy, the Trump administration's struggle to get ahold of the coronavirus, and Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris' refusal thus far to say whether they will pack the Supreme Court. .

We cannot accept that in this country a mental health crisis ends in death," Biden and Harris said in a joint statement Tuesday.

Meanwhile, however, President Trump noted the violence in Philadelphia during a rally in Wisconsin on Tuesday, bringing back the "law and order" theme he's repeatedly emphasized throughout his campaign. .

"Joe Biden and his party incite violence and hatred against our police officers and we're not doing that.".

Trump added: "Last night Philadelphia was torn up by Biden-supporting radicals. Thirty police officers, Philadelphia police officers, great people.

Further, Biden at the Democratic National Convention said that "most cops are good" during a conversation on racial justice.

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Mountain Top Inn & Resort, Tuesday, Oct.

Biden in a Tuesday statement condemned rioting and looting.

In a Tuesday statement, he portrayed himself as a unity candidate who will cool down discourse in the U.S., thus quelling the unrest not with federal law enforcement, but with words and legislation.

"As a nation, we are strong enough to both meet the challenges of real police reform, including implementing a national use of force standard, and to maintain peace and security in our communities," Biden and Harris said in a joint statement. "That must be our American mission.

All Donald Trump does is fan the flames of division in our society.

The statement echoed a Biden ad from September, which cut up statements from a speech the former vice president gave in Pittsburgh and was titled "Be Not Afraid," a quote from Pope John Paul II. .

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Eppley Airfield, Tuesday, Oct

Trump also campaigned in Wisconsin Tuesday, where he accused Joe Biden of standing "with the rioters." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump is determined to instill fear in America because Donald Trump adds fuel to every fire

The White House on early Wednesday morning said in a statement that the Philadelphia rioting and looting is a consequence of "Liberal Democrats' war against the police."

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