Protesters in recent weeks surrounding Portland, Oregon’s federal courthouse have clashed with federal agents under the control of the Department of Homeland Security. The former vice president said near the top of his speech that “when President Obama and I were in office, we protected federal property. And it can be done today, but that wouldn’t help Trump’s political interests.”Biden then charged that the president’s “determined to stoke division and chaos. The Trump campaign for weeks has also carpeted the airwaves in key general election battleground states with TV ads taking aim at Biden over the violence. The Trump campaign warned that if Biden’s “radical agenda is passed, “Middle-class families won't be able to afford Joe Biden's radical shift to the Left.”

Source: Fox News July 28, 2020 22:18 UTC