Yet Mr. Biden, who spent much of the presidential primary campaign casting Mr. Trump as an “aberration,” also said that defeating him would not be enough to heal the nation’s centuries-old divisions, which are growing deeper seemingly by the day. Seeking to acknowledge both the pain and the chaos of the moment, he warned, “we must not let our pain destroy us." And he pledged that as president, he wouldn’t “fan the flames of hate. I’ll seek to heal the racial wounds that have long plagued our country.”As Mr. Trump cracks down on protesters, how Mr. Biden handles the coming weeks could define his candidacy for the final five months of the presidential contest. Peaceful demonstrations during the day have turned chaotic at night as images of American cities, under curfew and on fire, blanket the airwaves.

Source: New York Times June 02, 2020 13:43 UTC