Joe Biden has launched one of his most scathing attacks yet on Donald Trump’s record of racism, suggesting that the former US president would have reacted differently to the January 6 2021 insurrection if it had been led by Black people. The remarks, at a dinner hosted by a civil rights organisation in a critical swing state, pointed to an intensifying battle between Biden and Trump for African American voters before November’s presidential election

Source: The Guardian May 20, 2024 11:21 UTC