There is “no place for political violence in America,”
– Biden says
President Joe Biden decried Sunday’s apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump and condemned political violence in remarks from Philadelphia on Monday.
Biden, speaking at the National HBCU Week Conference, commended the Secret Service for its “expert handling” of the situation and said the acting head of the agency, Ronald Rowe, is in Florida “determining whether any further adjustments need to be made to ensure the safety of our former president.”
The president added that assassination “solves nothing. It just tears the country apart. We must do everything we can to prevent it and never give it any oxygen.”
Attorney general promises to use “every available resource” in investigation
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There is “no place for political violence in America,” Biden says
President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the 2024 National HBCU Week Conference in Philadelphia on September 16. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images
President Joe Biden decried Sunday’s apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump and condemned political violence in remarks from Philadelphia on Monday.
Biden, speaking at the National HBCU Week Conference, commended the Secret Service for its “expert handling” of the situation and said the acting head of the agency, Ronald Rowe, is in Florida “determining whether any further adjustments need to be made to ensure the safety of our former president.”
Biden said there is “no place for political violence in America — none. Zero. … In America, we resolve our difference peacefully at the ballot box, not at the end of a gun.”
The president added that assassination “solves nothing. It just tears the country apart. We must do everything we can to prevent it and never give it any oxygen.”
Attorney general promises to use “every available resource” in investigation
Attorney General Merrick Garland promised in a Monday statement to use “every available resource” in the investigation into Sunday’s apparent attempted assassination on former President Donald Trump.
Garland said that “the FBI is continuing to investigate what appears to be an assassination attempt of former President Trump” and that “we are grateful that the former President is safe.”