Biden takes on Trump as the coronavirus outbreak, economic crisis and racial unrest roil the nation
When Joe Biden announced he was running for president, he framed his campaign as"a battle for the soul of this nation,” saying President Trump threatened its core values by condoning the racism of torch-carrying neo-Nazis who marched in 2017 through Charlottesville, Va.
Biden's emergence as the Democratic nominee came after a year of often lackluster campaigning against rivals in the most diverse field of presidential candidates in his party's history. The nearly two dozen contenders included six women, three African Americans, two Asian Americans, a Pacific Islander, a Latino and a gay man.
Trump has made clear he will continue stoking the nation's racial and cultural divisions. As NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell released a video Friday encouraging peaceful protests and saying the league was wrong for not listening to players earlier about inequality and police misconduct, Trump resumed his condemnation of players who kneel during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial injustice.
"We need Joe Biden to be that kind of civil rights hero," he said Thursday on CBS'"The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.""Right now, this moment calls for it. We need that kind of radical legislative change."
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