SECOND TAKE
NEW YORK POST: Joe Biden’s soft spot is showing
The Democratic leader is blaming Trump and the police but says little about the violence of protesters
Naturally, all the folks who have been downplaying and/or defending the violence of the anti-cop demonstrations across the US are happily seconding Joe Biden’s claim that yes, it is terrible — and it’s all President Donald Trump’s fault.
In fact, Biden’s remarks fall far short: the Left is plainly driving the chaos — the fires, the looting, the attacks on police stations and courthouses — but he simply denounced violence “on both sides”, repeatedly singling out “white supremacists”, “white nationalists”, “right-wing militias” and so on, with nary a mention of antifa. Let alone a breath about the extremism of the leaders of Black Lives Matter (BLM)...
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