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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

Biden says he spoke with Trump after rally shooting: ‘No place in America for this kind of violence’

A man wearing a black suit speaks into microphones at a podium with his hands gesturing
Joe Biden speaks from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington DC, on 14 July 2024. Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP

Joe Biden said that that there was “no place in America” for the sort of political violence that saw a gunman open fire on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania and plunge America’s already fractious election campaign into new levels of fears over political unrest.

“There is no place in America for this kind of violence or any violence for that matter. An assassination attempt is contrary to everything we stand for as a nation,” Biden said. “Unity is the most elusive goal of all, but nothing is more important than that right now. Unity. We’ll debate and disagree, that’s not going to change, but we’re not going to lose sight of who we are as Americans.”

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