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Biden, Trump stress unity after rally shooting upends presidential race

Biden has called on Americans to come together after the assassination attempt against Trump [Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP]

United States President Joe Biden and his Republican challenger Donald Trump have called on Americans to put aside political divisions and come together after Trump narrowly survived an attempted assassination.

In a six-and-a-half-minute address from the Oval Office on Sunday night, Biden said political violence could not be normalised and that all Americans have a responsibility to “cool it down” when it comes to heated political rhetoric.

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