In primetime address, Biden says country must not go down road of political violence

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden says “we can’t, we must not go down” the road of political violence in American after Saturday’s attempted Trump assassination.

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In a prime-time national address, Biden said political passions can run high but “we must never descend into violence.”

Biden earlier condemned the attempted assassination of his predecessor, Donald Trump, as “contrary to everything we stand for as a nation.”

Biden also said he was ordering an independent security review of how such an attack could have happened. His campaign team is grappling with how to manage the political implications of a shooting targeting the man the president hopes to defeat in November’s election.

Calibrating the right tone going forward could be especially challenging.

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