Biden’s emergency speech after Trump’s assassination attempt: The November election will be a test for the US

The November presidential election is a “test” for the US after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Joe Biden emphasized yesterday Sunday during his emergency televised address from the White House. “We are all facing a testing period as the elections approach. The more at stake, the more passions flare,” noted the Democratic president. But, “no matter how strong, our convictions should never lead us to plunge into violence (…) It’s time to calm down.” He called for the “temperature to drop” of political life, which he stressed cannot turn into a “killing battlefield”. “I want to talk to you tonight about the need to lower the temperature of our political life,” was the phrase he chose to open his speech, the day after the attempt on the life of his Republican opponent by a young gunman in Pennsylvania, who was shot dead by police snipers after killing a bystander, wounded […]
Source: News Beast

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