Rand Paul slams Biden’s comments blaming Trump for violence in cities: ‘Afraid to rebuke them because these are their supporters’

Published September 1, 2020 2:25pm ET



Sen. Rand Paul denounced Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for remarks that blamed President Trump for the continued violence in cities such as Portland and Seattle.

“I’d say Joe is confused,” Paul told Fox News’s Martha MacCallum on Monday night. “These are his supporters, and I haven’t heard Joe Biden or Kamala Harris come out and say what happened to my wife and I and the other two ladies that were with us was wrong. I haven’t heard one word of rebuke.”

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