The US president is escalating his attacks on members of the Republican Party who are loyal to Trump.
The president Joe Biden condemned threats of violence against FBI agents which they performed research in his mansion former President Donald Trump as “sick,” while calling for increased police funding, as well as an assault weapons ban in Pennsylvania.
Making the first of three planned visits in one week to the campaign grounds for November’s congressional midterm elections, Biden forcefully repudiated people who attacked federal officials law enforcement and who participated in the search that took place at Trump’s Florida mansion on August 8.
“It is sickening to see the new attacks on the FBI, threatening the lives of law enforcement agents and their families, because they are simply enforcing the law and doing their jobs,” said Biden.
“I want to say this as clearly as I can. There is no place in this country, there is no such place, that endangers the lives of law enforcement people. There is no such place. There is no. There never will be. Perfect. I am opposed to reducing the funds that the police receive. I also oppose defunding the FBI.“
Earlier this month, the FBI and the US Department of Homeland Security warned of an increase in threats following a search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion, when agents proceeded to seizing material, which prosecutors described as 11 sets of classified documentsincluding some that were top secret, in the context of a criminal investigation.
In recent weeks, Biden has largely sidestepped discussions of that investigation, with the White House saying the Justice Department operates independently. The Biden administration’s intelligence chief recently launched an investigation into the national security risks of releasing classified documents.
Biden is escalating his attacks on members of the Republican Party that are dedicated to Trump, while this issue is expected to dominate another pre-election visit that the American president will make on Thursday in Pennsylvania.
“Let me say this to our Republican (Making America Great Again -MAGA) friends in Congress. Don’t tell me you support law enforcement if you won’t condemn what happened on January 6th.” Biden said referring to the invasion of the US Capitol by Biden supporters on January 6, 2021.
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Rona McDaniel countered Biden’s message, saying in a statement yesterday:Biden’s Democratic agenda has made communities in Pennsylvania less safe, and that’s why the state’s residents will be voting in a new direction in November.“
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