And at 9 00f truth a. M. , biographer and president ial historian Craig ShirleyDiscusses Campaign 2020 and the history of postconvention president ial campaigns. Host three months until election day, the candidates and issues come under more intense scrutiny. Joe biden making his First Campaign speech since the convention accusing the president of stoking violence in our cities and that the president forfeited any leadership in our country. Welcome to washington journal for this tuesday, september 1. We will spend the first hour getting your thoughts and reaction to joe bidens speech and we will hear from joe biden, play you this speech and reaction from President Trump. Here is how we are breaking the lines up. If you support joe biden and Kamala Harris that line is 202 7488000. The president and Vice President mike pence, 202 7488001. If you are undecided or supporting another candidate the line is 202 7488002. You can always send us a text, 202 7488003. Make sure that you tell us your name and where you are texting from. Panwj. Tter we are cs your posts are also welcome on facebook. We will play you some of that speech from joe biden from yesterday afternoon and the reaction at the white house from President Trump and his interview last night with Laura Ingraham on fox news. Here is the New York Times on that speech. Biden confronts trump on safety, he cannot stop the violence joe biden charged that violence. An effort to refocus the spotlight on the incumbent after a week of republican attacks. Here is a bit of what joe biden had to say. Vp biden the job of a president is to tell it straight to the shoulders, tell the truth, be candid, face fact is, to lead, not to incite. That is why i am speaking to you today. The incumbent president is incapable of telling us the truth, incapable of facing the facts, and incapable of healing. He does not want to shed light, he wants to generate heat and he is stroking violence in our cities. Host reflecting joe biden passwords, the headline in the Washington Times biden says trump stokes fears for voters. Joe biden on monday blamed President Trump for fomenting violence in the u. S. , saying he is struggling to solve the covid19 pandemic and seasonal rising fear as a political lifeline. In personmaking an venture on the campaign trail and said that instead of curtailing the right wing mr. Trump has created an armed militia that is fueling the unrest. Mr. Biden cast the president as an uninterested bystander in his own administration as he fails to handle multiple crises. If you support joe biden and Kamala Harris 202 7488000. If you support donald trump and mike pence 202 7488001. All others, use 202 7488002. We will go first to market, a trump supporter in louisiana. Good morning. Caller thank you for having me and thank you for cspan. I was actually thinking about voting for biden before all this stuff going on. Watching the way biden has handled everything. Silent until it kept going on and going on and he finally had to come out of his home to Say Something. Forced to vote for trump. I voted for trump last time and i was thinking i would probably vote for biden this time. He is making it to where i cant. Way biden is going to lead his presidency i dont want him. Host what were you hoping to hear from joe biden . Caller i was hoping to see him come out early and go against you keep hearing the media say trump will not go after his porters until biden just now came out i had not heard him say anything about the destruction going on in the cities. I had not heard him say anything about all the businesses. Of black businesses people, hispanic people that are being destroyed in urban communities. He was silent. I dont get it. I really was thinking about voting for biden but i dont see how i can now. He does not look like he can command the job. Gail, a will hear from biden supporter from sea cliff, new york. Caller i could not disagree more with that gentleman. You compare how trump handled himself yesterday and biden handled himself, it is like night and day. Minutesticulated in 20 what everybody who supports biden has been feeling for a long time. He was terrific, he hit it out of the park. He undressed trump beautifully. Trump is he reads a speech he has no feeling about. He doesnt even understand the problem. I just thought biden hit it out of the park. I thought he became president yesterday. What a gentle man. What a smart guy. What a strong man. President weak president we have. I appreciate you taking my call, good morning. I called on the third line because i am an independent and i will have to vote for biden. But we like either one, know trump is not going to bring this country together. With all the crisis going on we need someone to step up to the plate. Chance,ready had his biden kind of had his chance, but sometime you can tell a little leadership is when you have a crisis and they step up to the plate. Thats all we can hope for. To work out the other problems we are going to have to bring this country together and Work Together. , itave about a dozen crises will be a hard job no matter who it is. I think this is the most important election since abraham lincoln. Said on twitter steve this, dj t had the opportunity to condone vigilantism condemn vichy lentil is vigilantism and he refused. The only way trump wins is if he scares everyone into voting for him. If the riots are trumps faulty you think democrats and the media would have spent the last three months calling them peaceful protest . Why would trump go to kenosha and not even meet with the folks that are the focus of the conflict. Lizzie tweets, why did biden go to an empty warehouse. He could have spoken from his basement. President vice speaking yesterday in a converted steel mill in pittsburgh. Here is more of what he had to say. Is,iden the simple truth donald trump failed to protect america. Now he is trying to scare america. Since donald trump and mike pence cannot run on the record that has seen more american deaths to a virus, this virus, then the nation suffered in every war since korea combined. Since they cannot run on their economy that has seen more people lose their jobs than any time since the great depression. Since they cant run on a simple proposition of sending our children safely back full, since i have no agenda or vision for a second term, trump and pentz are running on this and i find it fascinating. You wont be safe in Joe Bidens America. What is there proof . The violence we see in Donald Trumps america. Some are not images of imagined Joe Biden America in the future. These are images of Donald Trumps america today. He keeps telling you, if only he was president it wouldnt happen. If he was president. He keeps telling us if he was president you would feel safe. He is president , whether he knows it or not, and it is happening, its getting worse, and you know why. Because donald trump adds fuel to every fire. Next,we hear from william a joe biden supporter in port orange, florida. Caller good morning. I was just calling to say that i am in favor of joe biden for president because i see in him someone who is balanced emotionally, psychologically, physically, mentally, and someone who i think can bring the country together and lead us in a good direction. I really do think that he and harris offer the best opportunity for our country to begin to heal and begin to try to move in a new direction. Host to larry in sunderland, maryland. A trump supporter. Good morning. Haser biden will lose, he 47 years in politics a total failure. And he chinese operative is talking about this virus which is a chinese biological weapon. He is pathetic. His agenda will fail. This internal turmoil iss urgency by wealthy people to destroy the country. Host from mississippi a joe biden supporter. Hello. Caller good morning. I just want to address the first caller who said that biden did not address the looting and burning. He has addressed that. The first caller what is looting and burning when somebodys life has been taken. Trump has addressed none of that. All hes addressed is the looting and the violence. That is not what the protest is doing. I know that for a fact because i have been to a couple of protests. That is what i wanted to say. Thank you, you do a great job. From michigan on the undecided line, this is john. Thank, good morning. Cspanent is, i watch and i listen to people on both sides. I am undecided. Suggestions from we the people to the politicians to solve these problems. Alli hear is hitlers and these name callings and all this, i hear nothing, any suggestions on how the politicians can put things back together. We the people are the ones that are supposed to solve this. They are supposed to take our suggestions and use that to solve this. They dont listen to us at all. Thats my comment and God Bless America. Go wherever we are led. In a ditch or not. Host President Trump heading to kenosha, wisconsin. This is the kenosha news. The mayor says the city has sufficient support in advance of the president ial visit, the headline from the kenosha news. The president has been asked by the governor of the state not to come to kenosha. Here is how the president reacted at the white house. He did not want the National Guard as you know, he was very reluctant. I give him credit because ultimately he said yes and as soon as he said yes the problem ended area i have to see that the problem ended. I have to see the people that did such a good job for me and we have tremendous support in the state of wisconsin so i promised them when it all gets taken care of concerns that it could exacerbate tensions and increase violence, do you give any consideration pres. Trump it could also increase enthusiasm and a lot of respect for our country. That is why i am going. They did a fantastic job. As soon as i called and told them lets go the whole problem stopped. That was six days ago. Meeting withu not the family of jacob blake while you are there . We spoke with the familys pastor and i thought it would be better not to do anything will with their lawyers involved. They wanted me to speak but they wanted to have lawyers involved and i thought that was inappropriate so i did not do that. I did speak with the pastor of the family who is a fine man, a wonderful man. I think we had a great talk. I may at some point do that. They did have a lawyer that wanted to be on the phone and i said that is inappropriate. I gave my best regards. Host for those of you who are Trump Supporters, 202 7488001. Joe biden and Kamala Harris supporters 202 7488000. Big spring, texas. Emmett, good morning. Caller good morning. I would like to know how do you talk to these Trump Supporters . They kind of sound like they are not educated. When you come to them with facts, you tell them that donald trump slept with a poor and star his wife was pregnant, and you ask them about it they are not into reality. The very clear where country is headed under donald trump, we are headed for a race war. If thats what the people want, so be it. See ast note, i cannot suburban female living in suburbia voting for trump just because they are frayed people are coming to their neighborhood and are going to do them harm. If they are intelligent, articulate, and have a common sense they know that donald trump is inflaming this racism. I live out here in west texas. Just the other day i was driving down the street and here comes a truck with donald trump signs. They are acting irrational. I pray for the country. How do you have a conversation with a trump supporter and they are not in reality of whats going on. Thank you for taking my call. Host a trump supporter from alabama, welcome. Caller thank you. I have several questions that maybe someone could answer. Why dot question is, governors notnd want peace in their city . I dont understand that. Have bad apples in every walk of life, not only police. We have bad people in all walks of life. I will make this statement. Trump not forld who he was or is, i support him because he may not claim to be a he does mention god in his speeches and there is submit tohat he will living for the lord and i think we shouldnt dam that. The guy that called in and said something about namecalling, that is not really good either. They say donald trump lies, i have seen joe biden in several lies. Even yesterday i saw him. Is not getting us anywhere. We need to pray for our country. In the bible it said the end of times there wont be floods anymore but fire. California is burning down. People better get on their knees. Host let me ask you about the previous caller from texas, a joe biden supporter who said that he felt that the end result of all of this was a race war. Very concerned the president is not addressing racism in this country. You are a trump supporter, what is your view on how well donald trump has or has not addressed racial cant act in this country conflict in this country . Caller i think he has addressed it and we are not listening. A lot of people talk about his compassion. I saw a lot of compassion from him. He may not show things like i do or you do, but we all have a heart and we have feeling. When his wife was speaking the other night i saw such admiration on his face for that lady. If you will put it up on pull it up on your computer and watch it, while she was speaking i saw such admiration for her and very few relationships have that anymore. I think we should really be grateful that he does admire his wife and i think she admires him also texaswe will go to tyler, and hear from elaine, a joe biden supporter. Caller i am really hurt. Poor never mentioned that young man that got shot seven times in the back. Came out and spoke to the nation as she heard. I wouldnt vote for trump for anything. His family is robbing the country. They are stealing, they are unqualified, he is unqualified. As far as joe biden is concerned i have always loved him and his. Calm, he has a calming and honest effect. , i will be 84 years old on september 16. 1968, the second black to come in the door with a college degree. Two ladies were sitting there having coffee and another young lady one of them said [no audio] host we will let it go there. The Washington Post lead editorial this morning. Mr. Trump fanning the flames, the president a master at incitement in his element. A dangerous moment, Citizens Armed with paintball guns, chemical sprays, handguns, and assault weapons are in the street spoiling for a fight. In portland, kenosha, and elsewhere the police are beleaguered and some are encouraging vigilantes. Four more years of a Trump Presidency cap stop by pandemic and raw video footage of the violence by police against black people amid a widening sense that restraint is fraying and grievances have become intractable, no countervailing force can rival the potency of the president possible horn. Mr. Biden in blaming the president and appealing for calm seems all but drowned out. Mr. Trump heads to wisconsin against the pleas of the state posco and are, there seems to be every reason to fear he may further provoke protest. Lets hear from frisco city, alabama. On the undecided line. Frisco city, alabama. Are you there . New jersey, a joe biden supporter. Thank you for taking my call. Interesting that focus so, politicians violenceolence coming from the element of protesting. Not from the protesters, but from the whole environment of the protest. Seem that the politicians and the media are focusing in on the cause of the violence, the socalled violence. There has been violence on people of color in this country from the inception of this country. Medialk about the talks a lot about racial politics. That is the bedrock of this modern political scene. Grew up in georgia i think he was a senator in georgia when i was a kid. Was themember that this theme that wasal constantly programmed to the public when i was a kid. You go back to huey long in louisiana. Politics been racial in this country for 50 or 60 years and what the republican doing now is nothing new. Of course, the president s agenda are about keeping this whole theme throughout the country. The republicans didnt have a platform what are the issues, there are no issues. The idea is to keep stoking this whole thing of violence in the streets, but the violence that is provoking this socalled violence in the street my last point is this. Made a veryc rivers profound statement a few days blacken he said that people or people of color, i am kind of paraphrasing here, that black people or people of color continually show admiration and love for this country, but this country never loves people of color back. Thank you very much. Host mike in woodbridge, virginia. A trump supporter. Caller hello, thank you, cspan. Trump and withd the africanamerican population, they support President Trump more now and President Trump is closing the gap that existed between democrats and republicans in relation to minority support. People want to protect their families and where we do see the violence is also where we see the protest. It seems to go handinhand after President Trump gave his second speech at the root white house the people in attendance were attacked viciously by criminal mobs that were there for the purpose of protest. The very next day the same exact violent people were at the march for life in washington, d. C. Was inspired by Martin Luther king jr. And attended by some of the people in his family for nonviolent protest. If the truth is there, i am in the washington, d. C. Area and i see it. The same violent people are there the next day, literally saying we are here for peaceful protest and justice. No they are not. We dont want the violence. Joe biden took too long to condemn the violence. Host you mentioned the incidents outside the white house after the president s acceptance speech. There is video of the encounter with senator rand paul and his wife. The daily caller with another story about that. Alice johnson accosted by demonstrators outside the white house. Byce johnson was accosted demonstrators outside the white house following her appear