In Kenosha, Biden tells nervous Democrats Trump’s ‘law and order’ push is not working

KENOSHA, WIS. — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden arrived at Grace Lutheran Church on Thursday on a healing — and turnout — mission, tying the Jacob Blake shooting to a series of larger race-related issues two months before his showdown with President Donald Trump.

“I made a mistake about something. I thought you could defeat hate. It only hides,” said Biden, masked and socially distancing. “It only hides.”

Taking notes as he listened, Biden hear from a former Marine, a looted picture frame shop owner and a lawyer who worked defense and prosecution only to conclude no matter what side of the aisle she was on, the system was rigged against Black and Brown defendants.

Trump was in Kenosha on Tuesday with a starkly different agenda, emphasizing and praising law enforcement — law and order is his main message for now — while ignoring the incident that’s sparked protests and riots: A white Kenosha police officer shot the Evanston-raised Blake, 29, a Black man, seven times in the back. Blake is paralyzed with other severe internal injuries.