Defying local officials, Trump heads to Kenosha in Wisconsin amid protests and racial unrest

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WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - Defying requests to stay away, President Donald Trump headed for Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday (Sept 1) to highlight his 'law and order' re-election campaign theme in a city upended by protests after the shooting of a black man by a white police officer.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON - Defying requests to stay away, President Donald Trump headed for Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday to highlight his"law and order" re-election campaign theme in a city upended by protests after the shooting of a black man by a white police officer.

The state's governor and the city's mayor both urged Trump to stay away from Kenosha in order to avoid inflaming tensions and allow its citizens to heal. In Portland, Oregon, site of three months of nightly protests that have often turned violent, a Trump supporter was shot dead on Saturday. Kellyanne Conway, a Trump adviser until Monday, said last week the president stood to benefit politically from the kind of unrest that erupted in Kenosha. Trump's"law and order" message appeals to his base of white supporters.

Biden has responded by calling for rioters and looters to be prosecuted while saying Trump himself was stoking the violence with divisive rhetoric, calling the president"too weak, too scared of the hatred he has stirred to put an end to it."

 

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