7:18
- ABC News
- September 6, 2020
DeWine, Demings call for peaceful protests
The bipartisan call for peaceful protests comes as some have grown violent.
7:18
DeWine and Demings spoke to Raddatz about the ongoing nationwide protests following the recently released video of a deadly arrest of an unarmed Black man in Rochester, New York, and the killing of a pro-Trump demonstrator in Portland, Oregon.
President Donald Trump and his administration have blamed the violence, in part, on state and local officials who either did not or were slow to accept assistance from the federal government.
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When pressed by Raddatz about whether his Oregon and Wisconsin counterparts should have embraced federal support, the Ohio governor said, \"I don't know that. They have to deal with the problem. They're the ones who are on the ground.\"
\"We've had a number of protests in Ohio. We worked very closely with our mayors. We've given them support whenever they ask for it with the National Guard,\" DeWine added.
Both Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden visited Kenosha, Wisconsin, this week, following the protests there in the wake of police shooting Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man.
While a recent ABC News/Ipsos poll showed that 55% of voters think Trump's rhetoric on the protests is making the unrest worse, 49% think Biden's response \"doesn't have much of an effect one way or the other.\"
“While America was going through civil unrest in all 50 states, quite frankly, America was on fire, we had a president — a commander-in-chief — who was walking around with a gasoline can,” Rep. Val Demings tells @MarthaRaddatz about Pres. Trump’s rhetoric. https://t.co/5Rn3rlZDN4 pic.twitter.com/LDeFRGqbWF
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) September 6, 2020
\"President Donald John Trump is the commander in chief. And so the buck stops with him,\" said Demings, who was reportedly on Biden's vice presidential short list. \"While America was going through civil unrest in all 50 states -- quite frankly, America was on fire -- we had a president, a commander in chief, who was walking around with a gasoline can, not trying to sow peace and calm, but actually throwing fire on an already volatile situation.\"
\"I believe that Vice President Biden is on the right track. You've heard him talk about peaceful protest, but he also talked about accountability,\" she added.
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With the presidential election entering its final two months, both Demings' Florida and DeWine's Ohio represent key battlegrounds in the 2020 race.
In an earlier segment on \"This Week,\" Raddatz spoke with voters in Ohio about their thoughts on the race with 58 days until Election Day. Many voters referred to the president's rhetoric on law and order. \"(Trump's) not speaking to me and he's not speaking for me,\" Elisia Triggs, a voter in the Cincinnati suburbs, told Raddatz.
From an ardent Trump supporter in Ohio who says Trump \"almost walks on water,\" to a Missouri rancher backing Biden, voters reflect on a divided country.
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 6, 2020
On a 2,200 mile journey, @MarthaRaddatz takes the pulse of the nation in conversations with voters. https://t.co/GlcWTILDxQ pic.twitter.com/t1uC2jHyWH
Other Ohioans conveyed more supportive sentiments toward the president, including Lynn Kinkaid, a resident of Hamilton, Ohio, who said, \"I think (Trump) almost walks on water.\"
DeWine expressed confidence about the president's chances in his home state, telling Raddatz, \"It's going to be a close race in Ohio. I think the president will win Ohio. But Ohio's always going to be a battleground state.\"
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