Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden[1] told voters Tuesday that he’s “sick and tired” of the Trump administration, in the aftermath of a gunman who killed 11 people at a synagogue and a Trump[2] supporter who allegedly mailed pipe bombs to prominent Democrats, including Mr. Biden[3].
“I am sick and tired of this administration,” Mr. Biden[4] said at a campaign rally for Democrats in Wisconsin. “I’m sick and tired of what’s going on. I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired, and I hope you are, too.”
Mr. Biden[5], who is considering a presidential bid in 2020, said that “words matter,” an apparent rebuke of President Trump[6]’s campaign rhetoric.
“Three times this past week, the forces of hate have terrorized our fellow Americans for their political beliefs, the color of their skin, or their religion,” Mr. Biden[7] said. “Folks, this is not who we are. We need to recognize that words matter. Words matter.”
A Florida man was charged last week with allegedly mailing as many as 15 pipe bombs to high-profile critics of Mr. Trump[8], including former President Barack Obama, Mr. Biden[9], former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.
Also last week, two black people were killed at a Kentucky grocery store, allegedly by a white gunman, in what authorities are investigating as a possible hate crime. Authorities say the gunman had tried minutes earlier to enter a black church.
On Saturday, a gunman killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh and wounded six others, including four police officers.
Mr. Biden[10] said the pipe bombs sent to him and others could have been picked up by “our kids, our grandkids.”
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Mr. Trump[11], who has called the synagogue slayings “evil,” is visiting Pittsburgh Tuesday to meet with family members of the victims and with first responders.