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A White House spokesman declined to comment on Biden’s remarks. The Trump campaign accused Biden of using “the politics of racial division” while defending the president’s response to the protest. “President Trump is restoring the nation to order and is clearly the leader we need to return the country to peace and prosperity,” said campaign advisor Katrina Pierson.

As coronavirus lockdowns across the country are lifted, the 2020 presidential campaign is poised to enter a new phase, more closely resembling a traditional campaign with both candidates giving speeches and personally appealing to voters. 

As of Tuesday, Biden held a 6-point lead over Trump in the Real Clear Politics average of national presidential polls. Trump is the underdog in his reelection race, having trailed Biden in every major national poll since early February. 

Biden, who was vice president under Barack Obama, the first black U.S. president, has previously said that he decided to run for the White House after hearing Trump say there were “very fine people on both sides” of the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, where white supremacists and neo-Nazis marched in 2017.

On Tuesday, Biden placed Trump’s leadership squarely in the category of “enemies” confronting the United States.

“We’re facing formidable enemies. They include not only the coronavirus, and the terrible impacts to the lives and livelihoods, but also the selfishness and fear that have loomed over our national life for the last three years,” said Biden.

“I wish I could say that hate began with Donald Trump and will end with him. It didn’t, and it won’t. American history isn’t a fairy tale with a guaranteed happy ending,” Biden said.

“The battle for the soul of this nation has been a constant push and pull for more than 240 years. A tug of war between the American ideal that we’re all created equal, and the harsh reality that racism has torn us apart.”

“The honest truth is both elements are part of the American character. Both elements. At our best, the American ideal wins out. But it’s never a rout. It’s always a fight. And the battle is never fully won,” Biden continued. 

“But we can’t ignore the truth that we’re at our best when we open our hearts, rather than clench our fists. Donald Trump has turned this country into a battlefield riven by old resentments and fresh fears. He thinks division helps him. His narcissism has become more important than the nation’s well-being that he leads,” he added. “I ask every American. Look at where we are now, and think anew. Is this who we are? Is this who we want to be?”