Joe Biden on Monday condemned violence, looting and property destruction during protests over racial injustice and police brutality -- while saying rump's refusal to call on his own supporters to "stop acting as an armed militia in this country shows how weak he is."

"I want to be very clear about all of this: Rioting is not protesting. Looting is not protesting. Setting fires is not protesting. None of this is protesting. It's lawlessness, plain and simple. And those who do it should be prosecuted," Biden said in a speech in Pittsburgh.

"Violence will not bring change, it will only bring destruction. It's wrong in every way. It will divide, instead of unite. ... It makes things worse across the board, not better."

He said looting and property damage are a break with the tactics of civil rights champions Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis, and "must end."

"We must not burn. We have to build," Biden said.

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