Biden, Trump press contrasts in Midwest after debate chaos

CLEVELAND (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden continued their debate-stage clash from afar on Wednesday as they competed for working-class voters in the Midwest and elected officials in both parties — and the debate commission, too — sought to deal with the most chaotic presidential faceoff in memory.

The Tuesday night affair raised fresh questions about Trump's continued reluctance to condemn white supremacy, his efforts to undermine the legitimacy of the election and his unwillingness to respect debate ground rules his campaign had agreed to. Some Democrats called on Biden to skip the next two debates.

Biden's campaign confirmed he would participate in the subsequent meetings as did Trump's. But the Commission on Presidential Debates promised “additional structure ... to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues."

Less than 12 hours after the wild debate concluded, Biden called Trump's behavior in the prime-time confrontation a “a national embarrassment." The Democratic challenger launched his most aggressive day on the campaign trail all year, with eight stops planned for a train tour that began mid-morning in Cleveland and was to end 10 hours later in western Pennsylvania. Trump was to address voters and donors in Minnesota late in the day.

In his first appearance, Biden balanced criticism of Trump with a call for national unity.

“He lies to you,” Biden told supporters under a sunny sky with a cool breeze alongside the Cleveland train station.

“I’ll always tell you the truth," the former vice president said. "I’ll always care about you whether you vote for me or not. If elected, I’m not going to be a Democratic president, I’m going to be an American president.”

While some Republicans feared that Trump's debate...