The ad, which is running in other battleground states as well as the District of Columbia, characterizes the mayhem as unfolding in "Trump's America," the Examiner said.

"He won't bring us together. He doesn't want to and never will," a voice says on the 30-second spot commercial. "He only divides, inflames, infuriates, and tears people apart, always making things worse."

The video, which echoes the theme Biden first uttered in a speech in Pittsburgh on Monday, comes a week after riots erupted in Kenosha following the shooting of a Black man by police, who were responding to a report of a domestic dispute. Police shot the man, who was wanted for felony sexual assault, after two attempts to subdue him with a stun gun were unsuccessful.