Biden was careful NOT to directly mention Donald Trump for his offensive remarks….
Joe Biden has spoken to the Floyd family….
Donald Trump has not….
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that the death in Minnesota of a black man who had been detained by police exposed racial injustice that “none of us can turn away” from, urging Americans to treat the volatile national moment as a turning point for race relations in the U.S.
Biden said Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died after a Minneapolis police officer detained him and knelt on his neck for several minutes, was denied basic “human” and “civil rights.” Floyd was motionless after the officer’s actions, then was carried away on a gurney and pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Biden compared the death to those of Eric Garner, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery — black Americans whose deaths sparked similar cries of injustice. Biden asked viewers to imagine fearing for their family’s safety “from bad actors and bad police” or having to “talk with your child about not asserting their rights.”
“It’s a list that dates back more than 400 years: black men, black women, black children. The original sin of this country still stains our nation today,” Biden said. “And sometimes we manage to overlook it. We just push forward with 1,000 other tasks in our daily life, but it’s always there. Weeks like this, we see it plainly that we’re a country with an open wound. None of us can turn away, none of us can be silent. None of us can any longer, can we hear the words, ‘I can’t breathe’ and do nothing.”
While Biden’s speech mainly focused on Floyd’s death, Biden added that it is “no time for incendiary tweets. It’s no time to encourage violence,” an implicit criticism of President Donald Trump.
“This is a national crisis and we need real leadership right now,” Biden said. “Leadership that will bring everyone to the table so we can take measures to root out systemic racism. It’s time for us to take a hard look at the uncomfortable truth.”….
This ugly and tragic night in America might prove to be the best DJT reelection commercial that could be bought. Horrible.
And it occurs to me that the distorted, perverted, dystopian version of America painted by Trump at his 2016 convention speech has never been more of a reality than it is right now.
He was supposed to fix it though, alone.
America WILL be made Great ….
As soon as he leaves the Presidency…
The guy continues his down the trail he had before he got this job as a LOSER, peddling Bull Shit for cover….
America has always been great and has always had problems. It is our greatness that has allowed us to correct problems. That process never ends though and is needed very much now.
These problems were around long before Trump came down an escalator and they will be around after he leaves. His election and his appeal is a symptom of these problems and he serves the purpose of making them worse.
Nonetheless, regardless of whatever legitimate reasons exist for anger and the Constitutional right to protest, what is happening across the country is mayhem. Trump is the Mayhem President and thrives on it. One party seems largely afraid to speak up against those who are very loudly claiming that *all* cops are the enemy (or ACAB as we keep seeing spraypainted everywhere) and that line of thinking will never prevail in America. Democrats need to stand up for the victims of racism but they also need to stand by the police.
I was impressed by the words and passion of the Mayor of Atlanta tonight who (unsuccessfully) deplored the people in her city to “go home” and to pray and to register to vote instead of engaging in violence and destruction and to not further dishonor the name of George Floyd, and to live up to the legacy of Dr. King.
So far NOT….
The focus on Trump has be negative….
He walked out of a presser when asked about his comments on the protests…
Another car eof foot in mouth’ disease…
I personally know of Trump converts in 2016 locally because of the Ferguson protests. One of them is my friend’s brother and is a police officer. I asked my friend yesterday what his brother’s view on all this. He said he was glad the officer was charged in Floyd’s death and that unlike Michael Brown this is a cut and dry case of murder on the part of a police officer.
As to Trump he said he probably wasn’t voting for him again. So he’ll be an Obama/Trump/ No one.
Trump claimed “this American carnage stops here” when he was inaugurated. 3 and a half years in– look around.
He has hardcore Republicans and that’s it now. Any true independent who voted for him to fox things isn’t going to give him another chance. They are going to Biden or won’t vote.
If CG thinks Trump’s reelwction would be “horrible” he should do something about it.
That something is not voting for Trump and continuing to speak out for Trump as I have for over five years.
But by voting for anyone other than Biden you are voting for Trump. Besides, while you don’t like him personally you do support his policies right? And, who the fuck are you speaking out against Trump to? Your parents?
This is such a silly game you play Corey. You don’t want the stink of Trump on you, but you support all the shit he does. Right?
Vote….
VOTE for Biden….
MAKE AMERICA GREAT again‼️
There should be enough of you to vote for Biden, shouldn’t there? Especially in my state.
Stop acting fearful. You need votes from people who are not lifelong principled conservatives. Sure, Biden is not Trump, but that will never be enough. If Biden wins (and I am not rooting for him to lose), he will need to deal with the “loyal opposition”, in the great tradition of the country, and that is where I would expect to find myself, as a citizen.
I know otherwise all of you would just rush to counter any criticism I would have of a President Biden with, “well you voted for him…”
I just want Trump GONE…
Keith is right. If you don’t want to vote for Biden fine. But at least donate to anti Trump groups line The Lincoln Project. If the extent of preventing another “horrible” term of Trump is to withhold your vote for him while not supporting the one candidate who can beat him, either directly or indirectly with your $$ then quite simply you aren’t doing shit. I’m not “fearful”. I’m just trying to figure out why someone who hates Trump enough as you say you do would have the same position as someone who doesn’t care if he wins a 2nd term or not.
I am not donating to any candidate or political cause.
The logic does not work. Your counterparts in the other tribe will say that since I am not voting for Trump, it is the same as voting for Biden.
It can’t be both. It’s actually neither.
H. Keith mockingly claims that I speak out against Trump to my parents. That’s partially true. My mother mostly agrees on him as does just about everyone I personally know.. (I do not really know my next door neighbor, but he has a new “452020” sticker on his car.)
Nonetheless, it will be an accomplishment for your side, especially since Illinois is so much in the balance apparently, if I get my father to not vote for Trump. It might not be easy, but I will try various tactics to do so. I am sure in that same spirit, Scott will try just as hard with his in-laws.
Lot of GOPer’s say they think Trump is a knucklehead…But CANNOT get themselves to vote for a single Democrat…
The Democrats should try to be less knuckleheaded too.
They have their current elected leader as Pelosi who seems to be doing pretty damn good for herself….
The Justice Department announced federal hate crime charges Wednesday in the death of a a Georgia man who was killed while out for a run last year.
The criminal case charging the three men in connection with the death of Ahmaud Arbery is the most significant civil rights prosecution undertaken to date by the Biden administration Justice Department. It comes as federal officials have moved quickly to open civil rights investigations into troubled police departments….
AP News
This IS a CHANGE from the Barr/Trump Justice Dept which was hand off on police cases…