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| Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks to supporters during a campaign stop at Berston Field House in Flint, Michigan on March 9, 2020. |
Former Vice President Joe Biden sharply criticized President Donald Trump for invoking George Floyd's name as the President was taking a victory lap over lower unemployment numbers.
During remarks at the White House Rose Garden on Friday, Trump said, "Hopefully George is looking down and saying this is a great thing that's happening for our country. (It's) a great day for him. It's a great day for everybody." Floyd was killed last month after a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck. His death set off a wave of protests against police brutality across the country.
Later that day, the presumptive 2020 Democratic nominee called Trump's comments "despicable."
"George Floyd's last words -- 'I can't breathe, I can't breathe' -- have echoed all across this nation, quite frankly, all around the world. For the President to try to put any other words in the mouth of George Floyd, I frankly think it's despicable," Biden said, speaking from Delaware State University, a public historically black university in Dover.
The former vice president continued, "And the fact that he did so on the day when black unemployment rose, Hispanic unemployment rose, black youth unemployment skyrocketed, tells you everything you need to know about this man and what he really cares about."
Culled from CNN
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