The former vice president of the United States Joe Biden described as “negligible” that the president, Donald trumpI mentioned George Floyd while celebrating the data of the fall of the unemployment of May in the North American country.
Specifically, Trump said it was “a great day” for Floyd, who hoped he was looking “down” and saying that for United States “Something great is happening.”
Floyd’s death at the hands of a white Minépolis Police officer on May 25 has sparked a wave of outrage and massive protests in the United States. The mobilizations have also spread to other countries, such as Germany, France, Canada, Austria or UK.
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“George Floyd’s last words ─’I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe’─ have echoed across this nation and, frankly, around the world,” Biden said, as reported by the television network. CNN.
“That the president tries to put any other word in George Floyd’s mouth I think is despicable,” he assured.
Joe Binde got the number of delegates to be a Democratic candidate (AFP)
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“And the fact that he did it on the day that black unemployment has increased, Hispanic unemployment has increased, and black youth unemployment has skyrocketed says all there is to know about this man,” said Biden, who presumably He will face Trump in the United States elections, scheduled for November 3.
During his speech, Trump congratulated himself on the latest unemployment data for the country in May – a decrease of one and a half percentage points during the month of May, to stand at 13.3%, after the worst historical figure in April ─- and has defended the reaction of his Government to the coronavirus pandemic, which affected the North American labor market so hard.
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This Saturday, after gathering the number of guarantees necessary to be the Democratic candidate to contest the White House Against Trump, who is seeking re-election, Biden is emblazoned in the cause that millions of people around the world have claimed: Justice for George Floyd.
“I promised the George Floyd family that it would not become another hashtag, and I intend to keep that promise,” the Democrat wrote on his account. Twitter. “We need justice AND we need real police reform to ensure that this never happens again,” he added.
Biden’s message on Twitter.
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Biden also wrote an opinion column criticizing Trump on Los Angeles Times for invoking the name of George Floyd.
“No President does everything right. But the country needs a leader who does not deal with fear and division, a leader who, instead of fanning the flames of hatred, seeks to heal the racial wounds that have plagued this country for a long time. “, He launched.
