10/14/2020

2020 ELECTION/AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOE BIDEN: “Today would have been George Floyd’s 47th birthday, and he should be alive to celebrate it. I made a promise to his family that I won’t let him become just another hashtag — and I’ll work every day as president to keep that promise.“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 14, 2020 9:40 […]

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10/13/2020

RACISM: “And if you say we have no need to face racial injustice in this country, you haven’t opened your eyes in America. There have been powerful voices for justice in recent weeks and months. I spent time with George Floyd’s family, his six year old daughter, Gianna, when I met with her, I knelt […]

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8/28/2020

JOE BIDEN/RACISM: “We can’t let George Floyd and Jacob Blake become just another pair of hashtags. This is a moment of action. It’s long past time we reform policing, reverse systemic racism, and make our communities safer.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Aug. 28, 2020 11:35 am […]

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7/14/2020

PROTESTS: “[W]hat happened was terrible with, as you know, George Floyd. What happened there was terrible. We all — everybody acknowledges that. But what this has done to the world, what this has done to law and order. And when you look at St. Louis with two people that came out, they were going to […]

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6/11/2020

POLICE/PROTESTS: “U.S. and military police drove protesters out of Lafayette Square, located between the White House and the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church, shortly before a presidential photo op with a Bible at the church on June 1. Images of the confrontation further divided a nation already reeling from days of protests, some violent. The […]

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6/1/2020

ANTIFA/BLM/PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “All Americans were rightly sickened and revolted by the brutal death of George Floyd. My administration is fully committed that, for George and his family, justice will be served. He will not have died in vain. But we cannot allow the righteous cries and peaceful protesters to be drowned out by an angry […]

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6/11/2020

PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The forceful removal of demonstrators from a park near the White House minutes before President Donald Trump walked to a Washington church may become a defining event of Trump’s presidency.  U.S. and military police drove protesters out of Lafayette Square, located between the White House and the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church, […]

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6/1/2020

BLM/PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “All Americans were rightly sickened and revolted by the brutal death of George Floyd. My administration is fully committed that for George and his family, justice will be served. He will not have died in vain, but we cannot allow the righteous cries and peaceful protestors to be drown out by an […]

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5/30/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “These last few days have laid bare that we are a nation furious at injustice. Every person of conscience can understand the rawness of the trauma people of color experience in this country, from the daily indignities to the extreme violence, like the horrific killing of George Floyd… I know that there are […]

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5/30/2020

ANTIFA/PROTESTS: “The death of George Floyd on the streets of Minneapolis was a grave tragedy. It should never have happened. It has filled Americans all over the country with horror, anger, and grief. Yesterday, I spoke to George’s family and expressed the sorrow of our entire nation for their loss. I stand before you as a […]

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5/30/2020

PROTESTS/SECRET SERVICE: “The professionally managed so-called ‘protesters’ at the White House had little to do with the memory of George Floyd. They were just there to cause trouble. The @SecretService handled them easily. Tonight, I understand, is MAGA NIGHT AT THE WHITE HOUSE???“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 30, 2020 3:34 am […]

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5/29/2020

CIVIL UNREST/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Looting leads to shooting, and that’s why a man was shot and killed in Minneapolis on Wednesday night – or look at what just happened in Louisville with 7 people shot. I don’t want this to happen, and that’s what the expression put out last night means…. ….It was spoken […]

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5/28/2020

CIVIL UNREST/MILITARY/NATIONAL GUARD: “I can’t stand back & watch this happen to a great American City, Minneapolis. A total lack of leadership. Either the very weak Radical Left Mayor, Jacob Frey, get his act together and bring the City under control, or I will send in the National Guard & get the job done right….. […]

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5/27/2020

DOJ/FBI/INVESTIGATIONS: “At my request, the FBI and the Department of Justice are already well into an investigation as to the very sad and tragic death in Minnesota of George Floyd…. ….I have asked for this investigation to be expedited and greatly appreciate all of the work done by local law enforcement. My heart goes out […]

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