"The only way to see ourselves in a true light is to listen to the voices of so many who are hurting and grieving.
#DONALD TRUMP MOCKS GEORGE FLOYD SERIES#
This tragedy - in a long series of similar tragedies - raises a long overdue question: How do we end systemic racism in our society?" the statement said. Americans on social media are having a blast mocking the idea. "It is a strength when protesters, protected by responsible law enforcement, march for a better future. As the nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd enter their third week the White House is engaged in an internal debate over whether or not President Donald Trump should deliver an address to the nation on race and national unity. "They are terrorists using idle hate filled students to burn and destroy."īush praised the protesters in his statement, arguing it was "time for us to listen" - not "the time for us to lecture." "The phony protesters near Lafayette were not peaceful and are not real," the letter said. Trump, meanwhile, has sought to smear peaceful protesters who demonstrated outside of the White House, posting a letter from former attorney John Dowd which called protesters "terrorists." Bush issued a statement last week saying he was "anguished by the brutal suffocation of George Floyd and disturbed by the injustice and fear that suffocate our country." Bush will not support Trump's re-election either. John McCain, R-Ariz., is "almost certain to support Biden," the outlet reported. Former President George W. But Romney is not ready to back Biden, reportedly mulling whether to write-in his wife Ann, as he did last time, or to vote for someone else.Ĭindy McCain, the widow of 2008 Republican presidential nominee Sen. Romney, who refused to vote for Trump in 2016, will not support his re-election this year, according to The New York Times. Some posts state Trump is mocking George Floyd given Floyd was heard saying I can’t breathe in the moments leading up to his death under police arrest. J/ 1:25 PM / CBS News President Trump said in a Fox News interview Wednesday that he has watched some, but not all, of the disturbing video of George Floyd's death, which has ignited. They're going to put you all back in chains," Biden infamously told a predominantly black audience during the campaign. "He's going to let the big banks once again write their own rules - unchain Wall Street. Romney was maligned on race by former Vice President Joe Biden, now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, during the 2012 presidential campaign. "The death of George Floyd must not be in vain: Our shock and outrage must grow into collective determination to extinguish forever such racist abuse." In the essay, published by Daily Beast, Clooney called for "systemic change" in the US to tackle the problem of racism."No Americans should fear enmity and harm from those sworn to protect us," he tweeted last month. This isn't Clooney's first time speaking out about the issue of systemic racism in the US.Įarlier this month, Clooney penned an essay about the fight against systemic racism following the death of George Floyd, saying that racism is the "greatest pandemic" of the US, and there hasn't been a "vaccine" for it even after 400 years. But nobody had ever heard of it," Trump told the newspaper. It's actually an important event, an important time. "I did something good: I made Juneteenth very famous. My family will be donating 500 thousand dollars to the Equal Justice Initiative in honour of your heroic efforts," read Clooney's statement.Ĭlooney's remarks come after Trump boasted in a recent interview in the Wall Street Journal saying that he had made the June holiday "very famous" while discussing his decision to host a campaign rally in Oklahoma amid ongoing Black Lives Matter protests. Much like when Bull Connor made 'Civil Rights' famous. "Thank you President Trump for 'making Juneteenth famous'. He said his donation was a response to Trump's claim, reports. Juneteenth, which fell on June 19, is a day that marks the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States.Ĭlooney will also be donating $500,000 to the Equal Justice Initiative. Los Angeles: Hollywood star George Clooney has slammed US President Donald Trump for sarcastically claiming that he "made Juneteenth famous".
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