WILMINGTON, June 2 — Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden blasted President Donald Trump and denounced “systemic racism” yesterday as he sought to reignite his White House campaign after weeks of coronavirus sequestration. Biden, who had met with anti-racism protesters on...
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“He's using the American military against the American people,” Biden tweeted after the president vowed to order an army crackdown on civil unrest gripping the United States. “The band-aid has been ripped off this pandemic and this president,” Biden said, speaking at the Bethel AME Church in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware.The church meeting was the second time that Biden, who served as president Barack Obama's vice president, had participated in person in a public gathering since mid-March, when the Covid-19 pandemic abruptly paralyzed his campaign.
Biden's remarks came after days and nights of demonstrations and riots around the country over the death of Floyd, filmed as he was pleading for air while his neck was under the white police officer's knee.During a virtual fundraiser late yesterday Biden said that Floyd's brother Philonise told him: “Promise me. Promise me we'll have justice. Promise me people will be held accountable. Promise me that.
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