Joe Biden spoke to George Floyd's family about his own heartbreaking experience with losing a son.
"To George's family and friends, Jill and I know the deep hole in your hearts when you bury a piece of your soul deep in this Earth," Biden said, alluding to his son, Beau's, 2015 death."As I've said to you privately, we know you will never feel the same again. For most people, the numbness you feel now will slowly turn, day after day, season after season, into purpose, through the memory of the one they lost.
Biden went on to praise Floyd's family's"absolute courage to channel God's grace," before turning his attention to Floyd's daughter, 6-year-old Gianna. "I know you have a lot of questions, honey. No child should have to ask questions that too many black children have had to ask for generations. Why? Why is Daddy gone?" he continued."In looking through your eyes, we should also be asking ourselves why [the] answers are so often too cruel and painful.
"We cannot leave this moment thinking we can once again turn away from racism that stings at our very soul. From systemic abuse that still plagues American life," he said."We've got to deal with the denial of the promise of this nation to so many people for so long. It's about who we are, what we believe, and maybe most importantly, who we want to be to ensure that all men and women are not only created equal, but are treated equally.
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