Joe Biden called on Congress to take immediate action on police reform during a speech in Philadelphia on Tuesday about the ongoing George Floyd protests
Biden said Floyd's death and the protests that have come afterwards are "a wake up call to the nation" and that the U.S. needs to "respond with action," vowing himself — if elected — to begin working on healing racial inequality and divides across the country.Invoking the memory of his son Beau, who died of cancer, and daughter Naomi and first wife Neilia, who were both killed in a car crash, he said: "I know what it means to grieve.
“I just wish he opened it [the Bible] once in a while instead of brandishing it," Biden said. "If he opened it, he could’ve learned something. We’re all called to love one another as we love ourselves. It’s really hard work, but it’s the work of America.” Last week the president suggested the military should shoot looters and he said the Secret Service could have sicced "vicious dogs" on demonstrators at the White House.
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