President Trump touted the jobs report Friday, and said that George Floyd would be proud of a “great day” for the country. Trump invoked Floyd’s name midway through a lengthy addr…
President Trump touted the jobs report Friday, and said that George Floyd would be proud of a “great day” for the country. Trump invoked Floyd’s name midway through a lengthy address in the Rose Garden, in which he took credit for a rebound in the unemployment rate.
“Hopefully, George is looking down right now and saying there’s a great thing happening for our country,” Trump said. “There’s a great day for him, a great day for everybody. This is a great day for everybody. This is a great, great day in terms of equality.” It was not entirely clear what “great thing” Trump was referring to. He had spent much of the address up to that point highlighting, which showed the unemployment rate fell to 13.3% in May from 14.7% in April. But he also spoke about the protests against police violence in the wake of Floyd’s death on May 25 — saying it was important for law enforcement to “dominate the streets.” Just before mentioning Floyd by name, however, he abruptly changed gears, reading a written statement that endorsed equal treatment by law enforcement. “Equal justice under the law must mean that every American receives equal treatment in every encounter with law enforcement regardless of race, color gender or creed,” Trump said. “They have to receive fair treatment from law enforcement. They have to receive it. We all saw what happened last week. We can’t let that happen.”Nancy Pelosi: Ripping Up Trump's State of the Union Speech Was 'the Least I Could Do'The Democratic National Committee issued a statement calling Trump’s remark “revolting, enraging, disrespectful — a slap in the face and a descent to the lowest possible level of discourse.” “Trump has no concern or regard for the feelings of anyone and will take every opportunity, even trampling on the memory of George Floyd, to commemorate a jobs report that shows fewer than half of Black adults currently have a job and that fully 21 million Americans are unemployed,” said DNC spokesman Brandon Gassaway. Earlier, Trump had referred to himself in the third person in a discussion of support for historically black colleges and universities.Later, he returned to the subject of the jobs report. “Today is probably if you think of it the greatest comeback in American history,” he said. “Our stock market is almost, just short, of an all time high.”
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