As Minneapolis burned, and a nation raged over the senseless killing of George Floyd, US President Donald Trump was markedly absent, leaving Joe Biden to step up and address the crisis. GeorgeFloyd JusticeForGeorgeFloyd
Los Angeles - The absence of leadership was deafening Friday in the White House Rose Garden, where cameras and reporters sat focused on an empty podium for nearly an hour as Minneapolis burned, and a nation raged, over the senseless killing of George Floyd.
Then finally, a voice of competent governance broke into the news to address the unfurling crisis. But the words about justice and healing weren't coming from the capital. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, who appeared to be holding back anger as he read prepared remarks, was brief and clear: The country needs to fix and heal an "open wound" of systemic racism, and seek justice for Floyd and his family. And Biden will do everything in his power to make sure that happens.
But in 2020, Biden's unedited, off-the-cuff tendency to speak what he feels - or fumble to find the right words - is arguably more effective against Trump's rudimentary barbs than, say, the slick verbiage of Mayor Pete Buttigieg or the carefully parsed words of Minnesota's Senator Amy Klobuchar. For the thirsty, it felt like stumbling upon an oasis, even though a week ago Biden was lambasted for racially insensitive comments he made during an interview with "Breakfast Club" co-host Charlamagne tha God. Discussing the November election, he said, "Well, I tell you what, if you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black.
Instead, Trump tried to suggest he was misunderstood, then explained what he meant to say in several more confusing tweets: "It was spoken as a fact, not as a statement. It's very simple, nobody should have any problem with this other than the haters, and those looking to cause trouble on social media," he wrote.
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