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George Floyd protest updates: Joe Biden says nationwide protests are 'utterly American response'
ABC "News" / Disney ^ | May 31, 2020 | By Jon Haworth

Posted on 05/31/2020 3:47:52 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

... Former vice president Joe Biden released a paper statement just after midnight eastern on the ongoing unrest and protests currently gripping several major American cities, urging an understanding of the trauma many people of color in America are facing in the wake of George Floyd’s death, but also speaking out against the “needless destruction,” that is playing out as a result of the protests.

“These last few days have laid bare that we are a nation furious at injustice. Every person of conscience can understand the rawness of the trauma people of color experience in this country, from the daily indignities to the extreme violence, like the horrific killing of George Floyd,” Biden wrote.

“Protesting such brutality is right and necessary. It’s an utterly American response. But burning down communities and needless destruction is not. Violence that endangers lives is not. Violence that guts and shutters businesses that serve the community is not,” he added.

“The act of protesting should never be allowed to overshadow the reason we protest. It should not drive people away from the just cause that protest is meant to advance,” Biden wrote.

Biden also acknowledged the widespread pain across the country, but implored the country to use the current anger to “compel our nation across this turbulent threshold into the next phase of progress, inclusion, and opportunity for our great democracy.”

“I know that there are people all across this country who are suffering tonight. Suffering the loss of a loved one to intolerable circumstances, like the Floyd family, or to the virus that is still gripping our nation. Suffering economic hardships, whether due to COVID-19 or entrenched inequalities in our system. And I know that a grief that dark and deep may at times feel too heavy to bear,” Biden said.

“I know.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: anarchists; biden2020; bidenriots; bidenstatement; civilunrest; communists; dementia; election2020; riots
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A masked protester stands in front of a fire during a rally against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 30, 2020. Picture taken May 30, 2020.A masked protester stands in front of a fire during a rally against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 30, 2020. Picture taken May 30, 2020. Kyle Grillot/Reuters

1 posted on 05/31/2020 3:47:52 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Joe Biden is utterly brain dead...


2 posted on 05/31/2020 3:50:23 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

RAt coup part 2. Is China ultimately behind all this?


3 posted on 05/31/2020 3:52:26 AM PDT by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I wonder what Joe Bye-done would have to say if a “protester” burned down one of his houses?


4 posted on 05/31/2020 3:54:24 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (In blue cities, you will be arrested for opening a business, but not for looting one.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So is voting. Biden you are done.


5 posted on 05/31/2020 3:54:58 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Tennessee Nana
(h/t justacowgirl)
Biden has the intellect of a tackling dummy.

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Biden gets ready for his next political move.


6 posted on 05/31/2020 3:55:57 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. http://www.fr)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Biden wrote! I seriously doubt it.


7 posted on 05/31/2020 3:58:37 AM PDT by Quilla
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So I guess he had the same enthusiasm and support for what happened in Baltimore a few years back, eh?


8 posted on 05/31/2020 4:02:40 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Plugs is pleased to see that,within the last couple of days,certain folks have been able to stock up on diapers,Colt 45,and also pick up a flat screen TV.

OK,so a few buildings and cars have been set alight.

9 posted on 05/31/2020 4:04:09 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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To: All

Come on man.


10 posted on 05/31/2020 4:05:22 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Assange)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Who is writing these statements for Sleepy Joe?


11 posted on 05/31/2020 4:06:43 AM PDT by Moonman62 (http://www.freerepublic.com/~moonman62/)
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To: escapefromboston

So if Joe is president is this how he is going to talk?


12 posted on 05/31/2020 4:06:57 AM PDT by Stevenfo
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Biden fills a page with gobble-de-gook. Trump hits the nail on the head with one tiny tweet.


13 posted on 05/31/2020 4:07:59 AM PDT by MulberryDraw (You can vote your way into Communism, but you have to shoot your way out.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How many here believe Biden really wrote that?


14 posted on 05/31/2020 4:08:51 AM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
So... How's everyone enjoying the 2020 Democrat National Convention?


15 posted on 05/31/2020 4:09:04 AM PDT by 4Liberty (CoVid19, n. A seasonal respiratory infection politicized to harm the U.S. economy & its President.)
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To: Tennessee Nana
Joe Biden awarded the coveted "Gold-Tipped Knitting Needles Trophy.

Biden named "The Candidate Most Likely to Unravel."

16 posted on 05/31/2020 4:12:09 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. http://www.fr)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Oh yeah, a Mexican in a Guy Fawkes mask flashing gang signs is utterly American.


17 posted on 05/31/2020 4:12:32 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They want to federalize the police and for big tech business to take over and deatroy small businesses. Already big oil does all it can to take over frackers


18 posted on 05/31/2020 4:15:29 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hatse:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: Nateman

Well china did say this was good for the USA.


19 posted on 05/31/2020 4:15:35 AM PDT by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/V12H2mteniE))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Joe Biden says nationwide protests are 'utterly American response'

This from a Congressional Fool! He hasn't uttered anything that made sense during his entire 37 yeas of slithering up the aisle and crawling into his seat.

He is a liar, a crook, and a very low form of life.

Joe belongs in the History books in a separate chapter along with Bronco Bama, Jimmy Carter, Clintons, and the rest of those who have never lived up to their oaths of office. They are, in effect, traitors!

20 posted on 05/31/2020 4:16:05 AM PDT by yardboyd (Call me a rose.... or leave me alone.)
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