"The only way to see ourselves in a true light is to listen to the voices of so many who are hurting and grieving.
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This tragedy - in a long series of similar tragedies - raises a long overdue question: How do we end systemic racism in our society?" the statement said. "It is a strength when protesters, protected by responsible law enforcement, march for a better future. "They are terrorists using idle hate filled students to burn and destroy."īush praised the protesters in his statement, arguing it was "time for us to listen" - not "the time for us to lecture." "The phony protesters near Lafayette were not peaceful and are not real," the letter said. Trump, meanwhile, has sought to smear peaceful protesters who demonstrated outside of the White House, posting a letter from former attorney John Dowd which called protesters "terrorists." Bush issued a statement last week saying he was "anguished by the brutal suffocation of George Floyd and disturbed by the injustice and fear that suffocate our country." Bush will not support Trump's re-election either. John McCain, R-Ariz., is "almost certain to support Biden," the outlet reported. Former President George W. But Romney is not ready to back Biden, reportedly mulling whether to write-in his wife Ann, as he did last time, or to vote for someone else.Ĭindy McCain, the widow of 2008 Republican presidential nominee Sen. Romney, who refused to vote for Trump in 2016, will not support his re-election this year, according to The New York Times. They're going to put you all back in chains," Biden infamously told a predominantly black audience during the campaign. "He's going to let the big banks once again write their own rules - unchain Wall Street. Romney was maligned on race by former Vice President Joe Biden, now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, during the 2012 presidential campaign.
"The death of George Floyd must not be in vain: Our shock and outrage must grow into collective determination to extinguish forever such racist abuse." "No Americans should fear enmity and harm from those sworn to protect us," he tweeted last month.