Biden delivers address at George Floyd's funeral in Houston: 'We can't turn away'

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Biden delivers address at George Floyd's funeral in Houston: 'We can't turn away'



Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden struck a unifying tone with mourners during his virtual remarks at George Floyd's funeral in Houston on Tuesday as Floyd's death sparks calls for racial equality and police reform across the country.

"We can't turn away. We must not turn away," Biden said in a video address from his home in Delaware to the Fountain of Praise church in Houston.

“We cannot leave this moment thinking we can once again turn away from racism that stings at our very soul from systemic abuse that still plagues American life," he continued.


Hundreds of mourners gathered at the Houston church on Tuesday to honor Floyd, who died last month after a police officer pinned him to the ground with his knee on Floyd’s neck. The officer and three others have been fired and face charges. Floyd will be buried next to his mother in Pearland, Texas.

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Did he tell any CornPop anecdotes? I really like those.

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Come on, honey, just a little feel.

Chris D. Jackson  @ChrisDJackson
This is @JoeBiden
 with George Floyd's daughter earlier today.
5:58 PM · Jun 8, 2020

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A ‘Black Lives’ pander by Democrats: Devine
By Miranda Devine
June 10, 2020 | 9:44pm

Joe Biden’s video address to George Floyd’s funeral was impressive — but only if you just landed from Mars.

With maudlin soundtrack and husky voice, the former vice president oozed empathy as he churned out empty platitudes about “racial justice” that are at odds with his personal history and the record of the Democratic Party he has represented for 47 years. ...

Let us know Biden and his party by what they have done for black people in all the decades Dems have enjoyed a firm hold on their vote.

If they really cared about black lives, they would have tried to address the real reasons for black disadvantage. They would worry about fatherlessness, the 70 percent of black children born to single mothers, the illiteracy that holds down black achievement, and drugs that blight black lives. ...

How convenient that the Floyd protests erupted just a week after Biden made a catastrophic mistake that threatened the very basis of his presidential run. He lost his temper with popular black radio host Charlamagne tha God, and blurted out the truth of his party’s attitude to race: “If you’ve got a problem figuring out if you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.”

The naked racism set off a thunderclap of panic among Democrats. It vindicated the “Blexit” movement Candace Owens founded for black people to break free from the “victim narrative” the party has created for them.

Convulsions on the street these past two weeks reflect the psychic implosion of the Democratic Party as the black vote they have taken for granted for 60 years threatens to slip away. They expose impure motives by fomenting black grievance and empowering black radicals, as black-owned businesses are looted and burned, and urban communities are left bereft. ...

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