Biden and Obama Speak Out Against Floyd Killing
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We ran the numbers: There are 2122 news articles covering this topic. 59% (1246) are left leaning, 35% (738) center, 7% (138) right leaning.
Former Vice President Joe Biden described the killing of George Floyd as an “act of brutality,” while former President Barack Obama said the death of George Floyd “shouldn’t be ‘normal’ in 2020 America.” While left-leaning articles highlight that Obama said it will fall on Minnesota officials to ensure justice is served, right-leaning articles highlight that President Trump’s re-election campaign charged Democrats of “purposefully misrepresenting” Trump’s comments on protests.
A left-leaning article by CNN highlights that Obama said it will mainly fall on officials in Minnesota to ensure Floyd’s death is fully investigated “and that justice is ultimately done.” In his statement, Obama also shared parts of conversations he has had over the past week about Floyd’s death, including with a middle-aged African American businessman who says the video “broke me down.”
NPR published a centrist article reporting that Biden said the incident should be a moment of reckoning for the nation, stating that the Floyd family is a “close, decent, honorable family.” Biden also criticized Trump’s Friday tweet, which appeared to threaten violence against those protesting the incident.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that while Biden responded to Trump’s tweet by emphasizing that “this is not time for incendiary tweets,” the Trump re-election campaign fired back by noting that the president “expressed horror over the killing.” Campaign manager Brad Parscale also charged Biden, Democrats, and the mainstream media of “purposefully misrepresenting what the President had said.”