(CNN) Former Vice President Joe Biden sharply criticized President Donald Trump for invoking George Floyd's name as the President was taking a victory lap over lower unemployment numbers.
During remarks at the White House Rose Garden on Friday, Trump said, "Hopefully George is looking down and saying this is a great thing that's happening for our country. (It's) a great day for him. It's a great day for everybody." Floyd was killed last month after a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck. His death set off a wave of protests against police brutality across the country.
Later that day, the presumptive 2020 Democratic nominee called Trump's comments "despicable."
"George Floyd's last words -- 'I can't breathe, I can't breathe' -- have echoed all across this nation, quite frankly, all around the world. For the President to try to put any other words in the mouth of George Floyd, I frankly think it's despicable," Biden said, speaking from Delaware State University, a public historically black university in Dover.
The former vice president continued, "And the fact that he did so on the day when black unemployment rose, Hispanic unemployment rose, black youth unemployment skyrocketed, tells you everything you need to know about this man and what he really cares about."
TooShiftyForYou on June 5th, 2020 at 19:18 UTC »
"We all saw what happened last week. We can't let that happen. Hopefully George is looking down and saying this is a great thing that's happening for our country. It's a great day for him. It's a great day for everybody," Trump said during a White House Rose Garden event.
George would probably be having a better day if he was, you know, alive.
antidense on June 5th, 2020 at 19:00 UTC »
Trump is extremely jealous of the attention George Floyd is getting
LegitimateAstronaut7 on June 5th, 2020 at 18:10 UTC »
Despicable doesn't even cover it. Trump is trying to be the White Knight and avenge his death and it's unbelievably racist.