Senate Democrats hold moment of silence in honor of George Floyd

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Senate Democrats Thursday stood silent in the Capitol for eight minutes and 46 seconds to mark the amount of time a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into the neck of George Floyd, killing him.

“May we honor those dead by protecting all who are alive,” Sen. Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat, said.

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