Speaking to a group in Philadelphia on Thursday, Joe Biden said, “Even Dr. King’s assassination did not have the worldwide impact that George Floyd’s death did.”
Protests across the country were sparked late last month when Floyd died in Minneapolis after a police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes. Biden argued that the man’s death had such an impact on public perception because there was video of what happened.
“Even Dr. King’s assassination did not have the worldwide impact that George Floyd’s death did,” Joe Biden says. https://t.co/I2mAVwO8gU pic.twitter.com/0Br6gMTU16
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“Now, you got how many people around the country, millions of cellphones. It’s changed the way everybody’s looking at this. Look at the millions of people marching around the world,” Biden said.
The former vice president came under fire a few weeks ago after saying in an interview with Charlamagne tha God, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.” Biden later apologized for the comments.
He used the appearance as an opportunity to introduce his eight-step plan for reopening the economy.
