Obama pours gasoline on another race fire by calling officer Derek Chauvin a murderer

Published April 13, 2021 6:59pm ET



Barack Obama is no longer president, so I guess there’s no reason to expect him to be “presidential,” but how about thoughtful?

Obama logged on Twitter Tuesday to dump kerosene on the multiple racial bonfires taking place in Minnesota right now, posting a statement that referred to the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and the “heart-wrenching murder of George Floyd.”

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