NEW: Atlanta mayor says Trump needs a Dr. Fauci figure to speak for him on race
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms told Yahoo News on Wednesday that President Trump lacks the credibility on race relations needed to unite the country following the killing of African-American George Floyd by a white Minneapolis police officer.
A passionate advocate for criminal justice reform, Bottoms has herself emerged as a leading Democratic voice on the protests gripping the nation. In April, Bottoms said she “would be honored” to be considered as Joe Biden’s running mate, and her forceful addresses to her citizens over the protests are believed to have elevated her chances. But Atlanta has also seen its share of violence between police and protesters over the course of the last week, leading Bottoms to impose a nighttime curfew.
Story continuesDavid Knowles: You’ve been very critical of President Trump’s response to this crisis. What specifically do you see as his mistakes? Yeah, I mean, there are always going to be people who disagree, but just in the same way that people were taking to the streets to express their feelings and their frustrations. I just did it in a different place and space. Above everything else, before I was mayor, I’m a mother of four children and that’s what you heard from me on Friday. There were peaceful protesters out there who started out with good intentions and there were clearly people who came to wreak havoc on our streets.
It was like watching my children being attacked. It was difficult. These were kids being kids and the thing that kept going through my mind was a sense of gratitude that it didn’t get any worse. On one of the bodycams, you could hear one of the officers say, “Gun, gun, gun!” He thinks he sees a gun, but you know, that happens in the heat of a moment, and I’m just grateful their injuries weren’t any worse.
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