Joe Biden: “For the president to try to put any other words in the mouth of George Floyd I frankly think is despicable.'
During his news conference, Trump also lauded the latest job figures, which showed the economy gained 2.5 million jobs in May while the national unemployment rate, which had spiked because of the pandemic,But Biden hit the president for his rosy characterization of the jobs report as well, pointing out that unemployment rates among black and Latino people have continued to rise.
“The fact that he did so," Biden said of Trump making remarks about Floyd,"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.”saw much better numbers than minorities, according to the economic data released Friday
. White unemployment dropped nearly two points to 12.4 percent in May, while Hispanic unemployment fell 1.2 percent, from 18.9 to 17.6 percent. Black unemployment ticked up from 16.7 percent in April to 16.8 percent in May. Asian unemployment ticked up half a point from 14.5 percent to 15 percent. Biden added that he was “disturbed” to “see the president crowing this morning, basically hanging a 'mission accomplished' banner out there when there's so much more work to be done.”
Biden also hit Trump for what he said was a mishandled federal response to the pandemic to begin with — an oversight the former vice president said was largely to blame for the economic free fall in the first place.Biden’s speech to a small group of guests at Delaware State University came as he has in recent days
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