Joe Biden will travel to Houston on Monday to privately meet with and offer his condolences to the family of George Floyd, whose death at the hands of police launched widespread protests across the nation, according to a Biden aide.
The former vice president will also tape a video message for Floyd's funeral service on Tuesday, but Biden is not planning to attend the service because the presumptive Democratic nominee's team did not want to cause any disruptions on Tuesday from his Secret Service protection, according to people familiar with those deliberations.
Read More"I'll seek to heal the racial wounds that have long plagued our country, not use them for political gain. I'll do my job and I'll take responsibility -- I won't blame others," Biden said.And during a separate speech later that week, Biden directly criticized Trump's response to the unrest across the nation, saying,"He remains completely oblivious to the human toll of his indifference.
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