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How Politicians & Candidates Are Reacting To The George Floyd Killing

How Politicians & Candidates Are Reacting To The George Floyd Killing

Hot97 Staff
05/29/2020 12:00 AM EDT
The world is still in shock at the horrific death of George Floyd, who was killed on Monday (May 25th), by a Minneapolis police officer. After a video of Floyd’s death went viral, many people have expressed their outrage, anger, frustrations, and more. Some of these people include politicians and candidates. Take a look at what they had to say below. Jumaane Williams Jumaane Williams took to social media to give his take on how he felt on Floyd’s death. https://twitter.com/JumaaneWilliams/status/1265747781089722368?s=20https://twitter.com/HOT97/status/1265970302401630208?s=20Joe BidenDemocratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden said in an interview with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf “George Floyd’s life mattered. It mattered as much as mine”.https://www.facebook.com/joebiden/videos/2970209339762866/ Jacob Frey The Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey continues to talk about the death of George Floyd. Besides calling for the police officer who has his knee of Floyd’s neck to be fired, Frey also stated “He’d (Floyd) would be alive today if he were white.” He continued, “I’m not a prosecutor but let me be clear, the arresting officer killed someone.” https://twitter.com/Jacob_Frey/status/1265708253264195586?s=20https://twitter.com/Jacob_Frey/status/1265708484278050817?s=20https://twitter.com/Jacob_Frey/status/1265708752302493698?s=20Bill DeBlasioNew York’s mayor, Bill De Blasio also chimed in to give his take on the death of George Floyd. He shared how horrified he was by the video of Floyd’s death. https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1266116336104755201?s=20