Barry Loudermilk: “I thank my colleague for yielding me the time. As I came here, I realized there is a lot happening in this country today…”

“I thank my colleague for yielding me the time. As I came here, I realized there is a lot happening in this country today I don't understand. I really don't understand. I have a lot of friends back home. I have friends who are Black and White, Asian, Hispanic, every race, every nationality. I talk to them. They don't understand what is happening in this Nation today. I try to put my finger on it, but I am kind of losing track of where we are going, and wherever it is we are going, why aren't we going there together? {time} 1645 Why do we keep dividing ourselves and using different issues to divide ourselves? I mean, I don't understand why George Floyd died under the knee of a police officer. I really don't. I was horrified when I watched the video of him. Regardless of what his race is, that was horrific. I don't understand why that happened. But I also don't understand why, in response to his seeming murder, it seemed appropriate to destroy the homes, the businesses, the livelihood of innocent people who had nothing to do with it in the same community. I don't understand that. I don't understand why retired Police Chief David Dorn was gunned down to death as he was trying to protect one of these businesses, a business owned by someone who had nothing to do with any of this. I don't understand why Shay Mikalonis, a Las Vegas police officer, was shot in the head while attempting to disperse a group of protesters.…”