Political Quotes

“the names of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery continue to ring in the Nation's ears, a searing reminder of the desperate need to reform policing and truly address injustice in America. Their memory is a national call to action. Democrats answered that call by proposing a broad, strong, comprehensive policing reform bill that would bring deep and lasting change to police departments across America. House Democrats will pass that bill, the Justice in Policing Act, as early as tomorrow. However, here in the Senate, the Republican majority proposed the legislative equivalent of a fig leaf, something that provides a little cover but no real change. In less than an hour, Leader McConnell will ask the Senate to proceed to the so-called policing reform bill. We have all gone over the bill's deficiencies over and over. There are no good answers. Some on the other side have said the bills are similar. They are like night and day. In response to the brutal killing of George Floyd--his wind pipe crushed by a police officer--my Republican friends drafted a bill that does not even fully ban the type of brutal tactics that led to his death. In response to the death of Breonna Taylor, killed by police executing a no-knock warrant, my Republican friends have drafted a bill that doesn't even ban that type of tactic--what weak tea.…”