Political Quotes

“we know that America is hurting. It is reeling from a deadly pandemic that has taken more than 100,000 lives and then from witnessing the broad daylight murder--murder--of yet another Black man by an officer of the law. It seethes with rage and sorrow about the racial injustices that still plague our society. America is suffering from unprecedented political divisions that are routinely worsened and deepened by a President whose every utterance only tears us further apart. In my decades in the U.S. Senate, I have never seen our country so in need of healing. I was a prosecutor. So, when I first saw the video of George Floyd's murder--a human being who was pinned down by the neck, cried ``I can't breathe,'' and desperately called out for his mother--I was shocked to my core. For millions of Americans and for me, that shock swiftly turned into anger. How could a police officer, who has sworn an oath to protect and serve, so casually take a human being's life? Why did his fellow officers who witnessed the murder that we all witnessed on video stand there and do nothing to stop it? How could this happen in plain sight when multiple onlookers begged the officer to relent--stop his murderous conduct--as George fell unconscious? I was left sickened and shaken. I do not know and did not know George Floyd, but imagine if he were your neighbor or your friend. Imagine if George Floyd were your brother, your son, your husband, or your grandchild.…”