Never know, George might show up in Washington with Barack and some other politicians, at the front of a peaceful protest in broad daylight in the middle of La Fayette park. Maybe stand in front of that church for a photo op, just for contrast.
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"It remains a shocking failure that many African Americans...are harassed and threatened in their own country," said the former president.
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George W. Bush Calls George Floyd’s Death, Harassment A “Shocking Failure” In Open Letter; Donald Trump Fires Back
One day after former President Barack Obama called on Americans to “a president, a Congress, a U.S. Justice Department, and a federal judiciary that actually recognize the ongoing, corrosive role that
racism plays in our society and want to do something about it,” his predecessor,
George W. Bush has weighed in on the death of
George Floyd and racism in America with an open letter posted to social media.
“Laura and I are anguished by the brutal suffocation of George Floyd,” Bush began before saying he was reluctant to speak out.
“It remains a shocking failure that many African Americans, especially young African American men, are harassed and threatened in their own country,” continued the former president.
Bush then stated that
protests are “a strength” of America, before offering criticism of those opposing them.
“Those who set out to silence those voices do not understand the meaning of America,” said the president, “or how it becomes a better place.”
“America’s greatest challenge,” Bush continued, “has long been to unite people of very different backgrounds into a single nation of justice and opportunity. The doctrine and habits of racial superiority, which once nearly split our country, still threaten our Union. The answers to American problems are found by living up to American ideals.”
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