Biden Blasts Trump's 'Despicable' Attempt to Invoke George Floyd in Economy Speech

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden slammed President Donald Trump on the economy, his pandemic and remarks the president made about George Floyd on a day when the government reported surprising job gains for last month.

"It's time for him to step out of his own bunker," Biden said, referring to recent reports that Trump spent time in a White House bunker, or safe room, during recent protests in Lafayette Square close to the White House.

"Let's be clear, the president, who takes no responsibility for costing millions and millions of Americans their jobs, deserves no credit when a fraction of them return."

The Labor Department said that U.S. employers added 2.5 million workers to their payrolls last month. Economists had been expecting them instead to slash another 8 million jobs amid the ongoing fallout from the response to the pandemic.

President Trump touted the news speaking to reporters in the Rose Garden early Friday.

Hours later, Biden began his remarks by blasting Trump for comments the president made about George Floyd, who recently died while in police custody, sparking nationwide protests about police brutality.

Referring to the economy, Trump said, “Hopefully George is looking down right now and saying this is a great thing that’s happening for our country.”

“This is a great day for him. It’s a great day for everybody,” Trump said.

Biden suggested that he was appalled.

"For the president to try to put any other words in the mouth of George Floyd. I frankly think it's despicable," Biden said.

"And the fact that he did so on the day when black unemployment rose, Hispanic unemployment rose, black youth unemployment skyrocketed, tells you everything you need to know about this man and what he really cares about."

"He's out there spiking the ball, completely oblivious to the tens of millions of people who are facing the greatest struggle of their lives," the former vice president said.

"The fact is that about 13 million fewer jobs today for American workers than the the day President Obama and I left office."

According to the U.S. Labor Department, the unemployment rate dropped to a better-than-expected 13.3%, but that is still on par with what the nation witnessed during the Great Depression.

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[Ryan-mylz]

"If you have a problem figuring out weather your for me or Trump than you ain't black". - Joe Biden

[annon]

“Poor kids are smart like rich white kids” -Biden

[rubbs]

Man name is Joe..
What's my last name.
You Ain't black..

[FirstLast.....]

Comments removed if they don't fit the narrative.

[bryanbluez]

You know what he meant now take a seat and go to sleep

[opinionmatters]

Joe, ask yourself...are you fit for office, truly. C”mon man...seriously? Sitting on you’re deck with you’re wife and enjoying you’re retirement would be right up there at this point

[Jim-eepz]

Joe has a lot of nerve talking his B.S. in front of my flag!

[thatldopig]

Always looking left to right at the teleprompters. Always and forever.

[Fearthegovt]

Sleepy Joe woke up for a moment to see a pandemic and riots, oh my. He’ll be back to sleep soon. Good night Joe.

[harleydude-xopu]

I am the 15% that joe talks about and Joe don't know shit.

[stevend.bennett]

"I'll never forget when me and Corn Pop were fighting racism back when I owned him..."

[nakkadu]

That was one of the cringiest things Trump has ever said 😂

[mcfcfan]

He's lying.
He wasn't talking about economy. He was being extremely polite and he was reiterating that what happened to George should never happen to anyone

[kent]

You can barely see the strings. Nice work, Hillary.

[lytalo]

So Trump approves of the protests and demands equality under the law ands insists that everyone gets treated the same by police? How horrible.
His actual remarks are quite good, but misquoting him makes you look stupid.

[kiwigal]

Americans need to stand together like us kiwi do.

[petervuong]

Is Joe aware that we are in a pandemic and there’s a stay home mandate and that’s why unemployment is where it’s at. Get out under the rock you sit on. 2nd - don’t take Trumps comments out of context and spin it. Americans aren’t that stupid. I’m so disappointed in dems. Give trump a run for his money and nominate someone worth the fight.

[CarlPuPo]

LEFT AND RIGHT DEFEND THE SAME INTERESTS. AND IT'S NOT THE PEOPLE'S. THEY DEFEND THEIR OWN INTERESTS. THERE'S NO LEFT AND RIGHT ! THEY MADE YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A CHOICE...

[wpprodpyc]

You can tell how old these people are in the comments by their horrible writing lmao

[monstergreen]

Joe's mom let him out of her basement? LOL. Boy this guy is a leader?? LMAO.