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Donald Trump Jr. called out Joe Biden over comments the presidential candidate made regarding the need for action against police brutality, according to Fox News.
“Let me be clear: We can’t leave this moment and once again turn away and do nothing. We need justice. We need action. We need reform,” Biden wrote on Twitter.
Trump Jr. responded to Biden by identifying the fact he’s been in politics for a long time and never addressed these issues.
Let me be clear: We can't leave this moment and once again turn away and do nothing.
We need justice. We need action. We need reform.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 9, 2020
“It makes me wonder why you didn’t do any of these things in the first 50 years of your Washington DC career… Give me a break!!!” Trump Jr. responded.
It makes me wonder why you didn’t do any of these things in the first 50 years of your Washington DC career…
Give me a break!!! https://t.co/ozEAc6BzOZ
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 10, 2020
Trump Jr. suggests that Biden could have addressed the issue of reform while representing Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009, or when he served as the 47th vice president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
More from Fox News:
Biden supported a 1994 crime bill that many critics and fellow Democrats blame for high levels of incarceration among African-Americans.
Floyd, whose death inspired worldwide demonstrations calling for an end to systemic racism and police brutality, was buried Tuesday in his hometown of Houston. His death appears to have already ignited change in some schools and police departments throughout the U.S.
President Trump, Biden, and some Democrats have pushed back against calls to defund the police. On Monday, the former vice president suggested an “urgent need for reform” instead.
“No, I don’t support defunding the police. I support conditioning federal aid to police based on whether or not they meet certain basic standards of decency and honorableness,” he said during an interview with CBS.
Biden directly addressed Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter, Gianna, in an emotional video message played Tuesday at the funeral.
Grief is a heavy burden to bear — and it's even harder with the eyes of the world watching. I know. But that burden is now a purpose — to change the world for the better in the name of George Floyd.
That's the message I shared with his loved ones during today's service: pic.twitter.com/2LKJzwBUSO
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 9, 2020
“Little Gianna, as I said to you when I saw you yesterday, you are so brave,” said Biden. “Daddy is looking down at you, and he is so proud of you. I know you miss that bear hug that only he could give, the pure joy of riding on his shoulders so you could touch the sky.”
