Biden Criticizes Trump for Declaring the Economic Crisis Over

President Trump said he hopes that quote, “George Floyd is looking down and seeing” — “this is a great day for our our country.” For the president to try to put any other words, in the mouth of George Floyd, I frankly think it’s despicable. 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. The fact is that about 13 million fewer jobs today for American workers, than the day President Obama and I left office. So while it’s wonderful to see 10 percent of the families who’ve lost their job due to Trump’s disastrous pandemic response start to make their way back, the president’s behavior makes me deeply worried for the 90 percent who haven’t. It’s time for him to step out of his own bunker. Take a look around, the consequences of his words and his actions. 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.