The Fix’s Eugene Scott breaks down how presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has reacted to the death of George Floyd.
Category: Politics
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Mattis is the latest Trump official to go from hero to zero in the president’s telling
Trump fills top government posts with people he later blasts. Why is that?
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Hickenlooper violated Colorado gifts rules twice in 2018, state ethics panel finds
The five-member Independent Ethics Commission absolved the former governor and current U.S. Senate candidate on four other complaints filed in 2018.
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As protesters demand reforms, Trump says strong economy is best plan for tackling racial inequality
Trump says economic growth is “the greatest thing that can happen for race relations,” as demonstrators demand sweeping overhauls of police, courts and other institutions.
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Trump clings to jobs numbers as a campaign life raft — and as a race-relations plan
Biden, the former vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee, accused Trump of ‘spiking the ball’ when millions are still unemployed or suffering.
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Talking past the pandemic: Trump attempts to shift focus from deadly virus to jobs, law and order
The president has been the driving force behind the shift — declining to wear a mask, dismissing the threat of a second wave and pushing governors to reopen their economies right away.
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Park Police spokesman acknowledges chemical agents used on Lafayette Square protesters are similar to tear gas
A spokesman told Vox that it was “a mistake” to deny that the agency employed tear gas. Hours later, the acting chief reiterated his statement that Park Police officers did not use tear gas.
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Biden denounces Trump comment at jobs event that George Floyd would be “happy” today
The former vice president said Trump’s ‘crowing’ at better unemployment numbers disturbed him.
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A third of Trump’s support in 2016 came from evangelicals — and he hasn’t lost them yet
Trump might want to start worrying about Catholic enthusiasm, though.
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Trump-connected lobbyist ends coronavirus contract with D.C. due to Bowser, White House feud
President Trump and Mayor Bowser have battled in recent days over military presence in the city. On Friday, the city finished painting 16th Street to say “BLACK LIVES MATTER” in large yellow font on a road outside the White House.
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A reverse fact-check from Trump and his supporters about ‘tear gas’ falls apart
The reporters who were tear-gassed on Monday were right: they were tear-gassed.