'People all across this country are enraged and rightly so': Biden reacts to George Floyd's 'brutal death' and calls it a reminder of systemic racism

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• "People all across this country are enraged and rightly so," Biden said of Floyd's death Monday at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer.
• "Everyday African Americans go about their lives with constant anxiety and trauma of wondering, 'Will I be next?' Sounds like an exaggeration but it's not," Biden remarked.
• The presumptive Democratic nominee for president made the remarks during an online fundraiser hosted by Whoopi Goldberg and Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois.
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George Floyd's "brutal, brutal death" is a reminder of "this ugly underbelly of our society," former Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday.

"People all across this country are enraged and rightly so," Biden said of Floyd's death Monday in the custody of Minneapolis police, according to a pool report. "Everyday African Americans go about their lives with constant anxiety and trauma of wondering, 'Will I be next?' Sounds like an exaggeration but it's not."

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