President Joe Biden delivered a somber commencement address this weekend, emphasizing the challenges of race relations in America.
Biden gave a commencement speech at Morehouse College in Atlanta on Sunday, addressing ongoing racial issues in the country.
“You started college just as George Floyd was murdered,” Biden stated. “And there was a reckoning on race. It’s natural to wonder if the democracy you hear about actually works for you.”
“What is democracy if black men are being killed in the street?” he openly pondered. “What is democracy with a trail of broken promises leaving black communities behind? What is democracy if you have to be ten times better than anyone else to get a fair shot? Most of all, what does it mean, as you’ve heard before, to be a black man who loves his country even if it doesn’t love him back in equal measure?”
The crowd applauded him.
Biden: “What is democracy? Black men are being killed in the street…What does it mean to be a black man who loves his country even if it doesn’t love him back in equal measure?”
Russian and Chinese anti-American propaganda can’t compare to Democrats trying to pander to blacks. pic.twitter.com/CQV7Mb32Hp
— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) May 19, 2024
This. Is. Not. True. https://t.co/FtkJvkmq8w
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) May 19, 2024
Students turn their backs on Joe Biden at Morehouse College commencement. pic.twitter.com/QDe3nhO7KL
— MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) May 19, 2024
As reported on Sunday, students were seen turning their backs on the president due to his support for Israel.
Biden also discussed voting rights during his speech, sentiments he echoed in a later speech to the NAACP in Detroit.
