Their ABC wilfully and maliciously misquotes President Trump on George Floyd statement.
Saturday, 06 June 2020
Today #THEIRABC reached a new low.
— Jill❌ (@1Swinging_Voter) June 6, 2020
How long will they be able to get away with this?
This is very bad.
I would even go so far as to say what ABC did here is criminal. pic.twitter.com/kazUsyO7qk
If you can't see the video click here.
The President's actual comment is incapable of misinterpretation.
It's also been subject to considerable reportage.
The ABC can't have missed that.
Their broadcast can only be the product of a malicious decision to make Trump look bad.
Gutter stuff.
This commentary and verbatim transcript of what The President actually said - in context - thanks to National Review.
A number of prominent political reporters misrepresented comments President Trump made about George Floyd during his Friday press statement, falsely claiming that the president suggested Floyd would be happy with the May job numbers that had been released hours earlier.
Trump spoke at length about the release of May’s unexpectedly positive job numbers, which showed 2.5 million jobs added and a dip in the unemployment rate, calling it “probably . . . the greatest comeback in American history.” He then pivoted to a discussion of the importance of equality in policing, and it was in this context that he mentioned Floyd, an African American man whose death at the hands of Minneapolis police last week set off a wave of riots across the country.
“Equal justice under the law must mean that every American receives equal treatment in every encounter with law enforcement regardless of race, color, gender or creed. They have to receive fair treatment from law enforcement,” Trump said. “We can’t let that happen. Hopefully George is looking down right now and saying, ‘this is a great thing that’s happening for our country.’ This is a great day for him, it’s a great day for everybody. This is a great day for everybody, this is a great, great day in terms of equality.”
While some reporters quoted Trump’s comments verbatim, others immediately cast Trump’s reference to Floyd as part of his celebration of the positive economic outlook, rather than as a suggestion that Floyd would be pleased with the country’s focus on progress toward a more equitable law enforcement environment.