Trump Namechecks George Floyd While Bragging About Employment Rise: ‘This Is A Great Day For Him’

President Donald Trump managed to rope George Floyd, a black man who died at the hands of a white police officer, into his victory lap over the decline in U.S. unemployment in May during a press briefing on Friday.


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Barking mad.

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I know it’s not legally possible to defame a dead person, but Trump sure is trying.

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I imagine that George Floyd’s brother has an opinion as to whether today is a great day for George.

Someone get a microphone in front of him and ask the question.

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Resign NOW, IMPOTUS!

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Maybe it’s a good thing my jaw can still drop.

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“Hopefully George is looking down right now and saying this is a great thing that’s happening for our country,”

Yep. George is looking down wishing they hadn’t kill him… He must be so disappointed that he cannot celebrate Trump’s great success…

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Always something more appalling and sickening than the day before.

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OT but too good to resist.

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President Donald Trump managed to rope George Floyd, a black man who died at the hands of a white police officer, into his victory lap

“He reminds me of something that I occasionally pick up on my shoe in the gutter. Very unpleasant, on a hot day.”
–Col. Kurt Steiner

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That’s sick. And counting 17 of my employees I never fired (they weren’t considered “essential” in L.A.) as newly employed in May is BULLSHIT!

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You’re fortunate. My jaw has permanently remained in a downward direction for 4 years, and I’m likely going to need corrective surgery at some point to rehab it.

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Not sure which is worse, the words he used. Or the fakey empathetic voice he tries to use. What is that baby talk?

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So exhausting… sigh.

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RESIGN fat man! Now!

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“Hopefully George is looking down right now and saying this is a great thing that’s happening for our country,” Trump declared in the Rose Garden at the White House. “This is a great day for him, it’s a great day for everybody.

The only thing that a dead George Floyd might be happy about is that he no longer has to see or hear your lying fat ass.

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I just want to say that folks should not waste their time trying to find meaning or strategy in his stream of conscious gibberish or speculate about what he meant to say. There is nothing beyond his words. He’s a crazy demented old man.

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Well, give Trump some credit. I was half expecting him to go into an Amos N’ Andy impression of George Floyd saying from the heavens “Yes sir, that there is a one fine economy you done did there!”

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George Floyd should haunt his demented mind.
After sighing, I am now pissed.

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Yelling at clouds

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