In Message to Mourners, Biden Urges Racial Justice

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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks via video link at the funeral service for George Floyd on Tuesday. (David J. Phillip-Pool/Getty Images)

Tuesday, 09 June 2020 03:52 PM EDT ET

Joe Biden called for racial justice in a message to mourners at the funeral of George Floyd.

The former vice president and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee spoke via video at Floyd’s funeral on Tuesday, a day after he met privately with Floyd’s family.

Biden said in his recorded remarks that “when we get justice for George Floyd we will truly be on our way to racial justice in America,” adding a message to Floyd’s daughter by saying, “Then, Gianna, your daddy will have changed the world.”

More than 500 mourners gathered for the service at Fountain of Praise church in Houston, where Floyd was raised.

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Joe Biden called for racial justice in a message to mourners at the funeral of George Floyd.The former vice president and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee spoke via video at Floyd's funeral on Tuesday, a day after he met privately with Floyd's family.
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