“The president has been clearly watching the trial closely as many Americans have been. He was also moved by his convos with the family yesterday,” Psaki said. “The jury is sequestered which is why he spoke to this but I will expect that he will weigh in further once there is a verdict.”
“We’re not going to get ahead of an outcome. I expect when there is a verdict, he will have more to say,” she added.
Biden, who was meeting with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, was asked about his phone call with Floyd’s family on Monday that Floyd’s younger brother, Philonise Floyd, detailed in a television interview earlier Tuesday.
Walz issued an executive order on Monday declaring the emergency for several counties amid the potential for unrest sparked by the Chauvin verdict and ongoing protests sparked by the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center last week.
The governor’s order notes that while many demonstrations have been peaceful, “some individuals have engaged in unlawful and dangerous activity, including looting and damaging public and private property.”
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“Local and state resources have been reallocated to assist in the unrest in Brooklyn Center and nearby communities,” Walz’s order reads. “This reallocation has drawn resources away from the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, and nearby communities, where there is a threat of civil unrest.”
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By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Monday, April 19, 2021
Top House Republicans with oversight over the border surge asked Monday to talk over options with Vice President Kamala Harris, suggesting a meeting this month to try to figure out ways to solve what they called an “unprecedented border catastrophe.”
The lawmakers, who have visited the border in recent weeks, said it’s time Ms. Harris get engaged.
“We talked to Border Patrol agents, state and local law enforcement officials, landowners and others who begged for help to stop the flow of aliens. Each person we talked to said they had not heard from you or received any direction or plan from you to help their situation,” wrote Reps. James Comer, top Republican on the Oversight Committee, John Katko, ranking Republican on the Homeland Security Committee, and Jim Jordan, the lead GOP lawmaker on the Judiciary Committee.
“Individuals that they have on the watch list for terrorism are now starting to exploit the southern border,” he said. We need to wake up, need to understand listen President Biden, you re an OK guy. Why don t you just admit you made a mistake with this policy and go back to the way it was and keep America safe for all of us and use that money that we re wasting down here on American citizens.”
Republicans have pointed to Biden’s deployment of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist in finding shelter for the growing number of unaccompanied minors as evidence that the administration’s decision to roll back Trump’s executive orders on immigration was a mistake.