On Sunday, April 25, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) rebutted President Biden’s statement that the United States is “systematically racist. He said that the fact that Obama and Harris were elected proves that the United States is not a racist country.
Graham responded to Biden’s April 20 remarks on “Sunday Fox” following the conviction of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on three counts.
Biden said at the time, “Systematic racism is a stain on the soul of a nation. Kneeling on the necks of black Americans – profound fear and trauma and pain – is the exhaustion that black and brown Americans experience every day.”
To which Graham said: (Former U.S. President) Barack Obama was elected. He was African-American and served from 2009 until 2017; and (U.S. Vice President) Harris, who also has South Asian and black roots. “I don’t think (the U.S.) has (systemic racism), and that’s why we elected an African-American president for two terms. And the vice president is also of African-American and Indian descent, so our system is not racist, America is not a racist country.”
He added: “This attack on police and reforming them …… You know, America is already a work in progress. But (America) is the best place on the planet, and Biden spends a lot of time in making it operate downward. I wish he would stop.”
Last week, Jovon, a 45-year-old former police officer, was found guilty by jurors of second-degree murder, second-degree manslaughter and third-degree murder in Floyd’s death and could face 40 years in prison.
In my opinion, the Jovin trial was a fair outcome,” Graham said. But what happened in Ohio, where police had to use deadly force to prevent a young girl from being stabbed to death, is a different situation.”
Graham was referring to the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant by police in Columbus, Ohio, last week. Bryant lunged at another young woman, knife in hand, before being shot by police. The scene was captured on body-camera footage by an officer.
And in another Fox News interview that aired Sunday night, Rep. Karen Bass (D-Mass.), former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, argued against Graham’s claims. She believes there is systemic racism in America.
Bass said, “You can look at every single one of our institutions. Why is there such massive inequality in education, in health care? Why does this exist? So we have to come up with a way to talk about this. Right now, saying it doesn’t exist isn’t going to help anybody.”
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