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Laura Coates Live

Interview with Sen Cory Booker

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Chris goes one on one with 2020 Democratic Candidate, Senator Cory Booker.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Thank you, Anderson.

0:01.0

I am Chris Cuomo and welcome to Primetime.

0:03.3

Question, can you address a problem if you won't even mention it?

0:07.6

The answer has to be no, and yet the president boasted about police reform.

0:11.8

And once again, like all along during these three long weeks since George Floyd was allegedly

0:18.0

murdered, he never even mentioned the words bias or systemic racism.

0:25.8

Instead, he says there have been instances where officers misused their power.

0:33.1

Misused.

0:34.4

I misuse a counter if I use it to open a beer.

0:38.8

However, I abuse alcohol if I drink 10 beers and then kill somebody.

0:46.2

That's more like what we saw with the police and Floyd.

0:49.6

Abuse of power, not simply misuse.

0:53.1

And words matter, especially when they're picked for a president in order to state the absolute

1:00.7

minimum.

1:02.1

So there he was, Trump, surrounded for a photo op, the victim's families did not attend it

1:08.1

because the White House says it shouldn't look like a photo op, quite the distinction.

1:14.2

So too was the president's mixed message.

1:17.4

One part, we're with you.

1:23.2

To all of the hurting families, I want you to know that all Americans mourn by your side.

1:31.6

Your loved ones will not have died in vain.

1:36.0

You can almost feel the wince, the world over, when Trump then offers no real change, no

1:42.6

recognition of the real wrongs.

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