There were republicans supporting the George Floyd protests.
Congressional Republicans have rapidly shifted their rhetoric and policy priorities in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. Some of them say that the Floyd video was a transformational moment.
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(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
MITCH MCCONNELL: Now, we're still wrestling with America's original sin. We try to get better. But every now and then, it's perfectly clear we're a long way from the finish line.
SNELL: McConnell was announcing a task force led by Senator Tim Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, to address racial inequality and brutality in policing. Until this month, most Republicans said policing was a state and local issue. Many avoided the topic of race and policing entirely. But that has changed since the killing of George Floyd.
(SOUNDBITE OF MONTAGE)
JONI ERNST: There has been injustice for a very long time, and this is a very uncomfortable conversation.
LINDSEY GRAHAM: I've learned over the years, but particularly recently, that every Black man in America apparently feels threatened when they're stopped by the cops.
JOHN CORNYN: For me, this conversation is about trust, justice and reconciliation.
Continued.
And this....
The path that led the Republican senator to march in a Black Lives Matter protest began half a century ago with his father.
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