Sunday shows – Powell ‘can not in any way support’ Trump, will vote for Biden

by The Hill staff - 06/07/20 11:34 AM ET

Retired Gen. Colin Powell, who served as secretary of State under former President George W. Bush, said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he will be voting for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in November.

“I certainly cannot in any way support President Trump this year,” Powell said.

Other guests on the Sunday political talk shows discussed largely peaceful protests in the past few days over the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis.

The question of whether there is systemic racism in policing was also addressed.

Read The Hill’s complete coverage below.

Powell ‘cannot in any way support’ Trump, will vote for Biden

By REBECCA KLAR

Retired Gen. Colin Powell, the former secretary of State under former President George W. Bush, said Sunday he will be voting for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

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Poll: 80 percent of voters say things are ‘out of control’ in US

By JUSTIN WISE

An overwhelming majority of American voters say in a new poll that things are currently “out of control” as the nation grapples with the coronavirus pandemic and widespread protests in response to the police-involved death of George Floyd.

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DC mayor: Federal response, Trump’s rhetoric led more peaceful protesters to turn out

By JUSTINE COLEMAN

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said President Trump’s rhetoric and the federal response to protests sparked by George Floyd’s death led more peaceful protesters to turn out over the weekend.

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Acting DHS head: Protests largely peaceful due to federal law enforcement presence

By ZACK BUDRYK

Acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf defended the Trump administration’s response to protests over the death of George Floyd, saying on “Fox News Sunday” that demonstrations have been overwhelmingly peaceful over the past several days because of the presence of federal law enforcement.

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Barr: ‘Everyone agreed use of regular troops is a last resort’

By ZACK BUDRYK

Attorney General William Barr said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that “everyone” in the Trump administration agreed that active-duty military personnel should only be deployed in response to demonstrations over the death of George Floyd “as a last resort.”

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Ex-Joint Chiefs chair: Deploying military domestically would negatively affect relationship with American people

By JUSTINE COLEMAN

Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey said Sunday that deploying the military domestically to respond to the protests sparked by George Floyd’s death would negatively affect its relationship with the American people.

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Wolf: Law enforcement does not have ‘systemic racism problem,’ some officers ‘abuse their jobs’

By JUSTINE COLEMAN

Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said Sunday that he doesn’t think there is a “systemic racism problem” among law enforcement across the U.S. after an unarmed black man, George Floyd, died after a white police officer knelt on his neck during an arrest.

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Demings fires back at acting DHS secretary: ‘Systemic racism is always the ghost in the room’

By JUSTINE COLEMAN

Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) said Sunday that “systemic racism is always the ghost in the room” after acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf’s said that he doesn’t think there is a “systemic racism problem” in law enforcement.

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Carson says issues over systemic racism are ‘very uncommon now’

By REBECCA KLAR

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said Sunday issues over systemic racism are “very uncommon now,” while acknowledging the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody as a “blatant and callous murder.”

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Congressional Black Caucus chair sees ‘a lot of’ House GOP interest in police reform bill

By REBECCA KLAR

Congressional Black Caucus Chair Karen Bass (D-Calif.) said Sunday there is “a lot of support” among House Republicans for a police reform bill she will be introducing this week.

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Booker says he sees ‘sentiment and the substance’ behind ‘Defund the Police’ phrase but ‘it’s not a slogan I will use’

By JUSTINE COLEMAN

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said Sunday that he sees the “sentiment and the substance” behind the “Defund the Police” rallying cry but added, “it’s not a slogan I will use.”

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Economic adviser on positive news: ‘The worst thing we can do right now is relax’

By ZACK BUDRYK

Mohamed El-Erian, the chief economic adviser at Allianz, said Sunday that the federal government should not be complacent after unexpected positive economic news.

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