Michelle Obama Responds to George Floyd's Murder: 'It's Up to All of Us' to Create Change
On Friday, former first lady Michelle Obama tweeted a statement about the death of George Floyd, the Minneapolis man who"Like so many of you, I'm pained by these recent tragedies,"she wrote."And I'm exhausted by a heartbreak that never seems to stop. Right now it’s George, Breonna, and Ahmaud. Before that it was Eric, Sandra, and Michael. It just goes on, and on, and on. Race and racism is a reality that so many of us grow up learning to just deal with.
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