Obama Tells Young Activists To Seize George Floyd Momentum, Get Involved In Local Government

He also praised the George Floyd protests as a “more representative cross-section of America” than civil rights protests in the ‘60s

Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday praised the efforts of young activists protesting the death of George Floyd and urged them to seize on their momentum by getting involved in local government.... [+]

He also lauded the diversity of the protests, which he said are a “more representative cross-section of America” compared to protest movements in the 1960s, and argued that majority national support for them in spite of incidents of violence “wouldn’t have existed 30, 40, 50 years ago.” He also pushed for protesters to get involved in democracy at the local level, pointing out that the reforms they’re pushing “has to take place in more than 19,000 local municipalities.”

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