Talking Points
Jay-z, Mark Esper and More
“We are not in one of those situations now. I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act.”
—SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MARK ESPER
“RACISM IS IGNORANCE. LOVE IS INTELLIGENCE.”
—FRENCH SOCCER PLAYER PAUL POGBA
“I am the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington and was not given even a courtesy call, that they would be clearing [the area] with tear gas so they could use one of our churches as a prop.”
—BISHOP MARIANN BUDDE
“I am a human, a father and a black man in pain and I am not the only one.”
—JAY-Z
“THAT MEANS I GOT WORK TO DO.”
—Ella Jones, on being elected the first black mayor of Ferguson, Missouri
“Structural racism has been a publichealth crisis for much longer than the pandemic has.”
—EPIDEMIOLOGIST MAIMUNA MAJUMDER
“I WENT DOWN DURING THE DAY AND I WAS THERE FOR A TINY LITTLE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND IT WAS MUCH MORE FOR AN INSPECTION.”
—President Trump, on going to an underground White House bunker during protests