After Republicans on Capitol Hill killed Democratic police reform bill Wednesday, President Joe Biden vowed to take executive action to enact police reform “in the coming weeks.”<\/p>\n

Biden released a statement Wednesday admitting that there is no longer a way ahead for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act that Sen. Cory Booker and Democratic California Rep. Karen Bass introduced earlier this year which passed through the House but failed to gain enough Republican support in the Senate.<\/p>\n

“The murder of George Floyd This a stain on the soul of America. It spurred the nation to collectively demand justice, and we will be remembered for how we responded to the call,\u201d Biden\u2019s Wednesday statement began. \u201cRegrettably, Senate Republicans rejected enacting modest reforms, which even the previous president had supported, while refusing to take action on key issues that many in law enforcement were willing to address.\u201d<\/p>\n

Biden said that he is still hoping to sign police reform legislation, but said the moment “demands action.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThe White House will continue to consult with the civil rights and law enforcement communities, as well as victims\u2019 families to define a path forward, including through potential further executive actions I can take to advance our efforts to live up to the American ideal of equal justice under law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

At the beginning of his push for police reform in April, Biden hosted the families of George Floyd and Eric Garner at the White House.<\/p>\n

Even as Biden has called for reforms, he has criticized the radical wing of his party that called for the defunding of police in the wake of Floyd’s death last year. Leaked audio of a phone call between Biden and reform activists in December revealed him blaming Democratic losses in Congress in part due to the anti-police rhetoric.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s how they beat the living hell out of us across the country, saying that we\u2019re talking about defunding the police. We\u2019re not. We\u2019re talking about holding them accountable,\u201d Biden said, according to the audio.<\/p>\n

Democratic Missouri Rep Cori Bush stated on the steps of the Capitol back in August that “defunding the police has to happen” and that she would pay for private security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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