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At today's White House press briefing @PressSec Psaki on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act: "It is exactly the right forum to help rebuild trust in communities."
The White House feels lawmakers are "making progress" on the bill.
Qualified immunity is the wedge issue.

But in back to the reality of gridlock in Washington.
Psaki then acknowledges it is "unlikely" lawmakers will pass something before the anniversary of George Floyd's death. However, there will be a ceremony at the White House next week marking the anniversary.
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Background on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act when it passed the House.
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Pardon any typos. Fast fingers.

For what the WH can do in terms of getting lawmakers to pass the bill, Psaki says the admin s "not going to slow its efforts to get this done" and that the White House will be "transparent" about it potentially taking longer to pass than next week. End of summer possible.

Psaki was asked what "rebuilding trust in communities means." She didn't get into it in-depth but offered a few of the bullet points/buzzwords commonly associated with "rebuilding trust": regulations and accountability.

Psaki says that reinstating the WH initiative on AAPI is something that will be re-established under the Biden admin. More in the weeks ahead.
Some background on the anti-hate bill signed into law yesterday by President Biden: courthousenews.com/silence-is-com…