“We should not be offered and certainly not accept a false choice. Like when we're talking about gun violence, we need to deal with that.”
“So as an administration, we're saying for example, the firearms dealers that those who are violating the law, there needs to be a consequence for that.”
“On the issue of policing, we need accountability. And we are, and I was actually one of the original authors of the George Floyd Justice and Policing Act and I feel very strongly that needs to be passed.”
“There needs to be accountability for police officers who break the rules or break the laws.”
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The Vice President on vaccine hesitancy: “One in three Black people in America know somebody who has died from this disease. And here's the other point that I will make, virtually everyone who is in a hospital right now because of COVID-19 is unvaccinated.”
“So, the thing that I just want to remind folks of is that you have the power. Don't let anybody take your power from you. You have the power to save your life. You have the power to make a decision about what happens to your body.”
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On the next episode of Very Opinionated with Soledad O’Brien we discuss hatred and the killings in Atlanta. Why has hatred/slurs vs. Asian Americans gone unchecked for so long?
We also discuss the lack of vaccine access in some communities.