Demings fires back at acting DHS secretary: 'Systemic racism is always the ghost in the room'
Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) said Sunday that "systemic racism is always the ghost in the room" after acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf's said that he doesn't think there is a "systemic racism problem" in law enforcement.
The Florida Democrat, who has been mentioned as a possible running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, told " host Martha Raddatz on ABC's "This Week" that the country has to be "painfully honest." She added that the U.S. has been "fighting systemic racism in this country for 400 years," long before protests broke out over George Floyd's death after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck during an arrest.
Wolf earlier said on the show that a "systemic racism problem" does not exist among law enforcement, but he acknowledged that some officers "abuse their jobs" and need to be held accountable.
"While I heard what the secretary said, we have a lot of work to do," she said. "And systemic racism is always the ghost in the room."
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