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Trump's Response To Coronavirus, Race Has Put Him In A Hole For Reelection

The president is trailing former Vice President Joe Biden in polls, and the Democrat is heading to Houston to meet with George Floyd's family Monday while Trump holds a law enforcement roundtable.

Hundreds of thousands of people descended on the nation's capital and cities across the country this weekend in continued demonstrations protesting George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police.

The protests were largely peaceful, and their meaning has extended beyond Floyd's fate to the larger issue of policing in America and police treatment of black Americans.

"Don't let the life of George Floyd be in vain," a county sheriff said at a memorial service for Floyd Saturday in North Carolina.

Floyd will be remembered Monday in Houston at a public memorial service followed by an invitation-only funeral service Tuesday. Former Vice President Joe Biden will fly to Houston and meet with Floyd's family Monday and deliver a videotaped message at the funeral service (though he

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