Rev’s Transcript Library

Donald Trump held a press conference today on a new US jobs report showing progress in the economy & recovery from coronavirus impacts. He also said he hopes George Floyd is “looking down right now and saying, ‘This is a great thing that’s happening for our country.'” Read the transcript here.

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser gave a speech at the unveiling of “Black Lives Matter Plaza”. At the site, “Black Lives Matter” is painted in 50-foot yellow letters near the White House on a section of 16th Street that sits just in front of Lafayette Park. Read the transcript of her speech here.

Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock released a video criticizing President Trump amid the George Floyd death & protests. He made a plea for compassionate leadership in America. Read his speech transcript here.

Meghan Markle released a video expressing her thoughts on George Floyd’s death and the protests from the past week. Read the full transcript here.

Rudy Giuliani went on Good Morning Britain and got into a testy interview with Piers Morgan about the protests and Donald Trump tweeting “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.” Things got personal with shots at each-other’s careers. Read the transcript here.

A preliminary hearing in the Ahmaud Arbery case took place on June 4. William Bryan, who filmed the shooting, told investigators that a racial slur was used by Travis McMichael after the shooting. Read the trial transcript here.

Reverend Al Sharpton delivered a eulogy from the George Floyd funeral in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Read the full eulogy speech transcript here.

A memorial service was held on June 4 for George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer. Robin Wilkerson, Scott Hagen, Benjamin Crump, Philonise Floyd, Shareeduh Tate, Brandon Williams, and Reverend Al Sharpton all spoke at the funeral. Full transcript here.

Joe Biden held a virtual town hall for young Americans with actor Don Cheadle. He faced some criticism for saying “10 to 15 percent” of Americans “are just not very good people.” Full transcript here.

Donald Trump did a radio interview on Brian Kilmeade’s Fox News show June 3rd, where he spoke about the protests and said he only went to his White House bunker for a “tiny” period of time to inspect it.

Actor John Boyega from Star Wars gave a speech at Hyde Park in London at a George Floyd protest June 3. Read the full transcript of his speech here.

Former United States Attorney General Rod Rosenstein testified before the Senate in a hearing on the Donald Trump Russia Investigation. Read the full transcript of the hearing here.