Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden quotes Doc Rivers in speech in Gettysburg

"I think about that. I think about what it takes for a Black person to love America. That is a deep love for this country that has for far too long never been recognized."

Joe Biden, Democratic presidential candidate, quoted former Clippers head coach Doc Rivers in a speech in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Per ESPN, In calling for national unity, the former vice president referenced Jacob Blake, a Black man who was left paralyzed from the waist down after he was shot in the back by a white police officer on Aug. 23 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Rivers, who was coaching the LA Clippers in the NBA bubble when the shooting occurred, spoke emotionally about the incident and the current state of racial affairs in the country after a Clips win on Aug. 24.

His words were recalled Tuesday by Biden: “Doc Rivers, the basketball coach, choking back tears when he said, ‘We’re the ones getting killed. We’re the ones getting shot. We’ve been hung. It’s amazing how we keep loving this country, and this country does not love us back.’

“I think about that. I think about what it takes for a Black person to love America. That is a deep love for this country that has for far too long never been recognized.”

Fonte: ESPN.