Obama criticized the handling of the coronavirus pandemic without mentioning President Donald Trump by name, just a week after privately critiquing the administration's response to the Covid-19 crisis. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Saturday touted Trump's work, saying in a statement to CNN that "President Trump's unprecedented coronavirus response has saved lives." The impact of coronavirus on communities of colorDuring his message to the HBCU graduates, Obama also spoke of how the pandemic has disproportionately affected black communities. "A disease like this just spotlights the underlying inequalities and extra burdens that black communities have historically had to deal with in this country. Injustice like this isn't new," Obama said, referring to the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a young black man in Georgia.

Source: CNN May 16, 2020 21:09 UTC