FC Barcelona coach Quique Setin spoke this week about how his team are feeling and how they are approaching the restart of LaLiga, which for them gets underway on Saturday June 13 at San Moix against Mallorca (10pm CEST):

The team are in pretty good condition for the work that we have done."

We're going to need one more week to really be in shape."

All of the players are very keen and very motivated to play."

It's been good for us, because the players have been resting. It's been been different to other years in their careers."

The team look to have special motivation. I suppose that's the same for every squad."

Normally you play games in preseason and measure the minutes played, and now that will be different. We will see how the games go and what the situation is for each player -everybody is different."

We think that we have to win every game if we want to be champions."

We're doing well and we know that we have to be in top form to compete and win every game. We are in a good place mentally and we will see how the games go -and the difficulties posed by our opponents."

Luis Surez has had extra time to recover and to be able to compete again. He's practically at full fitness; we'll see how he goes when the competition gets underway, but in two or three games I'm sure he'll be at his top level."

We will miss the stimulus and the support of the fans, who have a big influence. It's a special situation that we will try to overcome, but it's also going to happen for our opponents when we play away from home. We will look to bring some joy to the fans."

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Former France captain Jefferson Poirot has announced his Test retirement. Photograph: Getty Images

Former France captain Jefferson Poirot has announced his retirement from international rugby citing motivational issues.

The 27-year-old said he made the decision in a fraction of a second following Frances World Cup quarter-final defeat to Wales last year, although went on to appear in this years Six Nations.

Poirot, who won 36 caps for his country, told LEquipe: I feel my motivation is not at its maximum.

I always promised myself I would be at 100 per cent when playing for France, to not lie.

Les Bleus, its the Holy Grail. I cant go and play for them and just take my cap and my bonus.

Poirot was called up for the French squad for the first time for the 2016 Six Nations, and captained the team against Tonga in last years World Cup group stages.

However, the Bordeaux-Begles prop only started in one of his countrys four matches in this years aborted Six Nations Championships, against Scotland in March.

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The Black Lives Matter movement and protests of police violence played a major role in the 2016 election, according to new research led by faculty from Northeastern University, the University of Massachusetts, Northwestern University, and George Mason University.

And, the protests happening across the world sparked by the death of George Floyd, a Black man in Minnesota who was killed in police custody, may prove to have a similar effect in the 2020 election, says Kevin Drakulich, an associate professor of criminology and criminal justice at Northeastern who helped conduct the research.

Kevin Drakulich is an associate professor of criminology and criminal justice in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities at Northeastern. Photo courtesy Kevin Drakulich

The researchers, together with the American National Election Studiesone of the primary organizations that collects public opinion and political participation data from U.S. voterssurveyed a nationally representative sample of more than 3,600 U.S. citizens ages 18 and older.

They found that Black Lives Matter, a civil rights movement founded in 2013 to eradicate white supremacy and combat violence against Black people, and its subsequent backlash energized people to vote in 2016 and affected their choice of candidate.

According to the study, people who expressed concern about biased policing and support for the civil rights movement were more likely to vote for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee who positioned herself as a supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement. The study also found that people who expressed support for police were connected to votes for Donald J. Trump, the Republican nominee who also repeatedly expressed support for police at his rallies and who accused the Black Lives Matter movement of dividing America.

The effect was substantial on both sides, Drakulich says. There were a lot of people who were motivated by the BLM movement and the inequalities it raised, and there were a lot of people who were motivated against it.

Critically, the researchers also found that rhetoric related to supporting police was often coded language used by voters concerned about the relative status of Black vs. White Americans, they wrote in their report.

They found that support for the police, in and of itself, didnt seem to have been an important motivation for voting for Trump. The researchers found that people who said they supported the police also tended to identify themselves as Republican and felt racial resentment. The researchers define racial resentment as having views [that] are primarily driven by social concerns about relative racial group positions, and that such resentment is connected to both explicit and implicit indicators of racial animus.

Thus, the researchers found that support for police often served as a proxy for voters who harbor anti-black feelings and a fondness for the historic racial and class hierarchies in the U.S.

Researchers define this sort of proxy language as a dog whistle, which they described as speaking in code to a target audience. Such rhetoric, they wrote, allows for politicians to speak about taboo subjects while retaining plausible deniability that they violated any social norms.

Drakulich points out that (now President) Trump tweeted LAW & ORDER! during the recent Black Lives Matter protests, but not during protests in April and May to reopen the U.S. economy. The reopening protests, during which armed civilians shouted anti-government slogans in public spaces, came after public health measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 shut down non-essential businesses.

Drakulich says that the presidents timing is an indication that his tweets may serve as dog whistles to voters who oppose the Black Lives Matter movement.

The context is important, Drakulich says.

In their study of the 2016 election, researchers queried voters about their attitudes toward the Black Lives Matter movement and toward police.

They found that people who felt warmly toward the police saw them as unbiased, and those who felt coldly toward the Black Lives Matter movement were all substantially more likely to vote for Trump than people who expressed the opposite feelings.

The differences were particularly stark when the researchers compared people based solely on their feelings toward the movementthose who felt coldly toward Black Lives Matter had a 78 percent likelihood of voting for Trump, whereas those who felt warmly toward the movement had only a 12 percent likelihood of voting for him.

The U.S. today is in a remarkably similar situation as in 2016a pattern of extrajudicial killings of Black people has incited protests of racially biased police violence across the country, while counter-protests in support of police crop up in their wake.

Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has positioned himself as supportive of the civil rights movement, while Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, has considered using the U.S. military to quell protests.

Its difficult to predict whether these circumstances, coupled with more deeply entrenched political divides and a pandemic that will likely change the way U.S. citizens vote, will result in a similar outcome in November, Drakulich says. But one thing is clear: Civil rights and racial equality are going to be really important issues again for this election, he says.

It was a little unclear to me even a few months ago the degree to which these issues would be important factors in this electionas they were in 2016, he says. But now it is clear that yes, they will be.

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ATHLON IS OUT with its projection on the 2020 All-Pac-12 team. For those who want crimson recognition, it can be found in three first-team selections, and double-digit Cougars named to the teams that run four deep. For those who prefer motivational slights, theres some of that to go around as well.

Athlon placed 10 Cougars on its four Pac-12 teams.

Oregon and USC led the way with 13 apiece, followed by Stanford and Cal with 12. Washington State, UW, and ASU have 10. Utah has eight, Colorado and Oregon State have six each, and Arizona and UCLA finish up the list with five apiece.

Heres the WSU breakdown:

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Third team

Fourth team

THE COUGS TRIO of first-team selections ranks fourth in the conference behind Southern Cal, Oregon and UW.

Heres the first-team breakdown from Athlon:

AS FAR AS motivation goes, Borghi is a first-team selection, but all purpose rather than running back? Borghi caught a ton of passes last season but that was in the Air Raid and while he still figures to catch plenty of balls in the run 'n' shoot in 20, the biggest difference this year is that hell get more carries in Nick Rolovichs offense. All Borghi did in '19 was average a eye-opening, conference-leading 6.4 yards per carry.

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Its good to see Woods on the second team but with 141 tackles last season, the WIL 'backer the best thing about a poor defense last year, and just standing out in the Pac-12 every week last year, hes got first-team all-conference talent. There are also other debates to be had, including Draguicevich on the third team, no mention of fast-rising linebacker Travion Brown, only one Cougar wide receiver named in Martin, and more.

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New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is currently gearing up to enter his first season outside the shadow of longtime NFL quarterback Eli Manning, who retired following the conclusion of the 2019-20 campaign. Already stepping up as a leader for the Giants, the soon-to-be second-year signal-caller is now motivated to drive change in the United States.

Those of you who know me well know that posting on social media is usually not my first instinct about how to express myself, and I felt that listening and talking with teammates and friends was important as a first step, Jones recently wrote, via NBC Sports Pro Football Talk. I proudly stand beside my brothers and the entire black community in support of the Black Lives Matter movement to end systemic racism.

Prompting Jones to make such remarks, the country continues to see protests emerge day after day as more and more professional athletes and other well-known figures continue to speak out against police brutality and violence against African Americans. With Jones serving as a significant figure in the New York area, where a lot of protests have occurred, the Giants signal-caller obviously felt now was the time to speak up.

I know this is complex, and I certainly dont have all the answers, but I am determined and motivated to do what I can to ask the right questions and work with others to drive change on this issues, Jones continued. I acknowledge the fact that I will never truly understand how it feels to be on the receiving end of racial injustice, but I am committed to listening, learning, and taking action to stand up for others and make a difference in my community and in this country.

The Giants originally selected Jones with the No. 6 overall pick in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft out of Duke. With Manning on the way out, Jones was drafted under the presumption that he would serve as the Giants quarterback of the future.

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In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is whats on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 8

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HALIFAX More than seven weeks after a man disguised as a Mountie killed 22 people in rural Nova Scotia, the RCMP have finally hinted at what may have motivated one of the worst mass killings in Canadian history.

Last week, RCMP Supt. Darren Campbell told a briefing that a behavioural analysis of the killer determined he was an injustice collector a term that is well known among criminologists.

Michael Arntfield, a professor and criminologist at Western University in London, Ont., says injustice collectors are disproportionately middle-aged males who have tabulated an inventory of every perceived slight over the course of their lives.

They can nurture grudges for years. They often feel cheated or disrespected by others, even though there may be no evidence to support those beliefs. And these negative thoughts often get stuck on an endless, self-fulfilling loop.

Witness statements, documents and police disclosures confirm the killer, 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman, displayed many of these traits though not all the time.

Wortman killed 13 people in Portapique before slaying another nine people the following day in several communities in northern and central Nova Scotia. He was fatally shot by a Mountie at a gas station in Enfield, N.S.

In a police document used to obtain a search warrant, one witness described Wortman as a smart psychopath who had been abused as a boy and was paranoid about the COVID-19 pandemic.

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MONTREAL Thousands hit Montreal streets again Sunday to speak out in turn against racism, systemic discrimination and police brutality, following other Canadian communities that held marches this weekend.

Participants from different communities and of all ages crowded into a downtown Montreal square to listen to a cross-section of activists, community leaders, sports personalities and politicians before snaking peacefully through downtown Montreal to Dorchester Square, chanting black lives matter and no justice, no peace among other slogans.

They took a symbolic knee during the march the second Sunday in a row the city has hosted one since the release of a video showing a white Minneapolis police officer kneeling on the neck of a black man, George Floyd, for nearly nine minutes.

Floyd fell still and died, the officers knee still on his neck.

His death has sparked demonstrations denouncing racism, violence and police impunity right across the globe and well-attended events were held Saturday in several Canadian cities, including Toronto, St. Johns, Calgary and London, Ont.

In Montreal, demonstrators called out Quebec Premier Francois Legault for his belief the province doesnt have a systemic racism problem.

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Canadas public safety minister says the government will be paying close attention to the independent inquiry into allegations of racism and police brutality brought forward by a First Nations chief, while another minister called the chiefs account deeply troubling.

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, who is a former Toronto police chief, says in a tweet that the government is deeply concerned by the allegations, which were made Saturday by Athabasca Chipewyan Chief Allan Adam.

Adam told a news conference that he was beaten by RCMP officers and that his wife was manhandled in March when police stopped him for an expired licence plate outside a casino in Fort McMurray.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, an independent body which investigates deaths or injuries involving police, said later that day that it will investigate the incident.

Adam is facing charges of resisting arrest and assaulting police, and RCMP say the officers needed to use force during the arrest.

Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says in a tweet that hes spoken twice with Adam this weekend, and that he was disturbed by what the chief told him.

What we are watching in the U.S.

Calls for deep police reforms gained momentum as leaders in the city where George Floyd died at the hands of an officer pushed to dismantle the entire department.

Floyds death sparked nationwide protests demanding a reckoning with institutional racism that have sometimes resulted in clashes with police, but many officers took a less aggressive stance over the weekend when demonstrations were overwhelmingly peaceful.

Two weeks after Floyd, an out-of-work black bouncer, died after a white Minneapolis officer pressed a knee on his neck for several minutes, a majority of the Minneapolis City Council vowed to dismantle the 800-member agency.

The state of Minnesota has launched a civil rights investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department, and the first concrete changes came when the city agreed to ban chokeholds and neck restraints.

Protesters nationwide are demanding police reforms and a reckoning with institutional racism in response to Floyds death, and calls to defund the police have become rallying cries for many.

Cities imposed curfews as several protests last week were marred by spasms of arson, assaults and smash-and-grab raids on businesses. But U.S. protests in recent days have been overwhelmingly peaceful and over the weekend, several police departments appeared to retreat from aggressive tactics.

On Sunday, Floyds body arrived in Texas for a third and final memorial service, said Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo. A viewing is planned for today in Houston, followed by a service and burial Tuesday in suburban Pearland.

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LONDON Travellers to Britain are now being required to go into quarantine for two weeks a sweeping measure meant to halt the further spread of COVID-19.

Starting Monday, all passengers will be asked to fill in a form detailing where they will self-isolate, with only a few exceptions. Those who fail to comply with the quarantine rules could be fined.

Ryanair chief executive Michael OLeary says the quarantine will cause untold devastation for the countrys tourism industry not just on the airlines.

He told the BBC that hotels, visitor attractions and restaurants will also be hurt, and thousands of jobs will be lost.

New Zealand, meanwhile, says it has eradicated the coronavirus from its shores after health officials reported that the final person known to have contracted an infection had recovered.

Its been 17 days since the last new case was reported in New Zealand, and Monday also marked the first time since late February that there have been no active cases. Health officials caution that new cases could be imported into the country, which has closed its borders to everybody but citizens and residents, with some exceptions.

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What a year. It's hard to believe we're barely halfway through 2020.

This week, between leading my company Kin, watching the news, reading opinion pieces, taking in all the posts on social media, and speaking with many, many people ... black, white and other ... who are activated and looking for ways to contribute, it's been challenging to find a quiet moment to process my own thoughts and feelings.

So as I sit here at 6 a.m. on Thursday, during a week with very little sleep, I feel mostly sad and tired but also very calm and motivated.

I'm truly struck by how disturbed and inconsolable people ... specifically white people ... are about the killing of George Floyd and the ensuing reaction. Is it because of how graphic the video was? Or the fact that there were four police officers present? Maybe it's all of the above.

While I'm grateful for the peaceful protests that have helped elevate police brutality and lead to the arrest of the officers involved, I'm also sad.

I'm sad about the tragic loss of life, for George's family and for humanity, but for a lot of black people in America, last week Monday was exactly that ... last week Monday.

Another day, on any given week, when what happened to George could happen to us. And not because we're bad people or have committed a gruesome crime, but simply because of who we are and how we look.

And that makes me tired.

Many years have passed since the civil rights movement began, and yet America is still very far apart on addressing racism and bias. (#WhiteLivesMatter was trending yesterday, trolled wonderfully by kpop fans.)And as an industry, we are also far behind on increasing diversity in our leadership structures and creative output.

I'm tired of seeing more discussions, panels, tweets and posts about what's needed. Yes, they're a start, but we now need to move beyond that to create real, lasting change in how we think, hire and work. We need to provide real economic opportunities for all to participate in and shape our society moving forward.

This is a unique moment. One where all groupswhite, Asian, Latinx, differently abled, LGBTQ+are as activated as black people on this issue. One where people around the world are engaged and leaning in. One where we are all taking the time to read, talk, share, give and protest for change.

Let's not let this opportunity to transform the world pass by.

Four years ago, similar circumstances inspired the launch of SATURDAY MORNING, and since then we've been working hard to shift perceptions on racial bias and injustice. It's work we do every day, at night and on weekends. And fortunately it's work that's having an impact through great partnerships with P&G and Spotify.

I'm calm and motivated because that experience has helped me see the path forward more clearly.

Let's embrace the idea that this is a marathon and not a sprint. Let's not use up all our passion and energy in days and weeks when the problem will take decades and perhaps centuries (hope not!) to solve.

We need to keep our resolve in order to realize the tangible change we want to see. Let's keep our efforts and actions unified. Let's work in increments, a little bit every day. Let's hire more black leaders in the boardroom. Let's nurture black creatives to make the work we see out in the world. Let's attract more allies of all colors and genders and create more inclusive cultures at our companies, where all people feel inspired and empowered.

This can only happen if we work with each over. So let's make it happen, together.

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Hundreds protest Sunday in Springfield following the death of George Floyd. Springfield News-Leader

Carolyne Moss said she has been running on the South Creek Greenway trail since she moved to Springfield in 2016, and she's never had any problems.

But after going for a run Saturday morning, she returned to her SUV in the parking lot at McDaniel Park on National and Sunset to find that feces had been smeared on herwindshield and door handles and the air had been let out of one of her tires.

Moss, who is black, said she thinks the vandalism was racially motivated.

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"I'm pretty sure," Moss said. "With all that's going on."

There were other vehicles in the parking lot when Moss arrived at about 7:30 a.m., but hers was the only one vandalized. And she said she didn't have any altercations with anyone before or during her run.

Carolyne Moss said her SUV was vandalized on Saturday morning at McDaniel Park in Springfield.(Photo: Harrison Keegan/Springfield News-Leader)

"Somebody saw who was coming out of what car," Moss said.

Moss said she made a police report and the officers assured her they would check surveillance cameras in the area to see if they could identify a suspect.

Moss said she is a registered nurse and a member of the Missouri National Guard. She said she tries to live her life serving others.

The Springfield-Greene County Park Board and Ozark Greenways released a statement Saturday condemning the act of vandalism that took place at McDaniel Park.

Director of Parks Bob Belote said the incident was appalling and unacceptable.

"There is absolutely no place for hate or derision in our public parks or on our trails," said Belote. "Our parks and trails bring people together. They offer hope. And they should be places where all of us feel safe. An important part of that safety is our own park patrons and neighbors keeping an eye out for each other, like another helpful trail user did at McDaniel Park today. If you see a crime in a park or feel unsafe, please call 911."

Since moving to Springfield, Moss said she has been confronted a few times with comments that she felt were racially insensitive, but she had never experienced anything like Saturday morning's vandalism.

I never used to watch my back when I'm running or when I'm walking or when I'm doing something. But nowI'm going to have to keep watching my back.

"I am scared now," Moss said."I never used to watch my back when I'm running or when I'm walking or when I'm doing something. But nowI'm going to have to keep watching my back."

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Moss said she hopes police catch whoever vandalized her vehicle for her safety and the safety of others.

"I'm like 'What happens next time, are they going to throw it on my face?'" Moss asked.

Racism has been at the center of public consciousness over the last two weeks following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd, a black man, died after a white police officer placed his knee in Floyd's neck for several minutes.

Video of the encounter went viral, sparking protests across the country including in Springfield.

A Black Lives Matter protested was scheduled for Saturday afternoon in downtown Springfield.

Jasmine Bailey, spokeswoman for the Springfield Police Department, said police had not received any other reports of similar behavior on Saturday.

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Groton Fitch High School Senior Krista Madore said she now realizes that she is so much more than she once thought she was.

When she was younger, Madore didnt think she would ever go to college. She said her family moved around a lot due to money issues. When she walked into a new school, she knew she wouldnt be there for too long so she didnt let herself care too much about anybody in it.

That caused her to be bullied, she said, and it got worse in middle school. In eighth grade, she said she gave up and stopped doing her work. She stopped talking to people, and she got in trouble a lot. When she didnt attend summer school,Madore hadto repeat eighth grade.

Madore turnedhersituation around by trying to put herself out there and make more friends, who ended up changing her life. One friend, Keith McDonald, who shedated for a few years,had a significant influence on her. She said he believed in her and pushed her to get good grades, make more friends, talk to people and try out for activities.

During her freshman year at New London High School, she made high honors.

I realized there was so much more than just pushing everyone away, and I can actually succeed if I tried, said Madore.

Madore, 18, said she never stopped trying in high school, even when things got tough.

When Madores mother became very ill and was hospitalized and it was challenging for her father to both take care of the kids and work, Madore moved in with McDonalds family in Groton, Madore said. McDonalds grandmother got guardianship of Madore, who stayed with the family for the rest of her high school career.

Madore entered Fitch during her sophomoreyearand found the school community helpful and like a family." She tried activities, from wrestling to after-school dance classes at a studio in Niantic.

Dancing, along with drawing, singing and writing poetry,served asan outlet for her.

It was always just a way to get my emotions out and make me feel better about everything and then I either come out with something beautiful or I come out with a mess but I know that Ill always be able to keep trying,Madore said.

She did well academically and when she applied to 10 colleges this year, she got into all 10.

Madoreplans to go to Eastern Connecticut State University and pursue a major in social work with the goal of becoming a Department of Children and Families worker, or if not, a school social worker.

I realized I was so much more than I thought I was, and I decided to go to college and help people with what I wished I was helped with when I was younger, she said.

She said DCF was in and out of her life when she was younger, and it was stressful, because while some workers tried really hard to help her and her family and help them get food and clothes, others seemed to not care.

Madore now wants to be the DCF worker that kids look forward to seeing and want to talk to.

I want to work with kids," she said. "I work better with younger people because I went through the situations when I was younger, and I knew how I felt when I was younger, and I think I can help them better than anybody else. My goal is to get somewhere where I can help kids and help them get through tough times.

Madores school counselor, Jasmine Zubek, said Madore has grown leaps and bounds academically and personally in her three years at Fitch.

Shes become more independent, more confident, Zubek said. She is more self-aware. She really became her own best advocate, and she wasnt afraid to ask for help when she needed it, and equally she was really able to share her successes when those happen as well.

Zubek noted Madores accomplishments, including getting into all 10 colleges, working at herjob and becoming the only female wrestler on the wrestling team.

Madore visits and spends time with her parents, and while Madore said she feels a little embarrassed when they brag about her accomplishments, she knows theyre proud of her and it makes her feel amazing.

If I could go back and talk to myself when I was 13 or even 5, I wouldnt even see myself here right now, Madore said. Id have no idea where Id be, and to know that Im going to college and that Im graduating and that Im doing something to help other people, it just doesnt seem real.

She said her message for other youths facing challenges is to keep trying, and they too can find success.

You may not see it now, and it might feel like your whole worlds crashing in, but just keep your head up and keep trying, she said. Youll get through it. Ive been there before, and I promise things will get better. Theres always a light at the end of the tunnel.

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CHARLAMAGNE tha God has warned that Joe Biden "might not be doing enough" to motivate black people to "get out and vote" against Donald Trump.

The Breakfast Club host said that the presidential hopeful has "gotta go harder" to secure people's votes.

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In an interview with MSNBC on Tuesday, tha God said insisted that the Democrat could make a change in the community.

"If Barack Obama was JFK, then Joe Biden has the opportunity to be Lyndon B Johnson," he said.

"He has the opportunity to be as progressive in regards to race and class as Lyndon B Johnson was."

However, he suggested that Biden should have taken his suggestions sooner to address the black community in his presidential election campaign.

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He said: "If Joe Biden had listened to me and my conglomerate a few months ago he would've been ahead of the curve on this whole 'I love black people' campaign."

Tha God then went on to reiterate the idea that Biden needs to go "harder" as he worries that the fears of President Donald Trump being re-elected will not be enough to encourage black voters to place their ballot.

"My concern is simply that Joe Biden may not be doing enough to get black people to come out and vote for him in November," he said. "Fearing Donald Trump is not going to be enough."

Last week it was announced that Biden officially sealed the Democratic nomination and is set to face Donald Trump in the 2020 election battle.

On Friday evening, Biden tweeted: "Folks, tonight we secured the 1,991 delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination.

"I'm going to spend every day fighting to earn your vote so that, together, we can win the battle for the soul of this nation."

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