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denigrating George Floyd and describing him as a symbol of a ‘broken culture in black America today’.

Owens made the controversial remarks during an interview with radio host Glenn Beck Friday, during which she also stated: ‘The fact that he has been held up as a martyr sickens me’.

Floyd died in Minneapolis on Memorial Day after white police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes while arresting him for a suspected passing of a fake $20 bill. Floyd has been hailed as a ‘mentor to a generation of young men’ and ‘a de-facto community leader’ – but Owens insists people aren’t being honest about Floyd’s entire backstory.

During her interview with Beck – which he posted to Twitter before it was shared by President Trump – Owens stated: ‘George Floyd was not a good person. I don’t care who wants to spin that, I don’t care how CNN wants to make you think that he had just turned his life around’.

Owens went on to reference the fact that Floyd had served five stints in jail – including one for aggravated assault stemming from a robbery in which he entered a pregnant woman’s home, pointed a gun at her stomach and searched the premises for drugs and money. Was he really going to turn things around? It’s just not true’ Owens said of Floyd, who was a 46-year-old father-of-five.

In the interview, Owens repeatedly referred to the pregnant woman who was assaulted by Floyd.

‘This woman now has to watch him be help up as a hero. I can’t even think about the trauma!’

Trump simply retweeted the clip without adding his own comments.

Beck’s own caption beneath his video interview with Owens read: ‘I don’t care WHAT George Floyd did. The officer should have never treated him like that and killed him! But we still must ask: Is he a HERO?