Solidarity, racism were common themes for legislators in four predominantly English-speaking countries who tweeted about Floyd's death or Black lives matter' % of flegislators by country who tweeted about in posts mentioning George Floyd or "Black lives matter from May 26-June 10, 2020
Around a third (36%) of legislators in the four countries who tweeted about Floyd’s killing and racism commented on the protests spreading across the U.S. About 30% discussed Trump and his handling of the protests – with seven times as many posts critical, as opposed to supportive. In the UK, 32% of British legislators who tweeted about Floyd or “Black lives matter” lobbied for banning tear gas, rubber bullets and riot gear sales from the UK to the U.S.
Solidarity, racism were common themes for legislators in four predominantly  | English-speaking countries who tweeted about Floyd's death or Black lives matter'  | % of flegislators by country who tweeted about in posts mentioning George Floyd or "Black lives matter from  | May 26-June 10, 2020  | Canada  | New Zealand  | UK  | Australia  | Solidarity  | 70%  | 64%  | 55%  | 78%  | Local racism  | 60  | 69  | 60  | 45  | U.S racism  | 51  | 51  | 24  | 55  | COVID-19  | 20  | 46  | 43  | 27  | U.S. protests  | 40  | 28  | 31  | 36  | Local protests: sup port  | 36  | 30  | 33  | President Trump: critical  | 37  | 27  | Local issues  | 26  | 13  | 19  | 27  | Local protests: neutral  | 20  | 28  | 24  | Tear gas/ exports to U.S.  | 32  | History  | 21  | Local protests: critical  | 20  | U.S. iss ues  | 15  | 10  | 18  | Indigenous peo ple  | 31  | 69  | 55  | Favor removing statues  | 15  | Oppose removing sta tues  | President Trump: su pport  | Note: To identify tweets about Black lives matter" and George Floyd, researchers used case insensitive regular expression that consists of  | the terms: BLM, black lives, blacklives, livesmatter, floydgeorge George Floyd, georgefloyd, black lives and blackitematters.  | Source: Analysis of tweets from national-level legislators in the UK, Canada Australla and New Zealand, posted May 26 June 10, 2020.  | N= 644-legislators with Twitter accounts who tweeted legislators at least once about George Floyd or Black Ilves matter.  | pew RESEARCH CENTER 