Former President Barack Obama made a valiant attempt at connecting the dots between the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre and the death of George Floyd, whose second anniversary came a day after the bloodshed at the school.
“As we grieve the children of Uvalde today, we should take time to recognize that two years have passed since the murder of George Floyd under the knee of a police officer,” Obama wrote Wednesday. “His killing stays with us all to this day, especially those who loved him.”
“In the aftermath of his murder, a new generation of activists rose up to channel their anguish into organized action, launching a movement to raise awareness of systemic racism and the need for criminal justice and police reform,” he added before plugging his own foundation.
Many were appalled at the former president’s convoluted message.
“What in the world does the former have to do with the latter?” asked frum conservative commentator Ben Shapiro.
“Not a single grieving parent today gives a rip about what happened to Floyd or anyone right now,” Redstate editor Kira Davis reacted. “For crying out loud. This is not the time to be advertising for your favorite activist group. How utterly vile.”
“Brah, this ain’t it. Little kids slaughtered at school is not the equivalent of Floyd dying after resisting arrest while high,” Blaze Media podcast host Jason Whitlock wrote, declaring,”This is one of the worst tweets in history.”
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Was is it always Hispanics or Jews or gays dying in these mass shootings
Police were negligent in both instances. How is that so hard to see?
on a contest of wickedness this man ranks very high…..it simply activates the wisdom and awareness that Sodom has rectified itself into United States of America…
“Over time, Floyd’s convictions escalated to theft and ultimately armed robbery of a woman who was pistol-whipped by a group of men while at home with her children.
Floyd was stopped by police or charged at least 19 times in his adult life, according to records, friends, and family. In a handful of encounters, he was let go. Other times, the charges were serious and shaped the trajectory of his life.”
If Obama had a son……….
You need to purposely twist this tweet into a pretzel in order to misunderstand it and have it say something that it never said.
That is why only Obama haters commented on it.
Obama doesn’t filter his tweets through his haters before tweeting.
He was tweeting because it was the anniversary of the police killing of George Floyd.
He added the reference to Uvalde because it was current events and very painful.
As would be expected!
The racist is out & about I see!