I’m sure Joe Biden is a nice man. He definitely has a beautiful smile. But I truly believe that he is not the man he was even five years ago. He has always been known for gaffes, but he seems to have taken that to a new level since campaigning for President.<\/p>\n
Townhall<\/a> posted an article yesterday about the latest questionable statement by the former Vice-President.<\/p>\n The article reports:<\/p>\n Joe Biden on Thursday compared the death of George Floyd to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, saying Floyd\u2019s death had a bigger global “impact” than King\u2019s.<\/strong><\/p>\n At an economic reopening roundtable in Philadelphia, the former vice president spoke of how the advent of smartphones had precipitated global participation in the movement against police brutality and racial injustice.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cEven Dr. King\u2019s assassination did not have the worldwide impact that George Floyd\u2019s death did,\u201d Biden said.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just like television changed the Civil Rights movement for the better when they saw Bull Connor and his dogs ripping the clothes off of elderly black women going to church and firehoses ripping the skin off of young kids,\u201d he continued.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWhat happened to George Floyd \u2014 now you got how many people around the country, millions of cell phones. It\u2019s changed the way everybody\u2019s looking at this,\u201d he continued. \u201cLook at the millions of people marching around the world.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n There is a lot to unpack in that statement. First of all, the civil rights movement has been part of America since the 1950’s. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a pioneer in that movement. There have been great strides made in that movement, many as a result of the peaceful manner in which Dr. King conducted himself. George Floyd was not working to further the rights of black America. He really had not accomplished a whole lot in his young life. His murder simply provided an excuse for the culture of outrage to mobilize. My second point is that Joe Biden has been in Washington since 1973. If things are so bad, what has he been doing for the past forty-seven years?<\/p>\n The death of George Floyd was horrible. It should never have happened. However, I am not sure that in the heat of the moment we have begun to put his death in context. The bad behavior of one policeman should not be used to condemn all police, just was the bad behavior of the protesters who have decided to riot should not be used to condemn all protesters. How many people have been killed by the protesters? What does that accomplish?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m sure Joe Biden is a nice man. He definitely has a beautiful smile. But I truly believe that he is not the man he was even five years ago. He has always been known for gaffes, but he seems … Continue reading