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Dem State Rep Vernon Jones: Do black lives matter to Black Lives Matter?

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Democrat State Representative Vernon Jones, GA, didn’t hold back in calling out his own party for not denouncing rioters and protestors “hiding behind Black Lives Matter,” during an interview with “The Sara Carter Show” podcast Monday.

Jones was asked to react to the growing civil unrest in the country since the tragic death of George Floyd. Since Floyd’s death, Black Lives Matter and other groups have sought to defund the police, tear down statues, and promote the idea that America is inherently racist.

“We give literally millions of dollars to universities and nonprofit groups to go out and, dig, dig and dig and pull up symbols and statues of the past so we can learn about it. But here we are in 2020 and we’re tearing them down. What are kids gonna know about come 2030 that those statues are gone,” Jones told Carter.

President Donald Trump has reacted to the riots by promoting a zero-tolerance policy for anyone violating the law as rioters take part in looting-sprees destroying property and livelihoods. The President’s push for law and order, Jones explained, is the right strategy and advised that he “continue to reach out with state and local governments and help with the resource is they needed.”

Jones added, “But at the same time, this President has tried to work across the aisle, and he has to continue to try to work across the aisle. But make it clear in his point. Clearly, Democrats have not come out and denounced a lot of these rioters and protesters who are hiding behind Black Lives Matter. I’m beginning to wonder. Do black lives matter to Black Lives Matter?”

Over the holiday weekend, 8-year-old Secoriea Turner was shot and killed in Atlanta. Turner was a passenger in her family’s vehicle and was shot near where a number of rioters and protestors gathered in recent weeks in the wake of the death of Rayshard Brooks, who was shot and killed by police in a nearby Wendy’s parking lot last month.

“And you know, Sarah, here’s what’s interesting,” Jones said. “And, I say that because there’s so many different groups from Antifa to others being funded by George Soros and these left-wing groups who really want to get rid of religion, too. But they have infiltrated Black Lives Matter, and then when you look at the originality or I should say the, the real purpose of Black Lives Matter is to push a transgender agenda now that’s where they want to do. Fine. I have no problem with that. But all lives should matter. Clearly, black lives should be valued just as much as any life.”

Jones concluded, “When I see a white police officer. If a white police officer kills a black person, then there’s massive demonstrations and rioting. But what about when blacks kill blacks like th little eight-year-old girl? That was not a police officer. What about him in St. Louis when that former police chief, who was doing his job of guarding a pawnshop of a friend or client and was gunned down on the streets of St. Louis, not by white officers?”

“Where was the outrage from Black Lives Matter? Chicago, last weekend, what, some 14 people killed, including a 3-year-old, and maybe a 13 year old. This past week in Philadelphia 87 shootings and I think about 14 deaths on a Saturday night. This is not President Trump’s fault. There’s an issue at the local level too where local leadership is not doing what they need to do, Sara.”

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BREAKING: Disney drops suit challenging special district status in settlement with Florida, DeSantis

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A settlement was reached Wednesday in the two-year lawsuit over who controls the special governing district that encompasses the Walt Disney World Resort, which includes Disney dropping its lawsuitsagainst a newly created tourism board.

“We are glad that Disney has dropped its lawsuits against the new Central Florida Tourism Oversight District and conceded that their last-minute development agreements are null, void, and unenforceable,” Bryan Griffin, DeSantis’ communications director, said in a statement. “No corporation should be its own government. Moving forward, we stand ready to work with Disney and the District to help promote economic growth, family-friendly tourism, and accountable government in Central Florida.”

Fox News explains the dispute began “after Disney’s criticism of Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act – derided by critics as the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill – prompted the DeSantis administration to revoke the special Disney-controlled tax district that gave the entertainment autonomy over its theme parks in the region.”

“No corporation should be its own government,” Bryan Griffin, a spokesman for the governor, said in an emailed statement. “Moving forward, we stand ready to work with Disney and the District to help promote economic growth, family-friendly tourism, and accountable government in Central Florida.”

Misleadingly deemed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, prohibited the teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity to young students in the state. National Review reports:

After receiving pressure from employees, Disney’s then-CEO, Bob Chapek, said that the company’s leaders had been opposed to the bill “from the outset,” and Disney declared that the legislation “should never have passed and should never have been signed into law.”

In February 2023, DeSantis signed House Bill 9B, which established the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District to replace Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District. Reedy Creek was a 56-year-old special taxing district that allowed Disney control its own development, regulations, building codes, and other municipal services.

Lawmakers voted to give the governor the power to appoint the district’s board members.

However, before a DeSantis-appointed board took over last March, the Disney-controlled board handed control of the district’s development over to Disney…

As part of the settlement, Disney acknowledges that the development agreement approved by the outgoing Reedy Creek board has “no legal effect or enforceability.”

As for the media reports that DeSantis had been humiliated and out-maneuvered by Disney, Griffin said that “as usual, the media were wrong.”

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