Politics
On MLK Day, Video Circulates of Biden Saying ‘Dr. King’s Assassination’ Did Not Have Worldwide Impact of George Floyd’s Death
As the United States celebrated and honored Martin Luther King Jr., video of then-presidential candidate Joe Biden surfaced comparing him to a very, very different human and scenario: the death of George Floyd.
Biden made the remarks in June of 2020, shortly after Floyd’s death, during an economic reopening roundtable in Philadelphia. Biden was comparing the two men in a discussion about how smartphones have changed movements:
“Even Dr. King’s assassination did not have the worldwide impact that George Floyd’s death did,” Biden said during the discussion. “It’s 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.”
“What happened to George Floyd — now you got how many people around the country, millions of cell phones,” he added. “It’s changed the way everybody’s looking at this. Look at the millions of people marching around the world.”
The circulation of the video sparked intense conversation. While some say Biden was merely comparing the impact of their deaths, others were shocked and disgusted that Biden would ever draw a comparison of any kind between the two.
“Very small minded to compare MLK to Floyd just because of the color of their skin. They were not in the same category of humans on any level” tweeted one user. Another wrote “this is truly a disgusting comment. George Floyd was no #MLK @JoeBiden !! He was a full time criminal and drug addict!”
Remember this 2016 post from Hillary herself just days away from the election? During Friday’s trial of her former attorney Michael Sussmann, some juicy details behind this vey post have emerged.
Computer scientists have apparently uncovered a covert server linking the Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank. pic.twitter.com/8f8n9xMzUU
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 1, 2016
“Robby Mook, Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign manager, said that Clinton ‘agreed’ to leak allegations that the Trump Organization had a secret communications channel with Russia’s Alfa Bank to the media during his Friday testimony” reports National Review.
The media “report” Hillary tweeted about above, was spoon-fed to them with her blessing. Mook also revealed the “purpose” for the campaign to leak it to the press was to have a reporter “run it down” further and “vet it out.”
As for Mrs. Clinton’s involvement, Mook added that he “discussed it with Hillary as well” after which, “she agreed to” their decision to turn the loose gossip over to the press.
She was then able to use Slate’s “reporting” to discuss the fake collusion publicly. Clinton then tweeted the campaign’s press release on the “statement from Jake Sullivan on New Report Exposing Trump’s Secret Line of Communication to Russia.”
FBI agent James Baker, the then-agent who Sussmann took the Alfa Bank information to, testified in the trial Wednesday. He said he was “100 percent confident” that Sussmann said he wasn’t representing a client when they met.
A text message from Sussmann to Baker from the day prior reads: “Jim — it’s Michael Sussmann. I have something time-sensitive (and sensitive) I need to discuss. Do you have availability for a short meeting tomorrow? I’m coming on my own — not on behalf of a client or company — want to help the Bureau. Thanks.”
National Review reports of the case:
The former FBI general counsel said that he would have treated the meeting and subsequent investigation differently had he known Sussmann was coming forward on behalf of the Clinton campaign.
The evidence that Sussmann delivered to Baker came in the form of Domain Name System (DNS) data that allegedly showed frequent communications between servers associated with the Trump Organization and Russia’s Alfa Bank. The data was provided to Sussmann by Joffe, an executive at the cybersecurity firm Neustar, which was also being represented by Sussmann as part of his role as a partner at the Perkins Coie law firm.
FBI agent Scott Hellman testified Tuesday that he was immediately skeptical of the data and accompanying analysis that suggested illicit communications between the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank. In fact, the quality of the analysis was so poor, that Hellman questioned whether its source had a “mental disability” in a private chat with FBI colleagues, obtained by prosecutors.
Opposition research firm Fusion GPS, which Perkins Coie hired to work on behalf of the Clinton campaign, translated the DNS data into laymen’s terms and pitched it to various reporters, including Franklin Foer, a writer for Slate.
“We certainly hoped that he would publish an article,” former Fusion GPS employee Lauren Seago testified.
Foer obliged them, touting the claims in an article published on October 31, 2016, a little over a week before Election Day.
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Sad4theUS
January 18, 2022 at 2:02 pm
MLK’s assassination eventually led to positive changes, George Floyd’s didn’t! Floyd’s led to the darkest days of this country, and a total reversal of MLK’s Dream!
Left Coast
January 18, 2022 at 5:50 pm
George Floyd died of a Fentenyl Overdose . . . .
as the Medical Examiner testified at the officers Trial.
Only a Senile China luving fake could not understand that.
Chris McDonald
January 18, 2022 at 6:12 pm
This comes from Joe Biden who voted Against civil rights act on many occasions. He live in apartments that were WHITE ONLY, no people of color were allowed. That’s why Kamala Harris was his vp running mate and not stacy Abrams. Using Joe’s own words is because Kamala “ain’t black”
Richard Karkkainen
January 18, 2022 at 6:26 pm
Biden has now become certifiable.
David
January 18, 2022 at 6:32 pm
The Fake president celebrates a fake hero in George Floyd, the drug addict and thief. Figures.
J Baulch
January 18, 2022 at 8:12 pm
This imposter needs to removed now he is a total disgrace to this country.
Nonu
January 18, 2022 at 10:33 pm
This is a huge insult to MLK’s family, an insult to those who fought for civil rights and those who fought to free the slaves. FJB and his handlers are promoting a scumbag just like themselves.
Steven
January 19, 2022 at 6:42 pm
Expect George Floyd’s birthday to be made an official national holiday.
Tony
January 20, 2022 at 10:14 am
Has cabbage brain, dementia joe lost his mind? Have we sunk so low to worship a theif and a drug addict, then to honor a man who life mission was to upgrade all peoples…on the same level?