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!”
The U.S. Army’s first transgender officer and his wife, a Maryland doctor, are making headlines. No, not for breaking any ideological woke barriers; for “allegedly attempting to transfer confidential military medical information to Russia.”
The two were charged in an eight-count indictment on conspiracy charges Wednesday. Major Jamie Lee Henry, who lived with his anesthesiologist wife Anna Gabrielian, was granted his request to officially change his name in accordance with his gender preference in 2015.
Henry and Gabrielian allegedly volunteered to “retrieve private medical records from the United States Army and Johns Hopkins in order to assist the Russian government.”
National Review reports:
The pair are accused of stealing patient health files from Johns Hopkins and Fort Bragg and giving them to an individual they believed to be working for the Russian government. They aimed to show that they could access classified information and readily provide it to Moscow to demonstrate their allegiance, according to the indictment.
However, the individual to whom they hoped to deliver the information was an undercover FBI agent. At a covert August 17 meeting, Gabrielian told the agent that she was devoted to helping Russia’s cause even if it cost her her job or landed her in prison. She arranged a subsequent meeting with Henry and the agent, still believing him to be affiliated with the Kremlin.
That evening, in the agent’s hotel room, Henry expressed that he was committed to supporting Russia and had considered enlisting in the Russian army after the invasion of Ukraine. However, he told the agent he was disqualified because he didn’t have any “combat experience.”
“The way I am viewing what is going on in Ukraine now, is that the United States is using Ukrainians as a proxy for their own hatred toward Russia,” Henry reportedly told the agent.
“Prior to Henry’s case, identifying as a sex different than the one on one’s birth certificate made a soldier unfit for military service, warranting discharge” writes National Review.
Gabrielian worked at the Johns Hopkins school of medicine, and Henry worked as a staff internist stationed at Fort Bragg.
If convicted, the two could face up to five years in federal prison for the conspiracy charge, and a maximum of ten years in federal prison for each count of publishing secret military medical records.
-
Media7 days agoWSJ: Corporate Dirty Pool in Washington’s Senate Race
-
Immigration1 day agoTwo dozen states sending National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border
-
Featured6 days ago‘Men. Can’t. Get. Pregnant.’ a fight for truth, not dangerous woke agenda
-
Featured5 days agoBiden frees Venezuelan President Maduro’s drug dealing relatives in prisoner swap
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?