Obama SLAMMED For Tweet Linking Uvalde To George Floyd — But Here’s What Critics Are Missing…
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The President that was frequently called the “Divider-in-Chief” has done it again.
On Wednesday, the day after a deranged gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and 2 teachers, former President Barack Obama decided it was a good idea to link that event and the completely unrelated 2-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd in a tweet.
The bloodshed in Uvalde occurred one day prior to the two-year mark of the death of George Floyd, which sparked civil unrest across the country in 2020 after viral footage showed Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on him as he repeatedly claimed he couldn’t breathe until he died.
Chauvin was convicted of second- and third-degree murder last year.
Obama commemorated Floyd’s passing while tying it to the current national mourning of the children killed in Uvalde.
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. His killing stays with us all to this day, especially those who loved him.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 25, 2022
Critics railed against Obama for suggesting a comparison between Tuesday’s massacre and the police brutality Floyd faced.
“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.”
“What in the world does the former have to do with the latter?” Ben Shapiro wondered.
“I don’t understand the connection,” journalist Andy Ngo similarly wrote.
“Bro. Not the same. At all,” Fox News contributor Ben Domenech told Obama.
Source: Fox News
Other conservatives called him out on it as well.
Beto: How can I make a total ass of myself today trying to politicize a tragic event?
Obama: Hold my beer. https://t.co/XFCwFJyCgh
— Kristina Wong 🇺🇸 (@kristina_wong) May 26, 2022
Obama has crossed the line. Don’t make this recent tragedy about George Floyd. Disgusting pic.twitter.com/q8wJdstPXW
— Terrence K. Williams (@w_terrence) May 26, 2022
This is truly sick. 19 innocent children and 2 hero teachers were killed… and to the Divider-in-Chief, the real victim of Uvalde is George Floyd?
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) May 25, 2022
— Brick Suit (@Brick_Suit) May 26, 2022
“Look I know some of you just lost your kids but forget about that and pay your respects to a deceased serial criminal who once shoved a pistol into a woman’s belly while his friends rummaged through her apartment for stuff to steal” – Obama, ethnonarcissist, former president pic.twitter.com/qPIVlDHUHR
— Pedro L. Gonzalez (@emeriticus) May 26, 2022
“Yeah, I get 19 small children died, but let’s all take a moment to remember George Floyd” — Barack Obama https://t.co/SoJsy1niPS
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) May 25, 2022
But it seems that many right-wingers are missing the most egregious part of Obama’s post in their initial reactions to the outrageous first tweet in a thread of three — the next two tweets were arguably worse than the first because they plugged the “My Brother’s Keeper Alliance.”
Back in 2014, the Obama White House began the “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative in response to the death of Trayvon Martin in order to address “the persistent opportunity gaps boys and young men of color face and to ensure all young people can reach their full potential.” It has now become part of the Obama Foundation.
Obama’s tweet says that the activist movement that followed the death of George Floyd arose was raising awareness of “systemic racism” and “the need for criminal justice and police reform.”
The third tweet says that the MBK Alliance has been pushing for local leaders to “reimagine police” and then linked to the Obama Foundation website highlighting the MBK Alliance with a call to action.
He’s using a horrific tragedy to push an initiative through his foundation while standing atop the graves of all of the children, the teachers, and even the revered saint of the Left, George Floyd.
That is just unbelievable scumbaggery right there.
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. His killing stays with us all to this day, especially those who loved him.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 25, 2022
Inspired by these young leaders, @MBK_Alliance launched a Reimagining Policing Pledge for mayors and cities ready to take action. If you’re wondering how you can help make things a little better today, here are some ways to get involved: https://t.co/1E1MfT1sza
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 25, 2022
Hey, Barry… if your initiative that you invoked scripture to name is so bloody amazing, then how did a “young man of color” not benefit from it and instead end up shooting children at school?
And the solution being proposed is to “reimagine” policing?!
Yeah, a lot of people do want policing “reimagined” when it comes to these school shootings — we don’t want the “Cowards of Broward” phenomenon that enabled that maniac in Parkland to shoot up his classmates… and an Associated Press report indicates may have happened in Uvalde, too.
Spoiler: that parent’s daughter died in the attack while he was begging cops to save the kids.
My God.
— Andy Specht (@AndySpecht) May 26, 2022
But that’s not the “reimagining” that Obama is proposing, is it? Of course not.
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