Posted on 06/20/2020 3:33:53 PM PDT by karpov
Vice President Mike Pence in a new interview repeatedly refused to say the words Black lives matter, instead saying that, "all lives matter in a very real sense."
In an interview with Philadelphia outlet 6ABCAction News, Pence was asked if he would say Black lives matter in the wake of nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died last month after a former Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck during an arrest for several minutes.
Protests have called for widespread police reforms, as well as other racial justice issues.
Let me just say that what happened to George Floyd was a tragedy, Pence said Friday. And in this nation, especially on Juneteenth, we celebrate the fact that from the founding of this nation, we cherish the ideal that all of us are created equal and endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights. And so all lives matter in a very real sense.
Juneteenth is an annual holiday celebrated on June 19 commemorating the abolishment of slavery in the U.S. On June 19, 1865, Union Gen. Gordon Granger read the Emancipation Proclamation to former slaves in Galveston, Texas. Texas was the final state where the order was read and slaves were freed after first being issued by Lincoln two years earlier.
Pence added that the Trump administration is supporting law enforcement and will not defund the police. The protests across the country have called for defunding police departments and reallocating city and state funds to social programs, specifically those focused on alternative forms of public safety and crime prevention.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
And if the interviewer presses the issue, throw it back at him and ask, 'Do you believe some lives are more important than others?'
The fact that this is reported as “news” exposes the stupidity of our enemedia.
Either all lives matter or it’s our choice which ones we choose to matter.
Journalism.
When you are soooooo stupid you can’t even enroll in a studies course.
I am so sick of cowardly Americans who just mouth "Black Lives Matter" so they won't be accused of racism.
Black Lives Matter is a racist marxist political organization based on a lie (That there is an epidemic of black men being randomly murdered in large numbers by institutionally racist police for no reason whatsoever) whose real purpose is to foment racial discontent to achieve political goals of the Left and extract money in a racial accusation protection racket.
That this organization (Black Lives Matter) is ostensibly based a provable lie, both in statistical analysis and real-time observation is something I will debate with anyone any time.
BLM is a far left political organization that on CNN stated removing Trump is their focus right now. They’re political group on the left of the Democratic Party.
LIFE matters.
WELL SAID.
And GOOD ON our VPOTUS Mike Pence for ignoring the STUPID demands of the insane HATERS, BIGOTS, ANTISEMITES & BIGOTS.
Yours, TMN78247
Bravo. All lives matter. No single group or demographic should be singled out above any other(s).
I keep saying all Republican and Conservatives should boycott the media.
Interviews are agenda-driven 'gottcha' 'journalism'.
Cut them off. Just say no.
Thank God that Pence did not take the bait.
Maybe Trumps backbone is rubbing off on him.
Yes.
The mantra "Black Lives Matter" itself is a ridiculous platitude even to the organization Black Lives Matter. The fact that they have nothing to say, and do not even care a whit about the lives of black people of all ages and sexes being murdered by other black people (of which there really is indeed an epidemic) clearly exposes this racist verbal tool they try to force down people's throats.
I saw this on Yahoo news, and the comments are 10-1 in support of his words. I am thrilled by this. YOU GO Veep Pence.
Exactly. We all knew that, but it was satisfying to hear it come out of their own mouths.
Good for him!
JoMa
Any sane person would say the same thing, all lives matter
“Black Lives Matter in Chicago, too!
“All lives matter, and Pence is VP of all Americans.”
Exactly right. Also equal justice for ALL.
I’m glad he didn’t. “Black Lives Matter”... isn’t such a statement inherently racist? All lives matter, plainly and simply, period.
Juneteenth... bah humbug.
Black Lives Matter is a domestic terrorist group, and should be branded as such!
BLM and antifa are the 21st Century manifestation of Adolph Hitler’s Brown Shirts - the paramilitary wing of the NAZI Party.
BLM and antifa are the paramilitary wing of the Democrat Party!
Read all about them at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung
Well was the punch accompanied by a facebook video narrating what happened maybe a word was utterred?
That seems to be the narrative today that the punchers want you to believe.
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