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.
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So... are they going to do something about all those fatherless black children and households?!
I would love to hear what happened. The person who punched him might not even know who he is
I believe the late great professor Allan Bloom was one of the first to sound the warning warn about political correctness. He did so in an article in National Review in the early to mid 1980s, which was followed by his classic book The Closing of the American Mind in 1987.
I am not a sports fan so I did not know who it was so I looked him up.
The only reason this is even news is because he is a sports personality otherwise I doubt this would have made the news.
The perp is probably a friend of the Macys basher.
Ah, Juneteenth. The day African Americans thank the white people that got them out of slavery... you re welcome.
We have thanks giving and now, you are welcome Day, Juneteenth.
Pence is far from the toughest fighter in the Republican camp. He’s had weak knees on a few issues, as in his recent groveling for not wearing a mask. I recall that he has a lib kid. So it was a relief that he did not cave here.
Pence is a corporate globalist and is going to have a hard to getting elected after Trump is done.
Me too.
Pence sounds soft-spoken but on numerous occasions has demonstrated a spine of steel.
GOOD. Hold the line, Mr. Vice President.
Lunatic Left: Black Lives Matter!
Giant Asteroid: Not really
VP for DonJr?
Thank You Vice-President Pence.
Genesis 5:1-2
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man in the day when they were created.
He needs to explain that Black Lives Matter is the name of a radical violent political group, and so he will not endorse that organization, although of course black lives and all lives are valuable.
I would have expected nothing less from Pence. Glad he didn’t disappoint.
“I am so grateful that man is vice-president”
For now, yes. But I’ll never forget what he did in defense of the Homo-mafia as Indiana governor, nor his attempt to promote neocon interventionism in the Middle East during the 2016 election campaign. Give him the Presidency and we have Bush 3.0. But I hope to be proven wrong.
Yes, for all they pretend they're "down with the struggle", they're a corporation, complete with a board and a CEO, and focused on NOTHING but making money.
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