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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Yes. You can’t simply agree, or worse, give no opinion.
You must worship and celebrate or be canceled.
"Of course, Black Lives Matter. All Black Lives Matter. All Lives Matter. Black, white, and brown."
Bush 3.0 ? Probably....the resolve needed isn't in him, imho....willing to compromise to show his fair-mindedness. Bull shit ! ...we need no compromise right now.
He's a former radio guy and gets long winded while saying nothing. DjT cuts to the chase and says it like he sees it and the way it is ! Pence would massage his words forever and still say little.
..... Vice President Pence is the Vice President of ALL Americans ....... So not only in America do Black Lives Mater .... ALL Lives Matter ......
I’m for Trump in 2024 if he runs.
Vice President Mike Pence in a new interview repeatedly refused to say the words “Black lives matter,”
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His refusal to be bullied has greatly increased my admiration of VP Pence.
Blue and Gray lives mattered!
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Precisely so, and no amount of intimidating BS will coerce me to say otherwise.
Black Lives don’t matter in south Chicago.
DISRUPTORS
I was looking for a replacement handle for these violent, racist neo-Marxists.
I don’t want my family disrupted, either. My husband is a great dad (and Grandpa) who was around and provided for us. We never needed some busybody Communist, fake “village” to help out. They should mind their own business and take care of their families instead of expecting someone else to do it for them. That’s not how society works in general.
And good for VP Pence for his courage in speaking the truth! All lives indeed matter.
Even the name is stupid.
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