Posted on 07/11/2022 7:31:19 AM PDT by Red Badger
Nine hours after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and five hours after he was pronounced dead, President Joe Biden released a statement about the assassination. The statement, however, was met with criticism due to its mention of the divisive issue of gun violence.
“While there are many details that we do not yet know, we know that violent attacks are never acceptable and that gun violence always leaves a deep scar on the communities that are affected by it,” the White House statement read.
Conservative journalists and commentators, such as Ben Shapiro and Matt Whitlock, took to Twitter to call out the president’s “odd” response, calling it “perhaps the stupidest thing he has ever said.”
Tiana Lowe, a commentary writer for the Washington Examiner, wrote that “Biden’s decision to hijack [Abe’s] death for domestic political expedience is more than malicious. It’s moronic.”
The suspected gunman, identified as Tetsuya Yamagami, shot Abe in the neck with what appeared to be a handmade gun during a Friday campaign event, according to CNN. Abe was rushed to a hospital in Nara, Japan, where he was pronounced dead at 4 a.m. EST.
Japan has some of the strictest gun control laws in the world.
Biden released his statement at 9 a.m. EST Friday, Breitbart News reporter Charlie Spiering tweeted, a full eight hours behind former President Donald Trump’s response.
Chris Stigall, a conservative talk radio personality, was quick to note that Trump released two statements, one shortly after the attack and another at 5 a.m. EST.
Trump praised the former prime minister in his first statement, calling Abe a “true friend” to him and America.
Trump later commented on his death, saying it was “really BAD NEWS FOR THE WORLD!”
Related: Biden Blasted Over Tweet About Republicans and the Economy “Few people know what a great man and leader Shinzo Abe was, but history will teach them and be kind. He was a unifier like no other, but above all, he was a man who loved and cherished his magnificent country, Japan,” the second post on Truth Social read.
“Shinzo Abe will be greatly missed. There will never be another like him!”
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kushida said he was “lost for words” and called Abe’s murder a “heinous act,” ABC News reported.
“It is barbaric and malicious and it cannot be tolerated,” Kushida said. “We will do everything we can, and I would like to use the most extreme words available to condemn this act.”
If Biden sunk any lower he would find himself in Australia having passed through the earth.
He and his handlers/writers are truly the lowest scum on the planet.
I’d say that was a staff-prepared response.
“the stupidest thing he ever said” is a pretty tough call. So many choices. Im not sure this is it
Never let a crisis go to waste.
Coming from the guy that told us to buy a shotgun and shoot through the door?
Maybe it's not.
If Biden sunk any lower he would find himself in Australia China having passed through the earth.
Sorry. Nothing will lever beat “End of quote. Repeat the line.”
👍😜😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👌.......................
Is there a MAGA supporter loading his teleprompter ?
Sounds just like another one of Biden’s high level, woke 20 something lesbian staffers wrote it. The wording oozes a pathological “feminine” ewww factor.
Maybe.........................😜🤷♂️😊
Not the “gun violence” part, of course, but much of the rest of the statement seems like a rip off of what President Trump issued well before anything issued by Biden’s WH.
Actually, Boomer was close to correct...
The spot on the globe pointing straight up is on the opposite side of the earth from the U.S. and is where you would come up after your brave digging expedition. You would end up in the Indian ocean southwest of Australia.
“Poor kids are just as bright and talented as white kids.” He’s the gift that has never stopped giving
What did Biden Joe say that was wrong?
Had to interject a political hot-button issue of ‘gun violence’.......................
At least he didn’t say Abe “dropped dead” like he did a month or so ago in another condolence speech.
“Gun violence” is a phrase that suggests that the guns are driven by artificial intelligence.
Perhaps Bidet leaked another top secret briefing-—again....
;-)
signed...Barak Obama.
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