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- Manlobbi
Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
No. of Recommendations: 15
Minnesota Republicans Hold Moment of Silence for Ex-Officer Convicted of Murder
Delegates to the Minnesota Republican Party’s convention voted to hold a moment of silence for Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murdering George Floyd.
"Delegates to the Minnesota Republican Party’s convention held a moment of silence over the weekend for Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, six years after he murdered George Floyd and touched off a national reckoning over policing and race.
The decision brought searing criticism from Democrats, who accused the Republicans of disrespecting the courts and Mr. Floyd’s memory. In recent years, some conservatives have sought to reshape the narrative around Mr. Floyd’s killing and have pushed President Trump to pardon Mr. Chauvin for his federal conviction.
Christopher Rocco, a delegate from St. Paul who goes by the name Rocco, proposed the moment of silence on Saturday morning, describing Mr. Chauvin to his fellow delegates as someone “who should get a state retrial, who should get a federal pardon.” Audio of the exchange was recorded by The Minnesota Reformer, a local news outlet." —New York Times
The Republican Party subsists on a steady diet of false nostalgia, reverse-Robin-Hood economics, and stone cold racism.
It is, in all senses of the term, a lost cause.
No. of Recommendations: 0
Delegates to the Minnesota Republican Party’s convention held a moment of silence over the weekend for Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, six years after he murdered George Floyd and touched off a national reckoning over policing and race.
That makes sense.
It does not take a long time to pull the lever to open the trap door that drops his body so he is quickly killed by the hangman's noose they put around his neck.
No. of Recommendations: 2
Will they try to make Lee Harvey Oswald's birthday a holiday next?
No. of Recommendations: 4
60 years ago racism was a core value of the Democratic Party, at least in the South. Now it is a core value of the Repugnicans, nation wide.
BTW, I never use the term GOP. There’s nothing grand about that party.
No. of Recommendations: 15
Now it (racism) is a core value of the Repugnicans, nation wide.
The core value I'd say! What else do they stand for? Massive deficits? Illegal Wars? Protecting Pedophiles? Shredding the Constitution? Making America the laughing stock of the world?
"Yes Trump lies to me everyday, has destroyed Americas reputation, and has broken so many laws I lost track, but his blatant racism just speaks to me!" ~Dope1, local bigot
Mockery is a legitimate form of protest and people underestimate how much bigots hate it.
No. of Recommendations: 17
Now it (racism) is a core value of the Repugnicans, nation wide.
The core value I'd say! What else do they stand for? Massive deficits? Illegal Wars? Protecting Pedophiles? Shredding the Constitution? Making America the laughing stock of the world?
You forgot destroying the planet, destroying science and knowledge, making Americans sicker, breaking alliances.
