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Aside from chyron operators regularly getting criticized for editorializing (this happens) yeah there was also the Don Lemon thing where he lamented what the protests/riots might do to harm Biden's poll position.
...and now, Biden is accusing President Trump of "rooting for more violence, not less"
Biden has spoken on the violence, I think yesterday most recently.
Lemon and Cuomo aren't newsmen and nobody expects them to be, They're like Hannity and O'Reilly were, or like MSNBC is from 7-9. Not news at all.
Oh good grief....Biden just now even mentioned the violence
blagh...
A quick information campaign educating the public regarding the Insurection Act of 1807 would dispell the talk that this a Trump administration issue. It's part of the founding principle of the Republic. The President is only allowed to bring in troops if the state governor/legislators request it, unless the crap is all out hitting the fan and the national security is in obvious peril.
Police killing black men is the only way Biden wins. It’s why it’s played by the left media and DNC 24/7
Disagree. Biden wins because of Trump getting exposed during Covid.
I know a little bit about the Insurrection Act because it was oft discussed after Katrina here. It wasn't implemented here because basically looting and a lack of police was not considered sufficient to meet the term of an insurrection under the Constitution. It was used in NO during Reconstruction because we had people here looking to overthrow the republican (small r) state government by force (which for a bit in 1874 they did). The Insurrection Act only goes as far as the Calling Forth provision in the US Constitution lets it, and it has to be counterbalanced with the idea that the American Revolution was at least partly about keeping the British military off American streets, out of its economy and out of citizens' homes. The Posse Comitatus Act only reinforced that original intent.
On this level? No. We haven't seen it this widespread and violent since Johnson.
Not sure I agree but telling one side is using violence. Hell even saw a video yesterday where kamala was saying it isn’t going to stop and shouldn’t stop basically encouraging it
Biden did not mention it until he was called out by Don Lemon who is concerned the riots and violence is Biden's Achilles heel. When voters are saying this is now the #1 issue it has to be addressed.
So we're now using the violence primarily instigated by the radical left...as the case against Trump. Good luck.
Hasn’t there been a lot of violence and killings by far right extremists in past few years?
What are we talking about here? Atlanta? Portland? Seattle? Kenosha? I am not exactly sure that Biden hasn't spoken on any or all of these instances. The most recent statement appears to be about Kenosha. Republicans like to say Biden has been in his basement but truth is he has been speaking and issuing statements on numerous things throughout the virus period. The issue is that - with a failed response to the virus and the economy tanking - Trump has placed this as a first priority because he knows he has a problem with suburbanites and other wide swaths of white voters, and then he pushes out that Biden has not spoken or shown he cares about the issue. Like I said above it's definitely a concerning issue to voters (I live in a city that itself had a confrontation between protesters and police over the course of 2-3 days a few months ago) and Biden/Dems have to address it. However, it's a fairly normal thing to put this on the administration it's happening under, that's what happened with LBJ. This just seems like another example of Trump saying he has no responsibility and then his supporters racing to support that pathology. That doesn't change the political dynamic of it, obviously Biden has to get out in front of it.
Well yeah - it's his administration, it's his DOJ that has dropped oversight and funding of police departments, it's his pandemic crisis and it's his unemployment crisis. And it's his watch.
He also has an odd way of picking and choosing what he deems dangerous. Seems to be a little politically motivated
oof...i dont know how to even work with this / where to start...will let you be you. Have a good one.
I'll drop off as well, but just a further thought - we have had this kind of racial strife in some form or another since I guess the 50s. Eisenhower and JFK enforced Brown. Johnson did the war on poverty - but when violence escalated it was put on him (his watch) and he effectively resigned from a second election run. Nixon instituted vast civil rights programs. Clinton increased funding for police, which actively helped reduce crime numbers in cities.
This.
The only guy who can save us from what is happening during the Trump administration is Trump?
Right? Is it just me or is pretty much everyone complaining about 'our cities being burned down' people who live out in the suburbs or a rural area that never even go to cities anyways? I'm currently in the Atlanta suburbs and the majority of my friends down here who aren't living in the city have some pretty bad misconceptions about cities as a whole.
Probably all.
You’re blaming trump because people are rioting and looting? Does anyone have accountability for their own actions?
The core issues of all of this are police brutality and racial injustice. Can you point me to what Trump has done to address these issues?
I will agree that Trump throws fuel on the fire, but so do Democratic leaders who are trying to play to their base. We have seen countless times when Democratic leaders have come out and criticize the police without having all of the facts.
Has he stopped it? Isn’t that his main campaign push? If he can’t stop it now, why would he be able to in the future?
There’s no question about that, you won’t see me defending the Democrats. Like I said, they’re not doing enough to keep these protests controlled and are refusing help. I think they thought that would play fine with their base but they’re slowly realizing it’s backfiring with more middle ground voters.
....because democratic politicians don't want his help and besides, no need to go bust heads before the election. Let them continue until after NOV 3, then after winning in a landslide send in troops and squash this once and for all.
He offered help and was refused, so let them eat themselves until after NOV 3. When he did send in troops it made a difference, but the left screamed and yelled to get the troops out.
So you’ve got your plan figured out on how to address the protests, great! What’s your plan for addressing police brutality and racial injustice? Or is saving that Wendy’s 5 miles outside of downtown Atlanta from burning down the only thing that matters to you?
So what will change after Nov 3? He’s going to declare martial law and bring in the military?
I agree police brutality needs to be resolved, but defunding the police isn't the answer. We all know what happens when that is done.
