I don’t see how defunding the police helps anything. This is less about problem solving and more about seeing the police as an enemy, and a cause of problems. I’m all for holding bad police officers accountable, but this just seems like punishing the police generally, as though nothing bad could come from this. And worse, the more overwhelmed the police are, the more it becomes necessary to utilize military groups like the national guard or military during riots, which is the opposite of what we should be trying to accomplish. … See MoreSee Less
In 1975, Biden joined a unanimous Senate vote to restore citizenship to Lee, 110 years after the Virginian surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to the Union general and future President Ulysses S. Grant. There were 10 dissenters in the House of Representatives, among them Rep. John Conyers Jr., a black Democrat from Michigan, who scoffed that the resolution was “Bicentennial fluff." Conyers retired in 2017.
Controversy over Lee was stoked last week when the former vice president, a leading 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, slammed Trump over his remarks after the violent "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va., in August 2017 in which white supremacists gathered to denounce plans to take down a Lee statue. After Biden’s video, Trump responded that he was referring to supporters of Lee when he said there were "fine people" on both sides. … See MoreSee Less
I have supported the phrase “black lives matter,” and I’ve written about why, but I don’t think it’s somehow derogatory to say “all lives matter.” All this guy said was “All Lives Matter… Every Single One!”, and now he’s suspended. Where does this stop? Is it derogatory to say “ black lives matter because all lives matter”? Isn’t that all he’s saying? … See MoreSee Less
