As we grieve the children of Uvalde today, we should take time to recognize that two years have passed since the murder of George Floyd under the knee of a police officer. His killing stays with us all to this day, especially those who loved him.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 25, 2022
Barack Obama decided that the best way to mourn 10-year-old children, murdered in a school by an inarguably crazy person, was to remind America that George Floyd died in police custody two years ago.
I frankly don’t know where to go with this – it’s such an awful take. I don’t know if former President Obama was drinking or if his account was hacked but this might top Twitter for the worst take on yesterday’s massacre ever — and that includes Beto O’Rourke invading a news conference to push a political point.
Regardless of how you feel about the death of George Floyd, George Floyd was a far cry from an innocent 10-year-old sitting at a school desk, two days from summer break. Floyd was a career criminal. He was, at the time of arrest, high on multiple drugs and had just passed a counterfeit $20 bill. He previously held up a pregnant woman in her own home. He was nothing like or akin to the 19 innocent students who were gunned down before they could even drive or defend themselves.
