MSNBC host Al Sharpton mentioned Monday on “The Reid Out” that President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance inviting Marine veteran Daniel Penny to their field on the Military-Navy soccer recreation was insulting and confirmed the administration views black folks “as animals.”
Sharpton mentioned, “It’s wonderful to me that you’d have somebody that choked to demise an unarmed man who had psychological issues and act as if he’s some type of hero. The clear message is that you’re now giving legitimacy to vigilanteism, and it might make others really feel that they’ll take the legislation into their very own hand. ”
“The jury spoke, it’s important to settle for the decision of the jury however to make a folks hero or a political star out of somebody that killed an unarmed man, who didn’t bodily assault anyone, who didn’t threaten anyone, he was appearing unruly. He may need been one thing that made folks uncomfortable however to kill him after which to honor this person who did this choke maintain, that precipitated the demise and convey him to the President-elect’s field on the Military-Navy recreation, a president that was president when George Floyd occurred, Breonna Taylor occurred, Ahmaud Arbery, occurred he by no means mentioned a phrase of consolation to the households of the victims there. However he’ll make this man, whose solely declare to fame is that he choked to demise an unarmed man with psychological points. It must be insult to all Individuals past race. If the race was the opposite approach round, would the response be the identical? I feel Donald Trump is clearly sending a racial sign right here. I feel a variety of people who have fell in line are snug with that. That’s scary.”
He added, “It’s important to ask your self, is that not a purposeful sign? This is similar Donald Trump that claimed black males have been going to vote for him however have a look at what he did to a homeless black man, what Penny did to a homeless black man with psychological issues.”
Sharpton added, “Lets not neglect JD Vance accused black Haitians of consuming the pets of individuals within the metropolis in Ohio when he was a senator so he sees us as animals and he sees us as lower than human.”
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