(C) Daily Kos
This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered.
. . . . . . . . . .
Crockett has choice words for MTG about a Derek Chauvin pardon [1]
['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.']
Date: 2025-05-14
Minneapolis and the rest of the country are waiting for Trump to pardon George Floyd's killer, Derek Chauvin. He was a police officer at the time so he's immediately innocent to Trump. Trump doesn't even need to use up any of the $940 million in pro bono lawyer work from all the law firms he extorted.
MTG put up the conspiracy post that Floyd died of a drug overdose. Jasmine was having none of it.
Marjorie just loves sticking her nose in business she knows nothing about. Or she does know and she just wants to own the libs. She knows what happened to Floyd and cites the unrest as reasons for those uppity Black people to be silenced.
Holding on to the straw that says Floyd died because he was supposed to, instead of his being murdered. Chauvin had a fair trial, convicted by a jury of his peers, and he should serve out his sentence. He got 21.5 years for murder and a concurrent 21-year sentence for violating Floyd's civil rights. It's pretty clear, except for MTG and Trump.
If Trump pardons Chauvin, there will be protests galore. But people are wise to Trump and will keep them peaceful, because violence would only stain Floyd's memory. It would give Trump a reason to call out the National Guard and the military. That's why he'll do the pardon. Give him a reason to crack down. He doesn't care about justice. He would never have pardoned all the Jan.6th insurrectionists if he did care.
Jasmine's right. There is full bodycam footage of George Floyd's death. Anyone can run a stop watch of when his neck is kneed for 9 minutes. Lack of oxygen to the brain for that long would have left him permanently disabled had he lived.
While there were protests all over the United States, memorable was the police riot in Portland, Oregon. Things were peaceful until the police came out of a courthouse and directly attacked protesters.
Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Trump asked about shooting protesters in the leg to stop them. Trump's thirst for violence to solve problems goes way back.
We have got the voice of reason with Jasmine Crockett, and the conspiracy addled mind of Marjorie Taylor Greene.
May 25th is the five year anniversary of Floyd's death. Trump will deliberately use that date to cause as much trouble as possible.
Don't give Trump what he wants.
[END]
---
[1] Url:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/14/2322373/-Crockett-has-choice-words-for-MTG-about-a-Derek-Chauvin-pardon?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web
Published and (C) by Daily Kos
Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified.
via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds:
gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/
