Federalist: The first speaker former actress Eva Longoria introduced at the Democratic National Convention in August 2020 was Muriel Bowser, the Democrat mayor of Washington, D.C. Longoria referenced the clearing of a street in front of the White House earlier that summer, an operation the media had repeatedly falsely characterized as the violent removal of peaceful protesters with tear gas for the sole purpose of a photo opportunity for President Donald Trump.
“When peaceful protesters were teargassed across from the White House, our next speaker stood up, stood strong and turned that place into the Black Lives Matter Plaza in their honor. Please welcome Mayor Muriel Bowser,” Longoria said.
Amazingly, new reports confirm it was Bowser — not Trump — who teargassed the protesters a few blocks away from the White House on the evening in question, that the protests had repeatedly devolved into violence and arson, and that the clearing was done for major security concerns and not a photo opportunity. For more than a year, Bowser allowed Trump to take the blame for what her police forces had done. more
Punk.
Unsurprising, but still punk behavior.
We live in a time when political facts ate more important than the actual historical facts and events especially when it can be used to destroy or harm an opponent with differing views or agendas counter to one’s own.
As Daffy would say, “DethththPICable!”
I was a tax-paying resident of D.C. until very shortly after the fools on the hill passed D.C. home rule in 1973. I could clearly see the handwriting on the wall (because it was in multiple colors of Krylon).
Side bar: I bought my first pistol — legally — in Washington. Eagle Sporting Goods in downtown, couldn’t have been more than eight or ten blocks from the Capitol. I still have that FN Browning Hi-Power with target sights, and it’s one of my favorites.
District of Corruption.
So the DNC honored her for responding with tear gas?
I guess that’s OK, as long as it wasn’t Trump that ordered it.