Not all of them are where you might think on the death of black handcuffed man by a white cop kneeing his neck…
In her typical appearances on Fox News, Jeanine Pirro, a former Republican district attorney, reserves her highest dudgeon for castigating liberals and lamenting the demise of law and order.
But on Friday’s “Fox & Friends,” Ms. Pirro’s voice nearly broke as she described the agonizing final moments of George Floyd, the black man who died after a Minneapolis police officer ignored his pleas and pinned him to the ground during a routine stop.
“George Floyd was begging, saying he couldn’t breathe, saying please, please,” Ms. Pirro told viewers. “This man who put his knee on the neck of George Floyd does not deserve to be free in this country.”
Even right-wing stars like Rush Limbaugh hedged their assessments early on, as the officer’s lethal force drew more condemnation in some corners of the right than the ensuing riots and the burning of a police precinct. “I can’t find a way to justify it,’’ Mr. Limbaugh said of the officer’s actions.
The chilling circumstances of Mr. Floyd’s death — particularly the graphic, indisputable video of his arrest — have, at least for now, posed a political quandary among some conservative politicians, media stars and President Trump, whose usual instinct is to focus on blaming liberals for promoting lawlessness.
The ongoing protests in Minneapolis and around the country may still alter conservative views. On Fox News on Friday night, Tucker Carlson began his show with a graphic calling the Minnesota protesters “Criminal Mobs,” and wondered aloud why Republicans were not reacting more intensely against the violence in Minneapolis. Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham condemned the demonstrators for, in Mr. Hannity’s words, “exploiting” Mr. Floyd’s death….
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On his syndicated radio show on Thursday, Mr. Limbaugh expressed dismay at the actions of the police. “Look, you people in law enforcement know I’m at the top of the list of people who support you and understand how hard your jobs are,” he told listeners. “I still — given all of that, do not … I cannot find a way to explain that. I can’t find a way to justify it. I don’t care what the guy did.”
But Mr. Limbaugh also mocked the Democratic mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, who had made a tearful plea for unity….
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Among some conservatives, condemnation of the Minnesota police officers was often entwined with disdain for perennial targets of the right: big city Democratic politicians, the media, the Black Lives Matter movement and others who conservatives have blamed for helping stoke the violence. On Friday, the Drudge Report blared a headline in capital letters: “Unrest Spreads in U.S.A.”
“Not all of them are where you might think on the death of black handcuffed man by a white cop kneeing his neck…”
Is this really what you might have thought? That any significant number of conservatives would be accepting of what happened?
Read the linked piece…
Initial reactions ARE against the visual….
Secondary ones seem to NOT be….
As is usual ?
GOPer’s will be measured by their ability to kiss Trump big ass….
No, you don’t understand it.
They are saying conservatives are appalled at what happened to George Floyd and also by the mayhem that is going on in major cities. That is completely logical and based on what you have written, I believe you share it yourself. So, consider yourself a “conservative.”
Good twist…
Wrong way…
MOST Americans think exactly the same and they aren’t mostly conservative…
Just NORMAL….
Peaceful protests…
Not violent ones…
Not looting or beating people that defend their stores or voice a difference in ur view…
You began your post (the writing in blue) with the proposition that people would think conservatives would be ok with what happened to George Floyd and I had to call you out on that. That’s it.
OK…..
But
The first part ur right…
The second part…Nope…
Well the vast majority of conservatives support Trump so who knows what they think.
Aren’t you making a huge assumption, Scott, in using that word “think” ?
[Of course one might ask the same about partygoers at Lake of the Ozarks or unmasked, distance-defying protestors. We know that law-breaking group worshippers believe that spiritual gatherings cannot spread corporal disease.]
Just the other day CG said Trump supporters were blaming the lockdown for George Floyd’s death. And Trump supporters to the letter describe themselves as “conservative” so…
Let’s not conflate conservatives with Trumpists. They are not one in the same. Certainly not all of them describe themselves as conservatives. They would be far more likely to say they are “nationialists” or “populists” or things of that nature. Those who do consider themselves conservatives will often say that Trump is not one.
Yes, most conservatives will vote again for Trump.
You all already know I am a conservative who will not once again.
Nonetheless, I think all but a very extreme fringe group of people, will find what happened specifically to George Floyd to be horrible and beyond excuse, and yes, that would include staunch Trump supporters as well.
Every Trump supporter I’ve met describes themself as “conservative”
All 8 of them?
ok…
I can accept your point CG ….
They DO concede the bad actions by the cop,..
But they still will NOT concede that their party leader has used racism for gains and that has NOT seeked to calm the nation which is hurting from racism, the virus or the economy ….
Maybe partly for the wilding out…
But but it DID start on the image of Floyd on the ground…
Yes Scott, over 90% of all self identified “conservatives” support Trump and his policies.
Please tell us the Trump position that doesn’t have unanimous conservative support. Name the Republican in Congress (not Mitt Romney) who opposes Donald Trump.
Is there any doubt that Trump won’t pull out the old racist law and order card to win his election. Is there any doubt that all the “conservatives” will support his rhetoric with their silence.
Yes there are a small number of conservatives who do not support Trump. But virtually all Trunp supporters consider themselves conservatives.
Do you really think Trumpists are liberals CG?
Some are. Trump never would have won and never would have been nominated if he just had the votes of “conservatives.”
I would say the number of non-conservatives who are fans of Trump are larger (sadly) than the number of conservatives who do not support Trump.
Let’s also be intelligent enough to understand the distinction between those who voted for Trump against Hillary and what I refer to as “Trumpists.”
You are simply trying to fight the same battle against “conservatives” that you have since at least 2000. Others have been fighting that battle even longer. Trump changed a lot of the “rules.”