Biden, in leaked audio, suggests GOP 'beat the living h--- out of us' over 'defund the police'

By artappraiser on Thu, 12/10/2020 - 6:25pm |

Joe Biden, in leaked audio, suggests GOP 'beat the living h--- out of us' over 'defund the police' https://t.co/ZZ1RtW1PBa
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 10, 2020

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-leaked-audio-gop-beat-the-living-h-out-of-us-over-defund-the-police

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Ryan Grim @ The Intercept got the audio; it's got other stuff on note in it besides the "defund" statement:

Civil rights leaders warned Biden that picking Vilsack could backfire in Georgia, where Shirley Sherrod is still a hero. He responded by saying the real threat in the runoffs was "defund the police." https://t.co/NSykP8rN0L
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) December 10, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/10/2020 - 6:44pm

official BLM's tweet on the meeting:

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Rep. Cedric Richmond met with several civil rights groups yesterday.@blklivesmatter—as the largest social and justice movement in history—was not invited.
https://t.co/RYdoXmvSpw via @politico
— Black Lives Matter (@Blklivesmatter) December 9, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/10/2020 - 7:19pm

Best point @AOC has made all year https://t.co/CPeg3BW8Ys
— Bill Scher (@billscher) December 11, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/11/2020 - 12:01am

[....] Johnson raised concerns about Biden’s nomination of Tom Vilsack to once again lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Vilsack has a poor relationship with Black farmers, and during his first term as USDA secretary he forced the resignation of a Black USDA official based in Georgia, Shirley Sherrod, to resign after Breitbart published a selectively-edited speech Sherrod gave at an NAACP event.

Biden told Johnson it wasn’t the right time to “make a big issue” of the nomination of Vilsack, who served as USDA secretary for all eight years of Barack Obama’s presidency, and went on to suggest that it wasn’t the right time to push the incoming administration on police reform, either [....]

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“I also don’t think we should get too far ahead ourselves on dealing with police reform in that, because they’ve already labeled us as being ‘defund the police.’”
-Joe Biden https://t.co/paZ94B1xiu
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) December 10, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/12/2020 - 5:04am

I note that official BLM still working on blocking Gil Garcetti from being in Biden's cabinet:

HERE’S ONE THING YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW...

Sign and share the petition to #BlockGarcetti from @JoeBiden’s cabinet. @MayorOfLA has been called “the worst mayor in the nation.” Don’t make his dangerous policies national ones. https://t.co/mLpwkdiblQ @blmla #BlackLivesMatter
— Black Lives Matter (@Blklivesmatter) December 12, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/12/2020 - 5:07am

Uhoh, last thing we need in the months after January 20 is "rah rah" White House coverage that is a partisan flip side of same old PoMo routine:

Retweeting this for the second time in two days because I can’t either. https://t.co/7EBxm8eRGk
— Alice (@AliceFromQueens) December 12, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/12/2020 - 5:39pm

In Trying for a Diverse Administration, Biden Finds One Group’s Gain Is Another’s Loss

The pressure on the Democratic president-elect is intense, even as his efforts to ensure ethnic and gender diversity already go far beyond those of President Trump. And it’s coming from all sides.

by Michael D. Shear & Annie Karni @ NYTimes--

The woke hated Biden and went all in for Warren, who courted and won the activist class without winning any minority voters.

Once he was in control, they realized they could get him to do most of what they wanted anyway https://t.co/Ozcmns3suW
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) December 12, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/12/2020 - 6:28pm

"even as his efforts to ensure ethnic and gender diversity already go far beyond those of President Trump"

I don't think Trump is the standard that should be used to judge or that doing better than Trump is saying much. Is he doing better than Obama would be a more useful comparison.

by ocean-kat on Sat, 12/12/2020 - 6:43pm

The far left is attacking.... Obama.

Obama said: “The key is deciding, do you want to actually get something done, or do you want to feel good among the people you already agree with?”

Alas, judging from many college campuses, it’s the latter. https://t.co/SIaqueJcj7
— Nicholas A. Christakis (@NAChristakis) December 12, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/12/2020 - 6:58pm

Just repeating the comment Biden made regarding the police as noted in the links above for context

“That’s how they beat the living hell out of us across the country, saying that we’re talking about defunding the police. We’re not. We’re talking about holding them accountable. We’re talking about giving them money to do the right things. We’re talking about putting more psychologists and psychiatrists on the telephones when the 911 calls through. We’re talking about spending money to enable them to do their jobs better, not with more force, with less force and more understanding.”

The slogan “defund the police” has been blamed for House and Senate losses by Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., along with other moderate House Democrats. Former President Barack Obama joined in, calling it a snappy slogan that cost votes.

“I just raise it with you to think about how much do we push between now and January 5 — we need those two seats — about police reform. But I guarantee you, there will be a full-blown commission. I guarantee you it’s a major, major, major element,” Biden said.

https://theintercept.com/2020/12/10/biden-audio-meeting-civil-rights-leaders/

Regarding Vilsack and Shirley Sherrod, Sherrod appeared on Joy Reid's show yesterday. Sherrod noted that Vilsack apologized for her firing. She felt Vilsack should e given a chance in the Biden administration.

by rmrd0000 on Sat, 12/12/2020 - 7:53pm

Biden, in leaked audio, suggests GOP 'beat the living h--- out of us' over 'defund the police'

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