Democrats keep going to the same playbook when it comes to accusing Trump of things. Here’s the problem, they are running out of tragedies to abuse him of.
Another member of Joe’s cabinet disappears and no one notices.
And there was another mass shooting you’ll hear nothing about.
Dumbass of the Day
Wow! Just Wow!
According to the Daily Wire:
Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) blamed former President Donald Trump for the 2015 shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina by a white supremacist who has since been sentenced to death for murdering nine African-Americans during the attack.
Clyburn made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” while discussing President Joe Biden’s upcoming trip to the state.
What’s the Point of This Guy?
According to the Daily Wire:
The deputy who took over some of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin‘s duties last week was kept in the dark about the Cabinet official’s hospitalization for days, according to a new report.
Defense officials told CNN that Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks and other top brass did not learn about what happened to Austin until Thursday, three days after the defense secretary was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
As noted by CNN, the Department of Defense (DoD) said Hicks assumed “certain operational responsibilities that require constant secure communications capabilities” on Tuesday. At the time, Hicks had already begun a vacation in Puerto Rico, and though the report said the deputy planned to return to Washington, D.C., on Friday, she opted to stay put because Austin was expected to resume his duties from the hospital.
Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told the news outlet that it is “not uncommon” for the defense secretary to delegate certain responsibilities without explanation, and Hicks made “some routine operational and management decisions” over the past week. Ryder also emphasized that Austin “has no plans to resign.”
The DoD shocked the Pentagon press corps, lawmakers, and even reportedly White House officials on Thursday when it spread the word that Austin had been hospitalized on Monday evening for what the agency has described as “complications following a recent elective medical procedure.” By then, according to the statement, Austin was “recovering well” and expected to resume his full duties.
In a statement, Austin said:
“I want to thank the amazing doctors and nursing staff at Walter Reed for the exceptional care they have delivered to me and for the personal warmth they have shown my family. I also appreciate all the outreach and well wishes from colleagues and friends. Charlene and I are very grateful for your support.
“I am very glad to be on the mend and look forward to returning to the Pentagon soon. I also understand the media concerns about transparency and I recognize I could have done a better job ensuring the public was appropriately informed. I commit to doing better. But this is important to say: this was my medical procedure, and I take full responsibility for my decisions about disclosure.”
Are You Kidding Me?
According to the Post Millennial:
Mainstream media has shifted the narrative surrounding the Iowa High School shooting suspect, suggesting that the lone gunman, Dylan Butler, who identifies as “genderfluid,” carried out the attack because he had been “relentlessly” bullied since childhood.
Dylan Butler, 17, who used he/they pronouns before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he had shot and killed a sixth-grade boy and injured five others during a mass shooting at Perry High School in Iowa on Thursday, was reportedly “hurting” from the “bullying” and got tired of the “harassment,” classmates told the Associated Press.
Classmates Yesenia Roeder and Khamya Hall, both 17, alleged that Butler had been a victim of bullying since elementary school, which recently escalated when his younger sister also started getting bullied. They claimed Butler had reached the “last straw,” suggesting that it was the reason behind why he killed and injured innocent students.
“He was hurting. He got tired. He got tired of the bullying. He got tired of the harassment,” said Roeder.
“Was it a smart idea to shoot up the school? No. God, no,” she added.
Police are still investigating a motive and are looking into “a number of social media posts” that Butler had posted around the time of the shooting.