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‘It’s First Degree Murder!’: Democrats Rush To Assume Derek Chauvin’s Guilt

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UNITED STATES - APRIL 20: Chairwoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., arrives for a House Financial Services Committee markup in Rayburn Building on Tuesday, April 20, 2021.
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After closing arguments concluded in the trial of Derek Chauvin regarding the death of George Floyd, the jury has begun deliberations.

“The trial is nearing its end after more than 13 days of sometimes tense and emotional testimony at the heavily secured Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis,” reported CBS News.

“Judge Peter Cahill sent the jurors to deliberate after attorneys on both sides concluded lengthy closing arguments Monday. Jurors deliberated until 8 p.m. local time (9 p.m. ET) before adjourning for the evening without reaching a verdict,” added CBS News, indicating what many already know — the outcome of the trial is far from a foregone conclusion.

However, numerous Democrat figures have rushed to dismiss the clear potential for reasonable doubt, and have proclaimed Derek Chauvin’s unquestionable guilt. Some have even dismissed the need for a trial.

Here’s how they reacted.

Maxine Waters

Speaking in Minneapolis, Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters declared that Chauvin was guilty.

“We’re looking for a guilty verdict. We’re looking for a guilty verdict. And we’re looking to see if all of this [inaudible] that took place and has been taking place after they saw what happened to George Floyd,” she told a reporter.

Later, Waters stated that Chauvin is “guilty for murder,” saying that “as far as I’m concerned it’s first degree murder.”

In Minnesota, murder in the first degree would be an intentional and premeditated homicide, meaning that Waters believes that Derek Chauvin planned to murder George Floyd.

Jacob Frey

Democratic Minneapolis Mayor also dismissed the need for due process, saying on Monday that “regardless of the decision made by the jury, there is one true reality, which is that George Floyd was killed at the hands of police.”

Joe Biden

Speaking with reporters, President Joe Biden said he was “praying the verdict is the right verdict,” adding that, “I think it’s overwhelming in my view.”

“But it is unusual for a president to weigh in on such a case, and specifically its merits, before a verdict,” noted The Hill.

Nancy Pelosi

On Monday, Pelosi’s comments were reasonably measured compared to her fellow Democrats.

“Today is a solemn day as the closing arguments are presented in the George Floyd murder trial. I commend the Floyd family for their dignified calls for justice, which were heard around the world,” Pelosi said in a statement. “As outraged as we are by his death, let us be prayerful that the truth will prevail and will honor George Floyd’s memory.”

However, soon after Floyd’s death, Pelosi declared that Floyd was murdered.

“We saw it on TV — [Floyd] being murdered on TV,” said Pelosi. “Let’s take our lead from them in terms of how these things are sequenced,” Pelosi said. “But we did see a murder on TV. And it wasn’t self-defense.”

Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at @ighaworth.

The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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