The Oakland chapter of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/naacp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NAACP</a> blasted city leaders and called for a state of emergency over the city&#8217;s crime &#8220;crisis&#8221; in a statement on Thursday.
The liberal California city&#8217;s chapter of the NAACP, a black civil rights organization that <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/lets-stop-pretending-naacp-is-more-than-weaponized-left-wing-propaganda-machine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tends</a> to lean Left, blamed the &#8220;defund the police&#8221; movement specifically as part of the reason for the crime spike.
&#8220;Failed leadership, including the movement to defund the police, our District Attorney’s unwillingness to charge and prosecute people who murder and commit life-threatening serious crimes, and the proliferation of anti-police rhetoric have created a heyday for Oakland criminals,&#8221; Oakland NAACP President Cynthia Adams, along with Bishop Bob Jackson of the Acts Full Gospel Church, <a href="https://www.ktvu.com/news/oakland-naacp-blasts-local-leaders-calls-for-state-of-emergency-due-to-crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in their statement.
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Oakland NAACP editorial today: “Failed leadership, including … our District Attorney’s unwillingness to charge and prosecute people who murder and commit life threatening serious crimes, and the proliferation of anti-police rhetoric have created a heyday for Oakland criminals.” <a href="https://t.co/QmUUuf3e9H">pic.twitter.com/QmUUuf3e9H</a>
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&#8220;Oakland residents are sick and tired of our intolerable public safety crisis that overwhelmingly impacts minority communities,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;Murders, shootings, violent armed robberies, home invasions, car break-ins, sideshows, and highway shootouts have become a pervasive fixture of life in Oakland.&#8221;
The group called on elected leaders to declare a state of emergency and deploy &#8220;massive&#8221; resources to address the public safety crisis.
They also noted that people are moving out of Oakland &#8220;in droves&#8221; and are afraid to leave their homes, sending the city&#8217;s economy into a tailspin.
&#8220;As economic pain increases, the conditions that help create crime and criminals are exacerbated by desperate people with no employment opportunities,&#8221; the local NAACP chapter said.
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The group argued that Oakland needs 500 more police officers than it currently has, meaning the 911 system does not work, and criminals know this, they said.
&#8220;There is nothing compassionate or progressive about allowing criminal behavior to fester and rob Oakland residents of their basic rights to public safety. It is not racist or unkind to want to be safe from crime. No one should live in fear in our city,&#8221; the NAACP chapter said.
Violent crime in Oakland is up 11% so far this year, <a href="https://cityofoakland2.app.box.com/s/sjiq7usfy27gy9dfe51hp8arz5l1ixad/file/1247649383801" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to police data. The city has experienced more than 3,300 incidents of violent crime so far in 2023.
Robberies are up 14% to more than 1,500 robberies, and rapes are up 16% to more than 90 rapes. More than 470 robberies were strong-arm robberies, and just under 600 robberies involved a firearm.
Car thefts are also up 33% to more than 6,200, an increase of more than 1,500 compared to this time last year.
Oakland residents have been sounding off about spiking violent crime for months.
In May, hundreds of angry residents of liberal Oakland, California, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hundreds-of-angry-oakland-residents-show-up-at-town-hall-on-crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed up</a> to a town hall meeting on crime.
One woman in her 50s said two teenagers &#8220;beat the s*** out of me&#8221; in front of her North Oakland home last month. At first, she thought the kids needed help, she said, but then a teen boy body-slammed her, and a teen girl joined in on the attack.
In Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood, considered one of the city’s safer areas, a 63-year-old woman was <a href="https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-bay/rockridge-oakland-crime/3241152/#:~:text=The%20Rockridge%20neighborhood%20has%20always,something%20needs%20to%20be%20done." target="_blank" rel="noopener">attacked</a> in broad daylight outside a bustling indoor shopping mall in May. The attackers were part of a group of nine teens and pre-teens, police said.
Business owner Adam Stemmler, who owns a pizza shop in Oakland, said his staff had been held up at gunpoint four times over the last six years, and his shop has been broken into multiple times.
Stemmler accused the city of “encouraging this type of behavior” by refusing to address it.

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Congressman Mike Waltz (R-FL) fired back on Tuesday after an MSNBC guest claimed that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida</a> was &#8220;about to be a terrorist state&#8221; for black Americans and anyone in the LGBTQ community.
Democratic strategist Aisha Mills made the comment to &#8220;Deadline White House&#8221; host Nicolle Wallace, referencing a travel warning from the NAACP that labeled Florida &#8220;hostile&#8221; to black Americans and the LGBTQ population. Waltz, a combat veteran and a Green Beret who was literally trained to fight terrorists, said Mills was &#8220;legitimately insane.&#8221;
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MSNBC guest says Florida is about to be a “terrorist state” for black people and lesbians. These people are legit insane: <a href="https://t.co/JKNwX8kCYh">pic.twitter.com/JKNwX8kCYh</a>
&mdash; Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1660769052510265345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Wallace brought up the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/naacp-leader-tells-black-americans-that-florida-isnt-safe-for-them-guess-where-he-lives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">travel warning</a>, issued by the NAACP over the weekend, which said in part, &#8220;Florida is openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color, and LGBTQ+ individuals. Before traveling to Florida, please understand that the state of Florida devalues and marginalizes the contributions of, and the challenges faced by African Americans and other communities of color.&#8221;
Mills said that she appreciated the warning from the NAACP, saying, &#8220;I think it was extremely clever, and I really appreciate the NAACP&#8217;s guidance on this issue, you know, I just took my family to Spring Break in Florida recently, and I think about all of the folks who travel there for sun and joy and peace and restoration — and to be reminded that actually this is getting to the point where Florida is about to be a terrorist state to many of us here in America. Certainly as a lesbian, as a black woman, I don&#8217;t want to have anything to do with the place.&#8221;
Mills went on to say that she felt like the NAACP&#8217;s guidance drew attention to those who might have considered traveling there and would choose to make different plans: &#8220;I thank them.&#8221;
Radio host Clay Travis shared a video clip of Mills&#8217; appearance, adding, &#8220;These people are legit insane&#8221; — and Waltz readily agreed.
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&#8220;@ClayTravis is 100% correct,&#8221; Waltz tweeted in response. &#8220;As a combat veteran, I’ve been shot at by actual terrorists in war torn countries. These people are legitimately insane.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@clayTravis</a> is 100% correct. As a combat veteran, I’ve been shot at by actual terrorists in war torn countries. 
These people are legitimately insane. <a href="https://t.co/2jTQ4e8RjZ">https://t.co/2jTQ4e8RjZ</a>
&mdash; Rep. Mike Waltz (@michaelgwaltz) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaelgwaltz/status/1661005430217388033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler also responded to the NAACP&#8217;s warning, noting that the organization&#8217;s chairman — Leon Russell — lived in Florida himself.
&#8220;True leadership is being willing to do what you ask others to do … time to step up and MOVE,&#8221; Ziegler <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisMZiegler/status/1660398351139975170" target="_blank" rel="noopener">challenged Russell</a>. &#8220;If you think our state is so bad, the @FloridaGOP will help with moving costs.&#8221;

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Twice-failed presidential candidate and <a href="https://www.rockethomes.com/real-estate-trends/ny/chappaqua" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chappaqua, New York, resident</a> Hillary Clinton summed up the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democratic Party&#8217;</a>s new base on Tuesday, and boy is it different from the Democrats of old.
The NAACP has issued a travel advisory warning that Florida is somehow unsafe for black Americans under Governor Ron DeSantis (R). Leftists don&#8217;t provide any evidence for why that is, and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/naacp-leader-tells-black-americans-that-florida-isnt-safe-for-them-guess-where-he-lives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NAACP chairman is a Florida resident</a>. But, Clinton also wanted the world to know that Florida is also allegedly unsafe for &#8220;LGBTQ+ people, or even multi-billion dollar corporations.&#8221;
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Hillary Clinton Sums Up The New Base Of The Democratic party <a href="https://t.co/AuxPzBMpeh">https://t.co/AuxPzBMpeh</a>
&mdash; Tim Meads (@TimMeadsUSA) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimMeadsUSA/status/1661096193252835328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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It is a bit odd to be concerned about the well-being of gigantic corporations — especially as a Democrat. Leftists have historically painted Republicans as the party of Big Business — whereas the Democrats look out for the little guy.
Now, even The New York Times admits that is no longer the case.
Why? Well, corporate America is now often more aligned with social justice warrior causes such as advancing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-analysis-corporate-america-has-donated-82-billion-to-blm-related-causes-so-far" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BLM-related initiatives</a>, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/knowles-dissects-bud-light-parent-companys-leftist-agenda-ties-to-wef-mulvaney-partnership-least-of-our-problems" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LGBTQ agenda</a>, and even <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-are-the-woke-businesses-vowing-to-cover-travel-costs-for-employees-abortion-tourism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortion</a>.
As the Times&#8217; Andrew Ross Sorkin said in 2021, &#8220;Companies from Netflix to Citigroup got behind Black Lives Matter last summer; boycotts, including by the National Basketball Association’s All-Star Game, pushed North Carolina to repeal a law preventing transgender people from using restrooms that match their gender identity; and now, companies are speaking out against efforts that disproportionally suppress minority votes.&#8221;
Folks on Wall Street, often employed at these &#8220;multi-billion dollar corporations,” <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/28/wall-street-spends-74-million-to-support-joe-biden.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">donated more than $74 million to then-candidate Joe Biden in 2020</a>, too. Biden raked in donations from Wall Street while Trump was given a measly $18 million from those in the industry.
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In 2016, those same players gave Clinton herself a whopping $84 million. Trump received only $20 million.
Democrats, and &#8220;<a href="https://twitter.com/TimMeadsUSA/status/1659509403282726912?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney Conservatives</a>,&#8221; have rallied around Mickey Mouse in its fight against DeSantis. Democrats want corporations to act hand-in-hand with the party&#8217;s identity politics agenda — especially on issues relating to LGBTQ activism.
For years now, the Left has seen their ticket to power as ruffling up racial strife, celebrating victimhood, and convincing those who identify as lesbian, gay, transgender, and everything else that Republicans hate them. Meanwhile, Democrats have all but ditched their pretense that they care about the average American worker so that they can court new fat cat donors.
As long as businesses go along with diversity, equity, and inclusion, then Democrats like Clinton are happy to defend them.
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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The NAACP Board of Directors issued a statement on Saturday warning black Americans that the state of Florida was not a safe place for them and included an official &#8220;travel advisory&#8221; calling the state &#8220;openly hostile&#8221; – but the board&#8217;s chairman, Leon Russell, apparently lives in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida">Florida</a> himself.
The statement, released on Saturday, accused Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis">Ron DeSantis</a> of making &#8220;aggressive attempts to erase black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in Florida schools.&#8221;
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JUST IN: The NAACP Board of Directors has issued a travel advisory for Florida.
It comes in response to “Governor Ron DeSantis’ aggressive attempts to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in Florida schools.” <a href="https://t.co/l6IDDoYaqI">pic.twitter.com/l6IDDoYaqI</a>
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The travel advisory goes on to warn black Americans that &#8220;Florida is openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color, and LGBTQ+ individuals. Before traveling to Florida, please understand that the state of Florida devalues and marginalizes the contributions of, and the challenges faced by African Americans and other communities of color.&#8221;
But Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler quickly noticed that Russell, chairman of the NAACP&#8217;s Board of Directors, lived in Florida — and he offered a quick response.
&#8220;The CHAIRMAN of the @NAACP lives in Tampa, FLORIDA!&#8221; he tweeted. &#8220;True leadership is being willing to do what you ask others to do &#8230; time to step up and MOVE. If you think our state is so bad, the @FloridaGOP will help with moving costs.&#8221;
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The CHAIRMAN of the <a href="https://twitter.com/NAACP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NAACP</a> lives in Tampa, FLORIDA!
True leadership is being willing to do what you ask others to do… time to step up and MOVE.
If you think our state is so bad, the <a href="https://twitter.com/FloridaGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FloridaGOP</a> will help with moving costs. <a href="https://t.co/fhvaiii9iB">https://t.co/fhvaiii9iB</a> <a href="https://t.co/5NnhQZyc3P">pic.twitter.com/5NnhQZyc3P</a>
&mdash; Christian Ziegler 🇺🇸 (@ChrisMZiegler) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisMZiegler/status/1660398351139975170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Florida has been the target of a number of attacks from the left in recent weeks – largely due to actions Governor DeSantis has taken to prevent doctors and parents from allowing minors to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-senate-passes-bill-banning-minors-from-having-gender-reassignment-surgery-desantis-florida-house-likely-to-make-it-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">begin the medical process</a> of gender transition and to prevent schools from teaching radical gender theory to elementary school students.
DeSantis is also expected to announce a bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination in the coming days, joining a field that already includes former President Donald Trump, former South Carolina Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alpha-karen-with-brown-skin-msnbc-guest-ratchets-up-the-racism-to-insult-nikki-haley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nikki Haley</a>, former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, and Vivek Ramaswamy.

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A Virginia <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/naacp-demands-washington-commanders-jack-del-rio-be-fired-for-comments-about-january-6-george-floyd-riots/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NAACP</a> leader and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/honor-them-for-their-great-sacrifice-chris-pratt-shakes-hands-and-thanks-wwii-veterans-at-premiere-for-the-terminal-list/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Army veteran</a> was shot dead while shielding his girlfriend earlier this week when they were caught in the crossfire of an apparent gang-related shootout during a Caribbean vacation.
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Kent Carter, who was first vice president of the civil rights organization’s Arlington, VA, chapter, was killed in Turks and Caicos Islands Sunday, according to the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force.
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“NAACP Arlington Branch mourns the tragic and unexpected loss of our 1st Vice President, Kent Carter, who passed away Sunday, October 2, 2022, while vacationing abroad,&#8221; the chapter wrote on Facebook. “Our deepest sympathies go out to his family. May God grant them strength during this time of sorrow.”
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Pay attention to this <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NAACP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NAACP</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KentCarter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KentCarter</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlackLivesMatter</a> <a href="https://t.co/e1hQ2O5f1u">pic.twitter.com/e1hQ2O5f1u</a>
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Police Commissioner Trevor Botting told reporters investigators believe Carter&#8217;s killing was random and may have been linked to a turf war between rival gangs. Carter and his girlfriend, who was not identified, were visiting the islands to celebrate his 40th birthday,  The pair were leaving the beach on a hotel shuttle bus when he was shot.
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Botting  <a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/arlington-virginia-man-kent-carter-killed-on-vacation-turks-and-caicos-naacp/3174605/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told NBC4</a> that gang members shot “indiscriminately,” hitting the shuttle bus and sparking a shootout with police. In addition to Carter, a tour guide and a suspect were killed and five other people were injured.
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“These criminals proceeded to indiscriminately shoot into the vehicle transporting the employees and tourists,” Botting said. &#8220;Our deepest condolences go out to the families of those murdered.”
No arrests had been made, but police recovered the suspects&#8217; car and several guns, authorities said.
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A U.S. State Department spokesman said officials are providing consular assistance to Carter’s loved ones.
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NAACP Arlington Branch President Julius Spain told the outlet Carter shielded his girlfriend from the gunshots, potentially saving her life.
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“Words alone aren&#8217;t enough to say how much this hurts, how much we grieve right now,” Spain said.
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Carter worked as a real estate agent in the Northern Virginia area. Robert York, a neighbor of Carter’s, said the slain man will be greatly missed.
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&#8220;He and his family, just really great neighbors. So this is just incredibly sad news,&#8221; he told FOX 5 DC.
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As President Joe Biden reportedly nears a plan to cancel $10,000 in student loans per borrower, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) President Derrick Johnson argued Friday that the amount would not be enough — particularly for black borrowers.
After months of pressure from progressive Democrats, the White House is nearing a plan to scrap $10,000 per borrower earning up to $150,000 per year, according to a report from <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/05/27/biden-student-debt-borrower/">The Washington Post</a>. Johnson <a href="https://twitter.com/DerrickNAACP/status/1530205000571437058">argued</a> that such a solution would be “pouring a bucket of ice water on a forest fire.”
“Black Americans are the only people who have student debt higher than their median annual income,” he said. “$10,000 in cancelation would not place their student debt lower than their annual income.”
Johnson also pointed toward wealth disparities between black and white households.
“Today, the average white family has roughly 10 times the amount of wealth as the average Black family, while white college graduates have over seven times more wealth than Black college graduates,” he noted. “Black borrowers typically owe 50% more in student debt upon graduation than their white peers. Four years after graduation, this gap increases to 100%.”
Other data suggest that student loan forgiveness disproportionately <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/six-groups-who-lose-if-joe-biden-forgives-college-loans">benefits wealthy Americans</a>. The highest income 40% of households hold 60% of student loan debt, according to a study from the Brookings Institution. Most of the people benefiting from debt cancellation make above $74,000.
Yet Johnson is not the only prominent progressive urging President Biden to take more aggressive unilateral action on student debt. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have repeatedly pressed the commander-in-chief to cancel student loan debt of up to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-spars-with-biden-over-canceling-student-debt">$50,000 per borrower</a>.
“It’s teenagers signing up for what is often hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt. We just do that. Our government allows that,” Ocasio-Cortez said on the House floor last year. “We give 17-year-olds the ability to sign on and sign up for $100,000 worth of debt and we think that’s responsible policy.”
Schumer has argued that “all President Biden has to do is flick his pen” in order to erase $50,000 per borrower. However, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-cpac-footage-is-nuts-progressives-blast-pelosi-for-saying-student-debt-forgiveness-is-a-bad-idea">questioned</a> the overall premise that student loan forgiveness is a beneficial policy.
“Suppose,” she said in response to Schumer’s argument, “your child at this time does not want to go to college, but you’re paying taxes to forgive someone else’s obligation. You may not be happy about that.”
Meanwhile, many conservatives argue that forgiving student loans worsens the problem that underlies the crisis altogether — excessive government intervention.
In a recent opinion piece, The Daily Wire’s Zach Jewell noted that taxpayers who pay for college after carefully saving their money will be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-paid-my-way-through-college-forcing-me-to-pay-for-someone-elses-is-unjust">the ones who bear the burden</a> of canceled student debt.
“If Biden could wave a magic wand at the request of leftists in Congress and suddenly make student loans disappear, this would be great news,” Jewell wrote. “But since we don’t prance around in the magical fairyland some Democrats want us to believe in, no one can ‘forgive’ student loans for some without burdening others.”
“Those taking the hit for student debt cancellation would be the taxpayers like me who paid their way through college or who responsibly paid back their loans and like others who never went to college and never needed student loans.”

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A federal judicial nominee recently nominated by President Joe Biden told law school students two years ago that people who support voter ID laws have “privilege” and are going by “the very same playbook” as those who upheld Jim Crow-era voting laws, according to footage reviewed by The Daily Wire. The attorney, Natasha Merle, also said the GOP was trying to &#8220;scare people.&#8221;
Merle, an NAACP attorney, was included in Biden’s 13th round of nominees on January 19, <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/01/19/president-biden-names-thirteenth-round-of-judicial-nominees/">according</a> to a White House memo. She would work for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Merle prides <a href="https://www.naacpldf.org/about-us/staff/natasha-merle/">herself</a> on promoting “racial justice primarily in the areas of criminal justice, political participation and educational opportunities,” and was lead counsel in a <a href="https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/ldf-v-trump/">case</a> against former President Donald Trump accusing his election integrity commission of being “racially discriminatory.” She has <a href="https://www.law.columbia.edu/academics/courses/28478">taught</a> law school courses such as “Racial Justice” at Columbia. 
In <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltqUhsgOsHg">remarks</a> given at Washington and Lee University School of Law in Virginia, on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2020, Merle derided efforts by the legal system to investigate voter fraud as racist. 
“That’s the goal of investigations and prosecutions into unfounded allegations of voter fraud. To scare people from even attempting to exercise their right to vote,” she noted. 
About a minute later, Merle went so far as to say voter ID laws — a way for polls to ensure legal citizens are casting a ballot — are discriminatory toward black people. She referenced the Alabama legislature’s move mandating voter ID, which was <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/naacp-seeks-rehearing-alabama-voter-191419312.html">upheld</a> in court after the NAACP sued. 
On their face, photo ID laws may seem reasonable to some. The narrative is that you need a photo ID for everything. You need a photo ID to drive. You need a photo ID to cash a check. But if we check our privilege, we recognize this narrative is false. In many parts around the country, people do not have cars. They cannot afford cars. . . In spite [of] this the Alabama legislature still passed this law based on unfounded suspicion of voter fraud. . . The state refuses to accept government-issued public housing ID, which is overwhelmingly held by black voters and are government-issued.
According to Merle, who spoke for about an hour and fielded questions from students and professors, Republicans are going by “the very same playbook” Democrats did in suppressing voting during the 1960s. Merle could not be reached for comment. 
The unearthing of Merle’s comments comes on the heels of Biden putting forth another nominee named Nancy Abudu, who, as first <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-judicial-nominee-said-proof-of-citizenship-is-voter-suppression">reported by</a> The Daily Wire, said “proof of citizenship” is “voter suppression.” This sentiment has been <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/03/26/biden-georgia-election-law-is-jim-crow-in-the-21st-century/">echoed</a> by the president himself, who equated a Georgia law mandating photo ID to vote with “Jim Crow in the 21st century” and “Jim Crow on steroids.”
Earlier this month, Biden urged senators to pass legislation introduced by Democrats that would extend early voting, gut voter ID requirements, and allow no-excuse mail-in voting on the federal level. When questioned on his <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1481020304298332170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1481020304298332170%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftownhall.com%2Ftipsheet%2Fkatiepavlich%2F2022%2F01%2F12%2Fbiden-boasted-about-praise-from-george-wallace-n2601743">comments</a> likening Republicans today to segregationists George Wallace and Bull Connor, as well as Confederate leader Jefferson Davis, Biden told reporter Philip Wegmann, “No, I didn’t say that.”
The White House did not immediately respond to a Daily Wire request for comment.
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If you didn&#8217;t know better, you might think that racism and anti-Catholicism are alive and well among several groups purportedly dedicated to rooting out just that sort of prejudice.
In an eyebrow-raising move, lawyers at Georgetown University, a Catholic institution, teamed up with the NAACP, the civil rights group defending black Americans, against a Catholic diocese and a group of Catholic and historically black colleges in South Carolina.
The groups took up this awkward position after <a href="https://www.scicu.org/about-scicu/">21 independent</a> colleges and universities joined the Catholic diocese of Charleston in filing a federal civil rights lawsuit against part of the state constitution, which they say wrongly deprived them of essential COVID relief last year. The diocese runs 33 Catholic K-12 schools.
The NAACP&#8217;s South Carolina arm, <a href="https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/protecting-young-people-and-vulnerable-groups/bishop-of-charleston-v-adams/">represented</a> by Georgetown lawyers, filed a <a href="https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2021/06/2021.06.16-Motion-to-Intervene-41.pdf">motion</a> to intervene in the case in June, arguing that public schools should be prioritized for relief funds. A federal judge, however, threw out the NAACP&#8217;s bid to insert itself and become a party in the case.
The <a href="https://ljc-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2021/07/2021-06-25-Plaintiff-Opposition-to-Motion-to-Intervene-Bishop-v-Adams.pdf">case</a> centers around two pots of COVID relief money that the diocese and a group of private <a href="https://www.scicu.org/about-scicu/">colleges</a>, South Carolina’s Independent Colleges and Universities (SCICU), say they missed out on.
The first pot is South Carolina&#8217;s $25 million program that <a href="https://accelerate.sc.gov/sites/default/files/Documents/Final%2010.13.20%20Nonprofit%20Relief%20Grant%20Program%20Design.pdf">provided</a> grants between $2,500 and $50,000 to nonprofits for pandemic-related costs. The other chunk of COVID aid is $32 million in CARES Act funding that Republican Gov. Henry McMaster allocated for one-time, needs-based tuition vouchers of up to $6,500. Those grants would allow parents to send their kids to Catholic or other private schools if they desired. 
As part of the relief, the governor had also <a href="https://governor.sc.gov/news/2020-07/gov-henry-mcmaster-invests-24-million-historically-black-colleges-and-universities">planned</a> to give $2.4 million to historically black colleges for pandemic-related costs like updating their technology for remote classes. He ended up <a href="https://apnews.com/article/henry-mcmaster-lawsuits-south-carolina-courts-virus-outbreak-3d346ec64f6f6db6dadac0bf4f85867a">withholding</a> the money once legal challenges were launched.
The lawsuit from the schools comes after the state Supreme Court <a href="https://www.live5news.com/2020/10/07/sc-supreme-court-strikes-down-gov-mcmasters-safe-grants-program/">struck down</a> the governor&#8217;s tuition voucher program last year. The suit that led to that decision was brought by a coalition that included the South Carolina Education Association, an affiliate of the largest public school teachers&#8217; union in the country.
Deepening the irony of the NAACP and its Georgetown legal team&#8217;s attempt to get involved, they cited and defended the state&#8217;s archaic Blaine Amendment, which has a history steeped in anti-Catholicism and racism. The amendment prohibits the state from giving &#8220;direct aid&#8221; to religious or other private schools.
&#8220;No money shall be paid from public funds nor shall the credit of the State or any of its political subdivisions be used for the direct benefit of any religious or other private educational institution,&#8221; the South Carolina state constitution <a href="https://www.scstatehouse.gov/scconstitution/SCConstitution.pdf">reads</a>.
The diocese and colleges countered in court <a href="https://ljc-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2021/04/2021-04-14-Bishop-of-Charleston-v-Adams-Complaint.pdf">documents</a> that the Blaine Amendment &#8220;was born in bigotry and prejudice based on race and religion&#8221; and &#8220;violates the equal protection and free exercise clauses of the U.S. Constitution.&#8221;
The history of Blaine Amendments in the U.S. is long and ugly. They rose in the late nineteenth century across the country and were adopted in 38 state constitutions, part of a wave of anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic sentiment that gained momentum as more immigrants arrived in the U.S. from Catholic countries like Ireland, Poland, and Italy. As Catholic schools began to multiply in the country, a movement grew to prevent public funding being siphoned away from public schools to Catholic schools.
The origin of South Carolina&#8217;s Blaine Amendment has another layer of bigotry. It was added to the state’s constitution after the Civil War to choke off funds going to the Catholic schools that were educating newly freed slaves. The South Carolina Constitution of 1895 was infamous among southern Reconstruction era constitutions for introducing a literacy test for voting. A literacy test, however, would not stop former slaves from voting as long as Catholic missionaries were teaching them how to read. Over a century later, the amendment is still on the books in South Carolina, albeit in a slightly modified form.
“We are here to stand up for children and families across South Carolina and to face head on the anti-Catholic and the racist history in our state’s constitution,” Charleston Bishop Robert Guglielmone <a href="https://www.live5news.com/2021/04/14/catholic-diocese-charleston-files-lawsuit-against-state/">said</a>.
Blaine Amendments have been challenged in recent years, including in a high-profile Supreme Court <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/18-1195_g314.pdf">case</a> last year that scrutinized Montana&#8217;s version of the amendment. In his concurring opinion, Justice Samuel Alito detailed the bigoted history of Blaine amendments, saying they were &#8220;prompted by virulent prejudice against immigrants, particularly Catholic immigrants.&#8221;
&#8220;So you&#8217;ve got Georgetown – Catholic Jesuit institution – spending money to fight Catholic schools. And you&#8217;ve got NAACP filing a lawsuit to stop money from going to historically black colleges. That is how much these people hate school choice,&#8221; Liberty Justice Center attorney Daniel Suhr, who represents the private colleges, told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;Both the NAACP and Georgetown have to minimize prejudice against their own communities historically in order to make their argument in favor of stopping school choice,&#8221; added Suhr, who is a Georgetown law graduate himself. &#8220;It&#8217;s just disappointing and sad. It&#8217;s this really cynical use of this provision that&#8217;s been on the books for a century because it&#8217;s convenient to advance their political agenda.&#8221;

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These Catholic And Historically Black Colleges Were Denied COVID Relief. The NAACP And Its Georgetown Legal Team Fought To Make That Happen.

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Country music star Morgan Wallen has reportedly failed to follow-up with progressive racial activist group the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or the NAACP, after expressing interest in meeting with the group in relation to a leaked video of Wallen calling his white friend the N-word and other expletives.
<a href="https://www.tmz.com/2021/05/22/morgan-wallen-performing-again-no-meeting-naacp-nashville/">According</a> to a TMZ report, a Nashville NAACP branch is claiming Wallen snubbed the group after their teams agreed to a sit-down:
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<p id="cb-570c43c69f87e31f3fd08ed4c9ee7ce5" class="canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default " data-context="{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}">According to NAACP Nashville President Sheryl Guinn &#8230; after her branch reached out to the country singer in February, she says his team expressed interest in scheduling a sit-down because they claimed he felt terrible about using a racial slur and wanted to make amends.
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<blockquote>Guinn tells us both sides agreed to a meeting that was likely to include multiple Black leaders, as well as several people accompanying Morgan &#8230; all they had to do was iron out the details.
However, we&#8217;re told Wallen&#8217;s team went silent after that initial phone call, and there&#8217;s been no effort by Morgan to make it happen &#8230; along with no explanation.</blockquote>
&#8220;The NAACP Prez says her Nashville chapter never pressured the country star for a face-to-face, but simply wanted to make itself available because he publicly expressed a desire to educate himself,&#8221; the TMZ report added. &#8220;Guinn tells us her hope was to help Wallen become an advocate for Black equality and enlist his fans to do so as well.&#8221;
As highlighted by TMZ, Wallen disclosed to fans via social media posts and videos that he did meet with black activist leaders following the leaked video and learned from the experience. He also took months off from performing, only just recently popping up in a Nashville bar.
The video, which was secretly recorded by a neighbor and released to the tabloids in February, showed Wallen on an alcohol-induced bender calling his friend a “p****-a** n****.&#8221;
Wallen was immediately <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/siriusxm-pandora-cmt-iheartradio-pull-morgan-wallen-music-following-n-word-video-recorded-by-neighbor">pulled</a> by Cumulus Media’s 400-plus stations, SiriusXM, and Pandora, and disqualified from performing at or receiving any recognition at the Academy of Country Music Awards (CMAs).
In an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-morgan-wallen-posts-apology-video-talks-sobriety-following-n-word-video-deplatforming">apology video</a> published in February, Wallen told fans, “The video you saw was me on hour 72 of a bender, and that’s not something I’m proud of either. Obviously, the natural thing to do is to apologize further and continue to apologize because you got caught, and that’s not what I wanted to do.”
“I let so many people down who mean a lot to me, who have given so much to me, it’s just not fair,” he said. “I let my parents down and they’re the furthest thing from the person in that video. I let my son down and I’m not OK with that.”
The 27-year-old said he was offered the opportunity to have “some very real and honest conversations” with leaders of various black organizations, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/morgan-wallen-speaks-out-n-word-controversy">according</a> to Fox News.
“This week I heard firsthand some personal stories from Black people that honestly shook me,” Wallen explained. “And I know what I’m going through this week doesn’t even compare to some of the trials I about from them. I came away from those discussions with a deep appreciation for them and a clearer understanding of the weight of my words.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-musicians-supporting-morgan-wallen-following-deplatforming-over-leaked-n-word-video">The Musicians Supporting Morgan Wallen Following Deplatforming Over Leaked N-Word Video</a>

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A legislator in Monroe County, New York, admitted Saturday to sending a picture of his genitals to a 19-year-old woman he was working with after she accused him of sexual harassment on the day he was sworn in as president of a New York chapter of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).
Monroe County Legislator Ernest Flagler-Mitchell defended himself by citing his faith in God and claiming he intended to send the photo of his genitals to his wife. He also claimed without evidence that he is being blackmailed over the incident because of his work for minority communities.
In a <a href="https://www.whec.com/rochester-new-york-news/monroe-county-legislator-acknowledges-sending-explicit-photo-to-woman-who-says-he-sexually-harassed-her/5980135/">letter</a> to Monroe County legislators, LaKaya Sinclair called for Flagler-Mitchell&#8217;s resignation and suggested there are other victims of the legislator&#8217;s predatory behavior. The legislator met Sinclair following a devastating shooting last year, offering up his contact information if the young girl ever needed help.
&#8220;I am writing this letter to share with you that your colleague County Legislature for Legislative district 29, Ernest Flager-Mitchell, has explicitly sexually harassed me and has sent me an unsolicited photo of his genital,&#8221; Sinclair wrote.
&#8220;I first met him after being the victim of the Pennsylvania Ave graduation shooting that occurred on September 18th, 2020,&#8221; she outlined. &#8220;A few days later there was a community gathering and he introduced himself to me as the official county legislature for my district. He gave his county legislature business card and told me if I ever needed anything to give him a call. &#8230; I reached out for help not to be sexually harassed.&#8221;
&#8220;I am writing this so that you are all aware of the type of person he is,&#8221; Sinclair said. &#8220;I am going public and will be asking for his resignation. No one should be in a position where they turned to their elected official for help and are met with unwanted sexual advances and inappropriate messages. I am only 19 years old.&#8221;
&#8220;I believe there are other women who are victims of him and I will be pleading with the community to not only support me, but to come forth if this has been their experience with this particular legislature. I am asking for his resignation so that he does not continue to use his seat and abuse his power and am asking this body to formerly investigate this matter,&#8221; she closed the letter. &#8220;The fact that he did this to me so swiftly lets me know that he has done this before and as I stated, it is my hope that other women in this community find their voice and come forward to share their stories.&#8221;
In a statement admitting that he sent the photo, Flagler-Mitchell fashioned himself the victim of extortion without providing evidence.
&#8220;As a man of faith I believe we all must take responsibility for our actions and I have always tried to do that both in my personal and professional life,&#8221; the statement opened. &#8220;In November, I sent a picture intended for my wife to an individual I was working with. I took immediate responsibility for my mistake. I deleted the file, acknowledged the mistake, apologized and hoped I had not offended them. They responded at the time by accepting my apology and assured me that they were not offended. Additionally, I immediately took responsibility for what occurred with my wife, by telling her what had happened and I regret that she is now embarrassed by my error.&#8221;
&#8220;I fully believed this matter was resolved at that time, but subsequently I have been contacted both directly and indirectly by politically connected individuals who have tried to use this mistake as a form of blackmail to force me into abandoning the Black and Asian Caucus in the Legislature,&#8221; Flagler-Mitchell accused.
&#8220;These agents have threatened to make my mistake public unless I bow to their political wishes and walk away from this important caucus in an effort for me to &#8216;fall in line&#8217; with their agenda,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;They followed through with this threat because I was contacted by a media outlet regarding this matter. It was after that I learned that these same individuals have also contacted nearly every other member of the Black and Asian Caucus with the same threat.&#8221;
&#8220;I did not bow to this pressure and asked my colleagues not to either. I know what I did and I take full responsibility for it, but it is &#8216;extortion&#8217; to threaten me and my colleagues with making this incident public unless we abandon the Black and Asian Caucus. Threatening us to abandon our people is a disgusting politically motivated power play, but more than that, it is illegal.&#8221;
&#8220;I have consulted legal counsel and we&#8217;re asking law enforcement to investigate this extortion and hold those responsible accountable,&#8221; Flagler-Mitchell claimed. &#8220;I have taken responsibility for my actions and those who have tried to use them to extort compliance with their political agenda need to take responsibility as well.&#8221;
However, <a href="https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2021/01/16/naacp-rochester-ny-branch-relaunch-ernest-flagler-mitchell-statement-explicit-photo/4148544001/">according</a> to the Democrat &amp; Chronicle, the legislation &#8220;has not provided any record of the alleged extortion nor detailed those responsible in his public statement. Flagler-Mitchell did not name the legal counsel he claims to have consulted in his statement, nor has he called for law enforcement involvement until Saturday.&#8221;

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According to NAACP chapter president Bishop Talbert Swan, there is &#8220;no such thing as Blue Lives&#8221; because police choose to do their jobs whereas black people do not choose the color of their skin.
In a Twitter post on Saturday, the NAACP Greater Springfield president said that while the death or murder of a police officer is a terrible tragedy, it does not have the same implication as a black person being gunned down by police.
&#8220;There’s no such thing as BLUE LIVES&#8230; Stop comparing your JOB with my LIFE&#8230; Your CAREER is a choice, my BLACKNESS isn’t. #BlackLivesMatter  #BlueLivesMatter,&#8221; he tweeted.
&#8220;No one deserves to be unjustly murdered, police or citizens,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;If you’re expressing outrage over the shooting of two sheriff’s deputies, but we’re [sic] defending #KyleRittenhouse murdering two protesters in #Kenosha only days ago, you need to shut up and have a seat.&#8221;
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There’s no such thing as BLUE LIVES&#8230;
Stop comparing your JOB with my LIFE&#8230;
Your CAREER is a choice, my BLACKNESS isn’t.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlackLivesMatter</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueLivesMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlueLivesMatter</a>
&mdash; Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) <a href="https://twitter.com/TalbertSwan/status/1305104969545256961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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No one deserves to be unjustly murdered, police or citizens.
If you’re expressing outrage over the shooting of two sheriff’s deputies, but we’re defending <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KyleRittenhouse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KyleRittenhouse</a> murdering two protesters in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kenosha?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Kenosha</a> only days ago, you need to shut up and have a seat.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueLivesMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlueLivesMatter</a>
&mdash; Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) <a href="https://twitter.com/TalbertSwan/status/1305114507195428866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Bishop Talbert Swan&#8217;s tweet comes after two sheriff&#8217;s deputies were shot in their patrol car parked by a metro station in Compton, California.
As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/l-a-sheriffs-department-offers-six-figure-reward-for-info-in-shooting-of-ambushed-deputies">reported</a>:
<blockquote>Two deputies with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department were shot Saturday as they sat in their patrol vehicle near a metro station in Compton, California, the department said Saturday evening.
The deputies, one male and one female, were both shot “multiple times” and are currently in critical condition and undergoing surgery, according to the department.</blockquote>
ABC News later reported that the two deputies were taken out of surgery and were in critical condition.
&#8220;The two deputies are out of surgery and in critical condition. Both shot multiple times by this suspect who casually walked up, pulled out a gun, and shot them through the passenger side window. The suspect then took off,&#8221; reported Alex Stone of ABC News.
Talbert Swan is not the only activist to irreverently respond to the news about the shooting of two officers. Following the incident, leftist think tank The Gravel Institute said that “blue lives” simply don&#8217;t matter.
&#8220;On Saturday night, soon after two Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputies seated in their patrol car were shot in the head <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/two-sheriffs-deputies-shot-in-los-angeles-in-ambush">in an ambush</a> in Compton, a leftist think tank called The Gravel Institute responded to a tweet stating, &#8216;Say it with me: blue lives matter,&#8217; by replying, &#8216;Say it with me: they don’t,'&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/after-two-la-cops-shot-in-close-range-ambush-leftist-think-tank-answers-blue-lives-matter-by-tweeting-they-dont">reported</a> The Daily Wire.
Former Vice President Joe Biden condemned the violence as &#8220;unconscionable&#8221; while President Trump suggested the perpetrator should get the death penalty.
&#8220;This cold-blooded shooting is unconscionable and the perpetrator must be brought to justice,&#8221; Biden said on Twitter after the shooting. &#8220;Violence of any kind is wrong; those who commit it should be caught and punished. Jill and I are keeping the deputies and their loved ones in our hearts and praying for a full recovery.&#8221;
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This cold-blooded shooting is unconscionable and the perpetrator must be brought to justice.
Violence of any kind is wrong; those who commit it should be caught and punished.
Jill and I are keeping the deputies and their loved ones in our hearts and praying for a full recovery. <a href="https://t.co/330QfeIUGg">https://t.co/330QfeIUGg</a>
&mdash; Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1305160054346141703?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Animals that must be hit hard!&#8221; Trump wrote in one tweet. &#8220;If [the deputies] die, fast trial death penalty for the killer. Only way to stop this!&#8221; the president later added.
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Animals that must be hit hard! <a href="https://t.co/zrOd9ZUl8o">https://t.co/zrOd9ZUl8o</a>
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1305009737386221568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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NAACP Chapter President: Being A Police Officer ‘Is A Choice,’ ‘No Such Thing As Blue Lives’

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Joe Biden says the NAACP endorses him.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People says: Hey, Joe, not so.
“Yesterday, former Vice President Joe Biden made a comment about the NAACP’s endorsement,” Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP,  said in a statement. “We want to clarify that the NAACP is a non-partisan organization and does not endorse candidates for political office at any level.”
The statement from the civil rights organization came after Biden claimed during an interview with “The Breakfast Club” that the group has endorsed him every time he has run for office.
“Take a look at my record. I extended the Voting Rights Act for 25 years. I have a record that is second to none. The NAACP’s endorsed me every time I’ve run,” Biden said. “Take a look at the record.”
But Johnson said in his statement said that “the NAACP has one mission and that is fighting for and advancing our Black communities towards an equitable reality.”
“Our primary focus at this moment is to ensure that our communities that have been victims of domestic terrorism and disproportionately impacted by this pandemic have the opportunity to cast their powerful vote come November,” Johnson said.
Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, got in some hot water when sat down for an online interview with Charlamagne tha God (pictured above) for his popular radio show on Friday, at one point telling the host that if you support President Trump “then you ain’t black.”
Here&#8217;s the exchange:
CHARLAMAGNE: Listen, you gotta&#8217; come see us when you come to New York, VP Biden. It’s a long way until November, we got more questions.
BIDEN: You got more questions — Well, I’ll tell you, if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.
Biden later said he was just joking.
But after a lot of bad press, Biden, 77, was eventually pushed into sorta&#8217; kinda&#8217; apologizing. Biden expressed regret for his remarks during a phone conversation with The U.S. Black Chambers Inc., and offered some thoughts about his conversation with Charlamagne.
“The bottom line of all of this perhaps I was much too cavalier,” Biden said. “I know that the comments have come off like I was taking the African American vote for granted but nothing could be further from the truth.”
“I shouldn’t have been such a wise guy,&#8221; he said. &#8220;No one should have to vote for any party, based on their race or religion or background.&#8221;
Charlemagne tha God said later he was not impressed with his conversation with Biden.
“My takeaway from the conversation was I heard him talking about things he did for black people back in the day, but you know ‘What have you done for me lately’ is my motto,” he said on CNN late Friday.
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