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R&B singer Tyrese tried to have a moment as a political pundit, and it did not go well for him. After admonishing President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for allegedly not doing enough for Black people, social media users proceeded to drag him to the ends of the “loud and wrong” universe.
It started when footage of Tyrese speaking to Dr. Benjamin Crump started going viral. In the clip, the crooner was being critical of Harris and Biden for passing an Anti-Asian Hate Crime Bill that allegedly leapfrogged the problems of Black people throughout the nation.
“President Biden and Kamala Harris signed an Asian Hate Crime Bill, which makes it beyond illegal to ever purposely or maliciously do anything to anybody in the Asian community,” said Tyrese. “And there was a spike in crimes and criminal behavior in and around COVID allegedly and specifically motivated by Donald Trump. So everybody started treating Asians… beating them, killing them, shooting them, stabbing them, hurting them. And then [Biden] gets into the White House and skips over every Black and Brown Mexican and Latino that has been getting killed like flies and he makes it a low: Asian Hate Crime Bill.”
Black Ty wasn’t finished. He continued, “There is a crime bill that was signed into law that protects Asians at all costs. Where is that same f*cking law to be signed into law when it comes to Black and Brown people? Because what you’re doing is—President Biden and Kamala Harris—what you’re doing is, you’re saying that Black and Brown people will continue to be disposable. That sh*t doesn’t make sense.”
This Biden and Harris helped Asians and not Black people narrative has been running on social media for a while, but the problem is that it’s highly inaccurate. And for this, Tyrese proceeded to get schooled by anyone with actual political awareness beyond memes and barbershop talking points.
Off top, there is no Anti-Asia Hate Crime Bill, it’s actually called the Covid-19 Hate Crime Bill. In actuality, there have been a number of bills passed specifically tailored for the defense of Black people that include the Civil Rights Act of 1969 and more recently the Emmett Till Antilynching Act a hate crime bill of 2021, which Biden signed. Many people are quick to note all this energy about Democrats not really looking out for Black people, yet most progressive bills (like the George Floyd Act) were blocked by Republicans.
What makes all this particularly frustrating to people who know better, is that all the intel needed to counter such misinformation is just a Google search away. Add to this mix that a loud minority of Black men are doing it, and it’s just the nastiest of work.
Worth noting, Tyrese also recently revealed that he was taking a break (“go dark”) from social media. Do some reading sir, respectfully.
Check out the lessons Tyrese is getting in the gallery. Consider it the hard way of getting knowledge on these Internets.
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Donald Trump attacked President Joe Biden for “sleeping all day long”, but social media quickly responded with evidence of him visibly asleep in public.
On Thursday (August 29), Donald Trump went after President Joe Biden for being sleepy in public, which prompted social media to attack him with visual proof of his own moments of dozing off at events. The attack took place during a campaign rally at the Alro Steel factory in Pottersville, Michigan, where the Republican presidential nominee attacked Biden, claiming that he was “laying on a beach, sleeping all day long.” The attack was a reference to a recent photo showing Biden relaxing on the beach at Rehoboth, Delaware near a vacation home that he owns there. “Do we have a president?” he asked. “He just got back from California. He was supposed to go to the White House, he never got there!”
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“Who the hell wants to sleep, and who wants to sleep in public?”, Trump said, adding: “He’s sleeping! Do you think President Xi of China is at a beach sleeping?” he added to the crowd. “Do you think Kim Jong Un is sleeping, from North Korea, with his nuclear weapons all over the place? They don’t sleep so much. But we have a guy sleeping.” The gathered crowd inside the steel plant seemed fairly receptive to the rant, although it wasn’t directed toward the actual Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
Those who saw the footage from the rally online were quick to rebuke Trump’s attack on President Biden about sleep, noting his public siestas. One took place during his trial for election interference in the “hush money” case involving Stormy Daniels in New York City where he visibly dozed off in the courtroom, and the other occurred as he was listening to speakers at the Republican National Convention last month at the FiServ Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The searing quips included “Donnie Nappleseed” and “Sleepy Don”
Check out more of the responses to Trump’s “sleeping in public” remarks below.
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The Democratic National Convention is officially underway, and Vice President Kamala Harris couldn’t wait until the final night to hit the stage.
The Democratic nominee for president of the United States made a surprise appearance on Tuesday night at the United Center in Chicago, on night one of the Democratic National Convention.
VP Harris hit the stage in what many consider the ultimate troll move, rocking a tan Chloé pants suit while her official campaign anthem, Beyoncé’s “Freedom,” blared throughout the arena.
Saving her full remarks for when she takes the stage on Thursday, the final day of the four-night convention, the presidential hopeful briefly addresses the surprised roaring crowd, which includes her husband, the second gentleman, Doug Emhoff.
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“Tonight I see the beauty of our great nation,” Harris continued. “People from every corner of our country and every walk of life are here, united by our shared vision for the future of our country.
“And this November we will come together and declare with one voice, as one people: We are moving forward… guided by our love of country, knowing we all have so much more in common than what separates us.
“Let us fight for the ideals we hold dear—and let us always remember when we fight…”
The crowd erupted, chanting back “We win!”
VP Harris’ Surprise Appearance Was One Of The Night’s Many Highlights
Harris’ surprise appearance, along with speeches from fellow Democrats like U.S. Reps. Jasmine Crockett and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock, current First Lady Jill Biden, and others, set the stage for current POTUS Joe Biden, who closed out the night with a powerful speech.
During his speech, Biden touted his administration’s many accomplishments, thanked the voters, praised his VP, and officially passed the torch to her on the stage.
Night one of the DNC was a stark contrast to the RNC and showed how much better a convention is when you have permission to use artists’ songs and a way better lineup of speakers.
Users on X, formerly Twitter, couldn’t get enough of VP Harris and her tan drip.
You can see those reactions in the gallery below.
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President Joe Biden received a massive response for his keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention, moving him to emotion beforehand.
On Monday night (Aug. 19), President Joe Biden took the stage at the Democratic National Convention after being introduced by his daughter, Ashley. He wiped tears from his eyes as the crowd at the United Center in Chicago roared with a chant of “We love Joe!!” Attendees held up signs that read, “We (heart) Joe” as the Delaware delegation donned aviator sunglasses similar to what the commander-in-chief wears during the standing ovation, which reportedly lasted four minutes.
“It’s been the honor of my lifetime to serve as your president,” Mr. Biden said in a moving speech that would encapsulate his five-decade career in politics. “I love the job, but I love my country more. All this talk about how I’m angry at all those people (who) said I should step down — that’s not true. I love my country more, and we need to preserve our democracy in 2024,” he stated, referring to the many calls requesting that he step down as the presidential nominee after his June debate against Republican nominee Donald Trump. “I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my career, but I gave my best to you,” he said, which made the crowd cheer wildly.
President Biden touched on the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 after white supremacists he referred to as “Old ghosts, and new garments,” overran the town, which compelled him to run. He also made it clear that he was passing on the torch to the presumptive nominee Vice President Kamala Harris – as the crowd began to chant “Thank you, Joe,” he responded, “Thank you Kamala, too!!”
He continued to praise her work, stating: “Crime will keep coming down when we put a prosecutor in the Oval Office instead of a convicted felon.” Biden would also touch on his work with fighting for voting and reproductive rights. “MAGA Republicans found out the power of women in 2022,” Biden said. “And Donald Trump is going to find out the power of women in 2024.”
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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris greeted three former Russian political prisoners released as part of a massive swap on Thursday.
On Thursday (Aug. 1), three former prisoners in Russia arrived at Joint Air Base Andrews in Maryland before midnight, where they were greeted by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Free Liberty journalist Alsu Kurmasheva were released as part of a historic swap of prisoners between the U.S., Russia, Belarus, and other Western nations. Twenty-four people were freed overall in the largest exchange since the Cold War.
All three hugged and shook hands with President Biden and Vice President Harris in the emotional scene as their respective families came up to tearfully embrace them. The other prisoners freed in the deal included Russian dissidents such as Vladimir Kara-Murza. Russia received eight people, including four spies held in Norway and Slovenia and a convicted assassin serving time in Germany. Biden addressed the reporters on the tarmac, revealing that Slovenia’s inclusion and assistance was crucial to getting the swap done. Harris thanked President Biden for his commitment to making the exchange happen. “This is just an extraordinary testament to the importance of having a president who understands the power of diplomacy,” she said.
The exchange caught the world by surprise and marked another achievement for the Biden administration in its last months in office. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump derided the move in an interview with Fox Business. “As usual, it was a win for Putin or any other country that deals with us,” he began. “But we got somebody back. So, I’m never going to be challenging that. It wouldn’t have happened with us, we would have gotten it back.”
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said to reporters on Thursday that the current sanctions on Russia have not been loosened, and there was no money exchanged in the swap. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby dismissed Trump’s statement in an interview, noting that Whelan and another former prisoner, Trevor Reed, were detained under the Trump administration and freed under Biden. “That’s what you have to do when you have people in harm’s way over there. You’ve got to make these tough decisions. It’s not easy,” he said.
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Donald Trump’s social media posts after President Joe Biden’s decision not to run for re-election suggest that he’s worried.Donald Trump’s social media reactions in the wake of President Joe Biden dropping out of the race for president on Sunday (July 21) have garnered heavy notice. So much so that it has led many to believe that he’s worried about the prospects of facing off against Vice President Kamala Harris, whom Biden endorsed shortly after announcing his decision. In his first public statement afterward with CNN, Trump said of Biden: “He is the worst president in the history of our country. He goes down as the single worst president by far in the history of our country.” He also claimed, according to Kaitlan Collins, Harris would be easier to beat.
It wasn’t too long after that, however, that Trump took to his Truth Social platform and fired off a series of posts aimed toward “Crooked Joe Biden” first writing that Biden “only attained the position of President by lies, Fake News, and not leaving his Basement.” Trump also hinted at blowing off the presidential debate set for September on ABC, claiming that “George Slopadopolus” should be replaced by a debate on Fox News.
On Monday morning (July 22), Trump’s Truth Social posts fired up again at 6:19 A.M., furthering a conspiracy that President Biden does not have COVID-19 and joking about Biden waking up and not realizing he dropped out. He would also attack South Carolina Representative James Clyburn and rant about Special Counsel Jack Smith, writing that “All of these Biden/Harris cases against me are a Weaponization of Justice against their Political Opponent, Me” without directly addressing Vice President Harris until a post made in the early afternoon where he wrote: “Joe Biden will go down as the Worst President in the history of the United States. KAMALA, OUR HORRIBLE & INCOMPETENT BORDER CZAR, WILL BE WORSE!”
Those observing Trump’s posts also called out the fact that with Biden out of the race, there should be more questions about Trump’s age and mental stability than there were before. Democratic Representative Ted Lieu said as much in a post on X, formerly Twitter, writing: “Trump’s cognitive decline is readily apparent. He makes incoherent rants at his rallies. He is the oldest person ever running for President. Trump should pass the torch and withdraw.”
Take a look at some of the responses to Trump’s rambling on social media below.
1. Mehdi Hasan
2. David Gilbert
3. Alistair Barrie
4. Ritchie Torres
5. Meidas Touch
6. Mark Romano
7. Gwen Jam Jam
8. Eilishparker78
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On Sunday, July 21, President Joe Biden announced that he would not be seeking a second term.. While supporters were still catching their breath, he announced that he was endorsing his Vice President Kamala Harris for the gig, which was quickly met with widespread enthusiasm.
Taking to social media, President Biden said it was time for him to finish his term, and step aside. “While it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term,” Biden wrote in a classy letter he posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. “I will speak to the Nation later this week in more detail about my decision.”
About an hour later, Biden made it clear that as far as next up, he was strictly team Kamala Harris. “Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this,” wrote Biden on X.
Social media quickly went up for Joe Biden, saluting for a job well done in the last three and half years. Also targeted was how mainstream media so quickly turned on Biden after a bad debate, chaos in the Democratic party and generally how horrible Trump is at everything, yet he gets a pass.
But don’t take our word for it, see some of the more zealous reactions in the gallery.
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A CNN analyst took others to task for focusing on violent rhetoric after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, noting Trump’s influence on its rise.
The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on Saturday (July 13) has rattled the nation, with some pundits and media outlets focusing on the violent rhetoric that has been part of the political discourse instead of acknowledging Trump’s role in ramping it up over the past few years along with other Republican politicians and figures. This was pointed out by CNN analyst and Chief Domestic Correspondent Phil Mattingly during a panel discussion on the network on Sunday afternoon (July 14). Mattingly got straight to the point with the host, Manu Raju.
“The number of people I heard from last night, people who aren’t diehard Trump supporters who have had just a visceral response to this and their belief that this was driven by things that have occurred, that Democrats have said or Democrats have acted upon over the course of the last year, it’s very real whether or not you believe the evidence behind it,” Mattingly began. “The other thing I would say here is look, every speech Donald Trump gives, he talks about if Joe Biden wins, the country dies. If Joe Biden wins, everything is over — the Constitution falls apart,” he continued. “So let’s be real here: this isn’t because Joe Biden says Donald Trump is an existential threat.”
“Both sides are saying the exact same thing here, so let’s be a little self-aware about what we’re talking about here,” he concluded. The segment comes as Republican lawmakers leaped to put the blame on Democrats for violent rhetoric online. But social media users pointed out the hypocrisy of these lawmakers, which include Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene making a series of posts on X, formerly Twitter, naming her Democratic colleagues as the ones allegedly fueling the chatter. Others pointed out how some Republican lawmakers showed up in Congress sporting AR-15 pins — the same weapon used in the assassination attempt — last year.
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The New York Times published an editorial calling for Donald Trump to drop out of the presidential race—far too late, social media users expressed.A new article from the New York Times editorial board is calling for former president Donald Trump to step down. “He is dangerous in words, deed, and action”, the article titled “Donald Trump Is Unfit To Lead” begins in all capital letters, going on to state that he “has shown a character unworthy of the responsibilities of the presidency.” The op-ed only consists of a few paragraphs, and details the dissatisfaction of the American public and the ways that the Republican Party has submitted to Trump, described as “a man as demonstrably unsuited for the office of president as any to run in the long history of the Republic, a man whose values, temperament, ideas and language are directly opposed to so much of what has made this country great.”
The article also touches on the current calls for President Joe Biden to end his campaign to be re-elected as president as a contrast to how bad of a candidate Trump is, calling the debate “rightful”. “This debate is so intense because of legitimate concerns that Mr. Trump may present a danger to the country, its strength, security and national character — and that a compelling Democratic alternative is the only thing that would prevent his return to power.” It ends by stating: “We urge voters to see the dangers of a second Trump term clearly and to reject it. The stakes and significance of the presidency demand a person who has essential qualities and values to earn our trust, and on each one, Donald Trump fails.”
Many online weren’t too pleased with the Times’ opinion piece was published a day after it published an opinion article from Academy Award-winning actor George Clooney, who had called for President Biden to drop out of the race. Some decried the move as a last-ditch attempt to save subscribers, who have been canceling their subscriptions to the newspaper over their perceived refusal to cover Donald Trump’s misdeeds to focus on the debate over some Democrats wanting Biden to step down as the party’s nominee. Some did laud the Times for finally declaring the position in clear, bold terms.
We’ve put together some of the responses to the New York Times call for Trump to step down below.
1. Jo Ann Liguori
2. Sophia A. Nelson
3. Carlito Monolo
5. Bandy X. Lee
6. Nancy Townsley
7. Chris Lamb
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George Clooney’s New York Times editorial calling for President Joe Biden to remove himself from the 2024 presidential election race has drawn sharp criticism on social media.Turmoil has ensued as several media figures and some Democratic lawmakers have called on President Joe Biden to step aside as the nominee in the 2024 presidential election in the last two weeks. These voices were joined by Academy Award-winning actor George Clooney, who penned an opinion piece published in the New York Times calling for Biden to bow out on Wednesday (July 10). “I love Joe Biden…In the last four years, he’s won many of the battles he’s faced. But the one battle he cannot win is the fight against time. None of us can,” he wrote.
Clooney would go on to state that Biden’s demeanor during his lackluster debate performance against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump was similar to what he witnessed at a major fundraiser for Biden’s campaign three weeks prior. Clooney’s call for Biden to drop out was surprising – the actor is considered to be a strong friend of the president, as well as former President Barack Obama, and has lent his support to the Democratic Party frequently in the past. In the op-ed, he acknowledges that relationship and admits that if Biden were to step down it would be “messy” but worth the confusion.
It didn’t land that way for many on social media, who viewed the 63-year-old actor’s article as only helping the Republicans and Donald Trump. Others called him out for being another entitled white male figure to add their name to the push, remarking that he is living comfortably in a villa on Lake Como in Italy. Clooney even got blasted by Trump in a post that he made on Truth Social. So now fake movie actor George Clooney, who never came close to making a great movie, is getting into the act,” Trump wrote. “He’s turned on Crooked Joe like the rats they both are. What does Clooney know about anything?” Former Fox News host Greta Van Susteren also chided Clooney in a post on X, formerly Twitter, writing: “He is close to Biden..why didn’t he just TALK to him privately and to the family?”
We’ve collected some of the more stinging rebuttals to George Clooney on social media below.
1. Jack E. Smith
2. Lori Granito
3. Danielle Moody
4. Sierra N Wells
5. George Civeris
6. Clay Cane
7. Wondermann5
8. MissesDread
9. Roland Martin