{"id":1492466,"date":"2022-05-26T06:59:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T10:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1492466"},"modified":"2022-05-26T06:59:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T10:59:45","slug":"obama-slammed-for-linking-texas-school-massacre-to-george-floyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-slammed-for-linking-texas-school-massacre-to-george-floyd\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Slammed for Linking Texas School Massacre to George Floyd"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fobama-slammed-for-linking-texas-school-massacre-to-george-floyd%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1492466&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Former President Barack Obama raised eyebrows on Wednesday for attempting to link <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/texas-school-shooting-victims-uvalde\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this week&#8217;s mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas<\/a>, to the anniversary of George Floyd&#8217;s murder.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Nineteen children and two teachers of Robb Elementary School were murdered by an 18-year-old gunman, who was killed during a gunfire exchange with authorities. Tuesday&#8217;s tragedy is now among the worst mass shootings in U.S. history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The bloodshed in Uvalde occurred one day prior to the two-year mark of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/george-floyd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the death of George Floyd<\/a>, which sparked civil unrest across the country in 2020 after viral footage showed Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on him as he repeatedly claimed he couldn&#8217;t breathe until he died.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chauvin was convicted of second- and third-degree murder last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-cenk-uygur-blasts-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TEXAS SCHOOL SHOOTING: \u2018YOUNG TURKS\u2019 HOST CENK UYGUR CALLS DEMOCRATS \u2018COWARDS\u2019 FOR INACTION ON GUN CONTROL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1325462782.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Jordan and Royal Pacheco learn of George Floyd&#039;s murder at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, ahead of Derek Chauvin&#039;s sentencing, on June 25, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Jordan and Royal Pacheco learn of George Floyd&#8217;s murder at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, ahead of Derek Chauvin&#8217;s sentencing, on June 25, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Brandon Bell\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Obama commemorated Floyd&#8217;s passing while tying it to the current national mourning of the children killed in Uvalde.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As we grieve the children of Uvalde today, we should take time to recognize that two years have passed since the murder of George Floyd under the knee of a police officer,&#8221; Obama wrote Wednesday. &#8220;His killing stays with us all to this day, especially those who loved him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/texas-shooting-gayle-king-tense-exchange-republican\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>TEXAS MASS SHOOTING: CBS&#8217; GAYLE KING HAS A TENSE EXCHANGE WITH REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN: \u2018WE NEED CHANGE\u2019<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the aftermath of his murder, a new generation of activists rose up to channel their anguish into organized action, launching a movement to raise awareness of systemic racism and the need for criminal justice and police reform,&#8221; the former president continued before plugging an initiative for his foundation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/obamatweet.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Former President Obama attempts to link this week&#039;s massacre in Uvalde, Texas, to the two-year anniversary of George Floyd&#039;s murder.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Former President Obama attempts to link this week&#8217;s massacre in Uvalde, Texas, to the two-year anniversary of George Floyd&#8217;s murder.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Twitter)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Critics railed against Obama for suggesting a comparison between Tuesday&#8217;s massacre and the police brutality Floyd faced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not a single grieving parent today gives a rip about what happened to Floyd or anyone right now,&#8221; Redstate editor Kira Davis reacted. &#8220;For crying out loud. This is not the time to be advertising for your favorite activist group. How utterly vile.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/whoopi-goldberg-women-abortions-come-guns-ready\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>WHOOPI GOLDBERG THREATENS TO &#8216;PUNCH SOMEBODY&#8217; IF SHE HEARS REPUBLICANS ARE HEARTBROKEN AFTER TEXAS SHOOTING<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What in the world does the former have to do with the latter?&#8221; Ben Shapiro wondered.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t understand the connection,&#8221; journalist Andy Ngo similarly wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bro. Not the same. At all,&#8221; Fox News contributor Ben Domenech told Obama.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/640\/320\/obama.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Former President Barack Obama speaks at a rally to support Democratic candidates on Oct. 26, 2018, in Detroit, Michigan.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Former President Barack Obama speaks at a rally to support Democratic candidates on Oct. 26, 2018, in Detroit, Michigan.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Bill Pugliano\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;It sucks those kids died, but remember George Floyd? He&#8217;s who I&#8217;m still thinking about.&#8217; \u2014 Barack Obama,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/babylon-bee-ceo-seth-dillon-wont-bend-knee-to-twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon<\/a> mocked the former president.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;George Floyd is the real victim of Uvalde,&#8221; Washington Examiner contributor Harry Khachatrian quipped.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&#038;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&#038;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Brah, this ain&#8217;t it. Little kids slaughtered at school is not the equivalent of Floyd dying after resisting arrest while high,&#8221; Blaze Media podcast host Jason Whitlock wrote, declaring,&#8221;This is one of the worst tweets in history.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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