{"id":387142,"date":"2021-04-04T14:28:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T18:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=387142"},"modified":"2021-04-04T14:28:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T18:28:19","slug":"cher-mocked-for-white-savior-tweet-about-george-floyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cher-mocked-for-white-savior-tweet-about-george-floyd\/","title":{"rendered":"Cher Mocked For \u2018White Savior\u2019 Tweet About George Floyd"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fcher-mocked-for-white-savior-tweet-about-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=387142&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-138.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Cher, who had a hit with \u201cBelieve,\u201d believes that if only she had been there the day George Floyd died she could\u2019ve prevented it.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the 74-year-old performer wrote on Twitter: \u201cWas talking With Mom &amp; She Said \u2018I Watched Trial Of Policeman Who Killed&nbsp;<a id=\"mol-febc8ee0-948a-11eb-9211-3db622ec91ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/george-floyd\/index.html\">George Floyd<\/a>, &amp; Cried\u2019. I Said \u2018Mom, Is Gonna Sound CRAZY, But.. I Kept Thinking \u2026..Maybe If I\u2019d Been There,\u2026I Could\u2019ve Helped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cher got slammed on the social media site for her white savior sentiment in her since-deleted tweet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love my Cher but oof. That was a little too white savior complex for me. I know she means well and probably doesn\u2019t understand but.. honey\u2026 no,\u201d one wrote, according to The Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is significantly underplaying what witnesses who testified TRIED to do to stop his death. There have been MULTIPLE testimonies of everyone from a firefighter to an MMA fighter to a senior man who attempted to diffuse the situation. Singing songs doesn\u2019t erase racism, Cher,\u201d wrote another.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.710743801653\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is significantly underplaying what witnesses who testified TRIED to do to stop his death. There have been MULTIPLE testimonies of everyone from a firefighter to an MMA fighter to a senior man who attempted to diffuse the situation. Singing songs doesn&#8217;t erase racism, Cher. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oATlfe7kOw\">pic.twitter.com\/oATlfe7kOw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shamontiel \ud83d\udc3e \ud83d\udcda \ud83c\udf0a (@Maroonsista) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maroonsista\/status\/1378205744026296320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Said yet another, citing one of the singer\u2019s hits: &nbsp;\u201cIf only Cher could turn back time!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The punctuation-challenged entertainer, who capitalizes nearly every word, later took to Twitter to explain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWrestled With This Twt, Because I Thought some ppl wouldn\u2019t understand, Or Believe an Entertainer Could have Honest emotions about a human Being,suffering &amp; Dying,even if It\u2019s Only Shown On tv. You Don\u2019t Know What I\u2019ve Done,Who I Am, Or What I Believe.I CAN,I HAVE,&amp; I WILL..HELP,\u201d Cher wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"17.259493670886\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wrestled With This Twt,  Because I Thought some ppl wouldn\u2019t understand, Or Believe an Entertainer Could have Honest emotions about a human Being,suffering &amp; Dying,even if It\u2019s Only Shown On tv. You Don\u2019t Know What I\u2019ve Done,Who I Am,Or What I Believe.I CAN,I HAVE,&amp; I WILL..HELP<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cher (@cher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cher\/status\/1378417217146998784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And of course she went on and on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhites Can No Longer Stand On The Side- lines.We Must STAND In Solidarity With Our Blk Brothers &amp; Sisters In Every KU KLUX KLAN STATE.WE MUSTStop sign RACIST GOP LAWMAKERS FROM TOTAL DOMINATION OF [U.S. flag emoji] &amp;DESTRUCTION OF DEMOCRATS.WE\u201dMUST STOP\u201dGOP BIGOTS FROM TAKING [U.S. flag emoji] BACK 2 DAYS OF JIM CROW,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.659025787966\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Whites Can No Longer Stand On The Side-<br \/>lines.We Must STAND In Solidarity With Our Blk<br \/>Brothers &amp; Sisters In Every KU KLUX KLAN STATE.WE MUST\ud83d\uded1RACIST GOP<br \/>LAWMAKERS FROM TOTAL DOMINATION OF\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8,&amp;<br \/>DESTRUCTION OF DEMOCRATS.WE\u201dMUST STOP\u201dGOP BIGOTS FROM TAKING\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8BACK 2 DAYS OF JIM CROW <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lDc6BwKpFP\">pic.twitter.com\/lDc6BwKpFP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cher (@cher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cher\/status\/1378145590068928516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI Just got off phone With Friend Karen.Told her what Happened,&amp; Realized,You Can Piss Ppl Off,&amp; Hurt Them By Not Knowing Everything That\u2019s \u2018NOT Appropriate\u2019 To Say.I know Ppl Apologize When They\u2019re In a Jam,BUT [raised hand emoji] TO GOD [hands in prayer emoji] IM TRULY SORRY If I Upset AnyOne In Blk Community.I Know My [heart emoji].\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"15.377245508982\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I Just got off phone With Friend Karen.Told her what Happened,&amp; Realized,You Can Piss Ppl Off,&amp; Hurt Them By Not Knowing Everything That\u2019s\u201dNOT Appropriate\u201dTo Say.I know Ppl Apologize When They\u2019re In a Jam,BUT\ud83e\udd1a\ud83c\udffcTO GOD\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc,IM TRULY SORRY If I Upset AnyOne In Blk Community.I Know My\u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cher (@cher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cher\/status\/1378443545737011200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Late last month, as the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin got underway, Cher \u2014 who was born Cherilyn Sarkisian \u2014 called Floyd\u2019s death a \u201cmurder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFeel So Unbelievably Sad For The Brave Ppl Who Stood Their Ground To Bear Witness,&amp; Chronicle The Murder Of George Floyd For All The World To See,\u201d she wrote Wednesday. \u201cThese Were Americans Who Didn\u2019t\/Couldn\u2019t Walk Away From a Fellow Human Being Having His Last Breath\u2026Crushed Out Of His Body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But some on Twitter did come to Cher\u2019s defense. \u201cIt\u2019s crazy how many misunderstood Cher\u2019s tweet. She\u2019s not talking about being a celeb or savior \u2013 but the helplessness we all feel repeatedly watching Mr. Floyd suffer &amp; die. We want to reach through the TV screen. We want to go back in time. We want to save him. \u2018If only \u2026\u201d one person wrote, the Mail reported.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cher, who had a hit with \u201cBelieve,\u201d believes that if only she had been there the day George Floyd died she could\u2019ve prevented it.On Friday, the 74-year-old performer wrote on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311642,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-138.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Cher Mocked For \u2018White Savior\u2019 Tweet About George Floyd","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-387142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-138.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Cher Mocked For \u2018White Savior\u2019 Tweet About George Floyd","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}