{"id":3326,"date":"2020-06-12T10:30:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T17:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3326"},"modified":"2020-06-11T12:49:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T19:49:33","slug":"california-democrats-join-congressional-democrats-in-ridiculous-virtue-signaling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3326","title":{"rendered":"California Democrats Join Congressional Democrats in Ridiculous Virtue Signaling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Nicholas Vetrisek<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the death of George Floyd at the hands of a guilty police officer, Democrats across the country have been very vocal about their &#8220;support&#8221; for minority communities. Naturally, that means only one thing: Twitter posts and photo ops.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Congressional Democrats spent Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2020\/06\/08\/nation\/house-democrats-propose-transformative-new-police-procedures-accountability\/\">kneeling<\/a> inside the Capitol Building, seemingly paying homage to former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Not to be outdone, California Democrats mimicked this exact gesture of virtue signaling.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">California Lawmakers reenact the words of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GeorgeFloyd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GeorgeFloyd<\/a>, shouting out \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ICantBreathe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ICantBreathe<\/a>,\u201d \u201cMama,\u201d and \u201cplease officer, you\u2019re killing me\u201d as they kneel for 8:46 in front of state Capitol. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1kNg7C6Ass\">pic.twitter.com\/1kNg7C6Ass<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Doug Sovern (@SovernNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SovernNation\/status\/1270421071456428032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since Floyd\u2019s death, Democrats have been doing nothing but playing to their base. Instead of directly dealing with the issue at hand and addressing police training simply endorsing the prosecution of the officer responsible and leaving it there, they trot out the tired corpse of the Black Lives Matter movement and chant &#8220;defund the police.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As is the case with every other controversy since the ascension of President Trump, instead of reasonably advocating for their policy preferences, Democrats have consistently chosen to be as radical as possible and tether themselves to extremist organizations like Black Lives Matter and Antifa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, virtually everything they accuse Trump of is what they themselves are currently guilty of doing. Anytime President Trump says something moderately controversial they accuse him of inciting violence, while blue checkmarks on Twitter are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/imageproxy.themaven.net\/https%3A%2F%2Fimages.saymedia-content.com%2F.image%2FMTcyOTQ2NDk5NTY5NzIyNjA0%2Fespn-reporter-chris-martin-palmer.png?w=1182&amp;q=30&amp;h=793&amp;auto=enhanced&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=focalpoint&amp;fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fp-z=1&amp;fp-debug=false\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">literally encouraging the rioters<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and no one bats an eye. In addition, Democrats burn Trump an effigy every time he does a photo op. Meanwhile, Democrats have the most <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thenypost.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/06\/democrats-floyd-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=662\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ridiculous photo ops<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and are applauded as stunning and brave by a complicit media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A man\u2019s death should not be a photo opportunity. If Democrats are actually serious about the justice they claim to seek, then they should actually try to do something that will fix the issue instead of grab headlines using absurd photo ops.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Nicholas Vetrisek After the death of George Floyd at the hands of a guilty police officer, Democrats across the country have been very vocal about their &#8220;support&#8221; for minority communities. Naturally, that means only one thing: Twitter posts and photo ops. 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