The Hill reports that CNN correspondent Amara Walker, who is Korean-American, “held back tears” as she reported from Atlanta on the massage parlor shootings that killed eight, including six Asian-American women. She said she couldn’t overstate how much it means for President Biden and Vice President Harris to visit Atlanta, especially after an Atlanta police spokesman (who has been taken out of context) claimed the suspect had just had “a bad day.”
WATCH: CNN reporter gets choked up over "cathartic" Biden speech https://t.co/uZ3KKgODJS pic.twitter.com/Yk2IBKXlgU
— The Hill (@thehill) March 20, 2021
Celine Castronuovo reports for The Hill:
“For the president to come and say, ‘I see you, I hear you, I feel your pain,'” Li [sic]said Friday before pausing as she started to get visibly choked up, “and to elevate this issue, I think a lot of us — it’s a cathartic moment, because the first step is to be seen and to be heard.”
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“If there is a crime committed against you or your community, even law enforcement might dismiss it as the perpetrator was just having a bad day,” referring to controversial comments made this week by an Atlanta police spokesman who was later removed from the shooting case.
Walker addressed this remark from the police official minutes later in the broadcast, saying the characterization of the shooter prompted a “visceral” response from many Asian Americans.
… from many Asian-Americans who get their news from Vox’s Aaron Rupar or MSNBC’s Joy Reid.
CNN reporter chokes up over 'cathartic' Biden speech https://t.co/L2JYtF99bA
— Bo Snerdley (@BoSnerdley) March 20, 2021
Here’s the video:
"This really is a moment for Asian Americans," says @AmaraCNN on the President and vice president's trip to Atlanta.
"…To come and say 'I see you, I hear you, I feel your pain,' …it's a cathartic moment, because the first step is to be seen and to be heard." pic.twitter.com/bIX2tJB6EA
— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) March 19, 2021
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— PenitentThief (@ThiefPenitent) March 20, 2021
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— Brian (@Rugbyfish33) March 20, 2021
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And people still try to convince us the media isn't biased
— Vinnie Domanico ???? (@vinniedomanico) March 20, 2021
It’s called acting, not reporting.
— John Greaney (@john_jgreaney) March 20, 2021
But did her leg tingle?
— Pallet Dude (@AndrewMosqueda) March 20, 2021
Everyone knows Biden and his MSM ass kissers are doing this because, well, because Trump. The reason they do everything they do. I guess old habits die hard. And they can't talk about Biden's administration because it's an epic fail.
— anamatopoeia (@lseeburr) March 20, 2021
No real journalists any more. Just actors auditioning & reading democrat rhetoric trying to divide & brainwash people. Very sad, scary, & corrupted to read crap every day that you know is untrue while "acting" for a possible award. Laughable. I won't watch.
— Maddison (@Maddiso04682362) March 20, 2021
Political THEATRE.
— Scandal-Free Vince (@GMT08002) March 20, 2021
If discrimination against Asian-Americans is suddenly the nation’s hottest topic, why wasn’t it a bigger story when President Biden, in his first week in office, dropped the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Yale for discriminating against Asian applicants?
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