As Twitchy reported Friday, President Joe Biden made some curious comments on lynchings, saying that “some” white families still want to gather at the site of lynchings to “celebrate the spectacle” and take pictures of the hanged bodies. Biden made the remarks Wednesday while introducing a screening of the film “Till,” based on the killing of Emmett Till.
Biden on lynching: "White families gathered to celebrate the spectacle, taking pictures of the bodies … Some people still want to do that" pic.twitter.com/oNY0x9UKcv
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) February 17, 2023
On Saturday, Byron York shared a screenshot from the transcript of the speech, which is forever preserved on the White House website.
At a White House event this week, President Biden discussed the white Americans he says 'still' want to lynch black people, celebrate the spectacle, take pictures of the bodies, and mail them as postcards. https://t.co/i6cv2G1yQE pic.twitter.com/6IKSkIT58Y
— Byron York (@ByronYork) February 18, 2023
Biden said:
Their crimes? Trying to vote. Trying to go to school. Trying to own a business. Trying to re- — preach the gospel. False — false accusations of murder, arson, robbery. Lynched for simply being Black, nothing more. With white crowds, white families gathered to celebrate the spectacle, taking pictures of the bodies and mailing them as postcards.
Hard to believe, but that’s what was done. And some people still want to do that.
Oh, and Biden also recalled again how he “got involved in the civil rights movement as a public defender, as my colleagues know, when I was a kid getting out of law school.” Yes, we’ve all heard how Biden went to mass every morning and then headed over to a black church as part of his work as a civil rights activist.
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Biden’s remarks about sending postcards of lynchings (“Wish you were here!”) reminded us of why the word “picnic” was listed among Brandeis University’s list of oppressive language, which a better selection being “outdoor eating”:
The term picnic is often associated with lynchings of Black people in the United States, during which white spectators were said to have watched while eating, referring to them as picnics or other terms involving racial slurs against Black people.
Even Reuters called B.S. on that one:
So, the inclusion of "picnic" on a list of "violent",
"oppressive" language is based on a falsehood https://t.co/svbqjECdWE— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) June 24, 2021
So whites didn’t have picnics at lynchings, but they did take pictures and mail them as postcards … and some people still want to do that.
Dementia patients often start reliving moments in their childhood. Guess we are learning something new about Joe.
— L (@lawyerkev) February 18, 2023
Isn’t this the same guy who said Mitt Romney was going to put black people back in chains? This is nothing new. He’s always been a vicious race baiter.
— Gwen Linde (@GwenLinde) February 18, 2023
Well @POTUS must be remembering the Jim Crow years when he was in high school.
— thecoolmom (@thecoolmom2000) February 18, 2023
This is such crap
— sean sullivan (@seansul49887134) February 18, 2023
Good lord, this guy will read anything they load up for him.
— Rooster J. Cogburn (@rwinter62) February 18, 2023
Did he hear this from Corn Pop?
— Mrs D. (@GingersnapMrs) February 18, 2023
Aren't there any sensible Democrats left that can take whoever is pulling Joe's stings and say to them, "Knock it off"?
— Last Sane Man (@LastSaneManLeft) February 18, 2023
There certainly are, and they’re hoping desperately that the 2024 nominee will be someone like Gavin Newsom.
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Just when you think Biden can’t say ANYTHING dumber he makes GROSS claim about lynching (watch)https://t.co/yVY4mbdLUo
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 17, 2023
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