Vice President JD Vance stood before the podium in the White House briefing room on Thursday and delivered a master class in humiliating the left-wing activists within the disgraced White House Press Corps who cower behind a pretense of objectivity.
Our first clip is Vance obliterating CNN, the basement-rated, far-left propaganda outlet that spreads conspiracy theories and encourages political violence.
Using his phone, Vance read a CNNLOL headline about Wednesday’s incident involving an ICE agent shooting a left-wing activist. Although it was a legitimate shooting in a blatantly obvious act of self-defense, CNN’s headline still reads “Outrage After ICE Officer Kills U.S. Citizen.”
Vance was having none of it.
“What that headline leaves out is that that woman was there to interfere with a legitimate law enforcement operation in the United States of America,” Vance said. “What that headline leaves out is that that woman is part of a broader left-wing network to attack, to dox, to assault, and to make it impossible for our ICE officers to do their job.”
“If the media wants to tell the truth,” he added, “they ought to tell the truth that a group of left-wing radicals have been working tirelessly, sometimes using domestic terror techniques, to try to make it impossible for the President of the United States to do what the American people elected him to do, which is enforce our immigration laws.”
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I mean, you can look at the video footage and make your own determination. I don’t think anyone is going to argue that if someone is trying to intentionally run you over that shooting them is going to be unreasonable force. The question is whether she was trying to intentionally run over the person. I’m not convinced she was. Hell, the guy doesn’t even get a shot off until he’s already clear of the car.
Chucklestheclown@hilariouschaos.com 3 days ago
The first shot came from in front of the car, either right before or right after she hit him.
The reason he pulled the gun was she was accelarting towards him which is a weapon.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I think you should re-watch the footage and see where his feet are when he shoots. He does shoot through the windshield but he’s already past the hood when he does so. He goes a bit out of his way to shoot through the windshield.
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This appears to be when his first shot occurred, based on the sound from the footage. You telling me that’s still in front of the vehicle?
Lovstuhagen@hilariouschaos.com 4 days ago
The details of the case are generally unimportant because there seems to be a general consensus that the shot was not without reason. You can’t drive your car at a cop - it’s a deadly weapon. The cop does not have to put his life on the assumptions that you are NOT trying to run him over, actually, but just getting away.
We spent a couple weeks watching the dirtbag left gravedance on Charlie Kirk who was shot in the neck for the crime of his speech.
The principled, moderate left then explained to us that they could not feel bad about it because Kirk was a garbage human who advocated for policies that kill people…
Renee Good was a political activist who followed ICE around and attempted to block them in wherever she could. Members of the Minneapolis protest movement that moved with her would talk about hunting ICE officials down when all is said and done, and following to their homes to get information to dox them. She was maliciously interfering with their work, and then when she drives her vehicle at an ICE officer, the burden is on us to assume she means no harm to the officer…?
LOL, nah.
I saw an interesting post on X about this - a society where there is no agreement to trust the police, follow their orders, and believe in the ability of them and the courts to enforce the law and maintain good order is in steep decline.
I could get on a high horse and say, and you are encouraging that decline…! But why?
We’re in different tribes. That’s fine. I do not want violence or fighting. But I also am not going to pretend my tribe has violated your tribe by shooting someone resisting arrest who is driving a car at them.
Chucklestheclown@hilariouschaos.com 3 days ago
Part of the issue is that the left has not had to deal with consequences for a long time. They were allowed to act like savages with little constraints. Trying to harm an officer will get you harmed in return. The officer was SRT and an instructor.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I’m not saying this is black and white. And it’s easy to look back at this and think on everythjng for more than a quick second. But what I am saying is that those agents did everything in their power to escalate a situation, including stepping in front of the vehicle on foot, that did not seem to require it. That lead to this result. It was poor choices all around. And I still want to reiterate, the agent didn’t even shoot until he was already out of the way of the vehicle.
And if you’re trying to equate this woman to Kirk… well, you’ve lost my interest in further discussion. Too many may have celebrated his death, but being apathetic to a hateful person’s death isn’t even in the same league.