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On Thursday afternoon, the day after the riot at the Capital Building President-Elect Biden addressed the nation. During his remarks he apparently forgot a lesson that he (and many others) repeatedly said that President Trump needed to remember which is, that words have consequences! Well, Mr. President-Elect your words have consequences, you are no longer a former Senator or former Vice President, you are about to become the 46th President of the United States and what you say has greater impact then you may be accustomed to.
As Capital Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick lay in the hospital fighting to live, a fight he tragically lost a few hours later, President-Elect Biden referenced his being contacted by a granddaughter who is in college. He said that his granddaughter had contacted him regarding what had occurred at the Capital and National Guard deployment during a BLM protest last summer, he then made the statement “no one can tell me that if had been a group of Black Lives Matter protesting yesterday there wouldn’t have been, they wouldn’t have been treated very, very differently then the mob of thugs that stormed the Capital.” The implication was blatantly apparent, the way D.C. law enforcement responds to groups “protesting” in the nation’s capital is racist, this includes the Capital Police and Officer Sicknick!
Mr. President-Elect, as you criticize and condemn President Trump for his words, reminding him that words have consequences and the consequences of his words were to enrage the people attending his rally last Wednesday into a mob, you need to remember that because of your position your words have consequences as well. You chose to ignore facts regarding the summer protests that prompted the deployment of troops such as treats to attack and destroy monuments and government facilities in Washington, D.C. Instead, you claimed that those that attacked the Capital would have been treated differently if they were black or participating in a BLM protest. In doing so you ignored the fact that over fifty (50) law enforcement officers sustained injuries, some critical and in the case of Officer Sicknick they were fatal. You chose to ignore the fact that those injuries to law enforcement occurred protecting the Capital, protecting your former colleagues and our Country’s Line of Succession because both Vice President Pence and Speaker of the House of Representatives Pelosi were in the Capital. You also ignored the fact that one of those law enforcement officers used deadly force and now must live with the fact that he took a human life while protecting the Capital and you ignored the other lives lost at the Capital that day.
Some may argue that this was not what the President-Elect meant by his words; however, when you look at the comments Vice-President Harris made, as well as comments that both have made over the past year, there is no doubt about the meaning and intent of President-Elect Biden’s comments. During my law enforcement career I have had a lot of things said about me, about my chosen way of serving my community, so it’s not what was said by itself that angers me. What angers me is that this is a time for all to put aside our political differences and come together as one nation and heal. President-Elect Biden has said numerous times since the November election that it is time for us to come together as a nation and heal, that he and his administration want to be the catalyst for bringing this country back together! His comments did nothing but add to that divide If you don’t agree with me just look at the reaction since Thursday, while many have condemned President-Elect Biden’s comments many have agreed with those comments thus increasing the divide and making it more difficult to heal.
Another concern I have about President-Elect Biden’s comments Thursday afternoon is that they made him look like a hypocrite. A hypocrite because he has repeatedly been critical of law enforcement and accused officers of judging African Americans and other minorities by their appearance without or before gathering facts. On Thursday he did the exact same thing he has accused law enforcement of doing, President-Elect Biden made a judgement, an accusation without (or ignoring) the facts known so far for political purposes! If the President-Elect is sincere in wanting this nation to heal, sincere about being President for all Americans, that has to include law enforcement and he can not practice a policy of Do as I say not as I do!
Come noon on January 20th, when Joe Biden raises his right hand and places his left on a bible and repeats the words “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” (Article II Section 1) he will be my President, our President. A part of preserving, protecting and defending the Constitution of the United States must include a person being innocent until proven guilty. What President Biden says will have a greater impact, greater consequences than anything he has ever said before during his political career!
Country must come before politics and a President needs to be a leader and put the country before politics. In order to be successful a President needs to remember that his or her words have consequences and sometimes the hardest thing to do is to make comments based on the facts instead of emotions or to gain some political advantage.
Instead of ending this the way I normally end my posts I will just say;
May God bless and protect the United States of America and give us the strength to heal and come together as one nation! May God bless and comfort the family of Capital Police Officer Brian Sicknick and the other families that lost a loved one.
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