It’s been said that when someone shows you who they really are, you should believe them.
The statements made in the week after what transpired in Butler, Pennsylvania have been revealing.
Now a Connecticut chapter of BLM got scorched for a vicious take on what happened to Trump.
On Saturday, July 13th, a radical 20-year-old named Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump.
Miraculously, a quick turn prevented Trump from receiving serious injury.
While decent people of all political stripes breathed a sigh of relief at the news that Trump escaped with only a cut to the ear, the internet is full of people who aren’t so decent.
Comedian and actor Jack Black was forced to cancel his comedy-rock duo Tenacious D’s “Spicy Meatball” world tour after his bandmate Kyle Gass made a joke onstage about the assassination attempt.
In Sydney, Australia, Gass celebrated his 64th birthday.
When asked to make a wish, Gass replied, “Don’t miss Trump next time.”
It was an interesting statement on behalf of those whose politics require them to constantly preach “tolerance” and “inclusion.”
But he was hardly alone.
The Black Lives Matter 860 Group in Hartford, CT, has never found the need to be measured in their public pronouncements.
They have a history of incendiary remarks on their social media pages, but what they said in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump is really beyond the pale.
Black Lives Matter: Trump’s injury “just a flesh wound on a coke head”
Responding to the extent of Trump’s injuries, Black Lives Matter 860 said, “It’s a flesh wound on a coke head. Extremely underwhelming. I used to sleep on the floor at times to avoid gun violence in the 90s. I wish they reacted this way when kids got shot at playgrounds.”
One wonders what kind of outrage would have ensued from this particular BLM chapter if anyone on the political Right had pointed out in the immediate aftermath of George Floyd’s death that he was actually a thug who beat up and threatened to murder a pregnant woman.
Those comments are bad enough, but BLM 860 doubled down.
In another post, the group wrote, “How much is the shooter’s bond? Someone drop a link. If the bond is too high, let’s get them commissary asap.”
They then veered into conspiracy theories, with another post saying, “That shit was an inside job. There’s no way secret service allowed someone to a rooftop that closely with firearms. They usually would have had someone posted there. That kid wasn’t old enough to drink and he’s dead due to negligence. Antifa wouldn’t have missed.”
Plenty of questions remain unanswered about the shooting but it seems like the saying that one should never ascribe malice to that which can be explained by incompetence is apt here.
BLM a “completely discredited” organization
There was pushback on X from this hateful rhetoric, with one user called “Here. And No Further” responding, “And that’s why BLM is completely discredited. You have no moral center. It’s all a Will to Power with you. Just like good Marxists.”
At least the radical views written by this radical group are completely at odds with the vast majority of politicians on both sides of the political divide.
Here’s to hoping that this kind of rhetoric only serves to further marginalize an already diminished political organization.
Stay tuned to Blue State Blues for any updates to this ongoing story.