When President Joe Biden was inaugurated on January 20, 2021, he declared that we need to "lower the temperature" given the bitter partisanship and divisiveness permeating America. Since the country was two weeks removed from the January 6th U.S. Capitol riots, this was a very prudent and reasonable suggestion. Sadly, Biden has not held himself to that standard, whether it's deriding all right-of-center elected officials as "MAGA Republicans" or dismissing GOP-sponsored voting legislation in Georgia as making "Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle."
In his latest indulgence of gutter politics, Biden chose to use as a political prop a teenaged shooting victim.
Last night, I had a chance to call Ralph Yarl and his family.
— President Biden (@POTUS) April 18, 2023
No parent should have to worry that their kid will be shot after ringing the wrong doorbell. We've got to keep up the fight against gun violence.
And Ralph, we'll see you in the Oval once you feel better. pic.twitter.com/mPXiM1X6nK
Ralph Yarl is the young man who went to the wrong home when looking to retrieve his younger brothers. Upon ringing the doorbell, 84-year old resident Andrew Lester inexplicably shot at Ralph, hitting him in the head. As a result, Lester is being charged with two felonies for his actions.
If that is literally all you knew about this incident, you may conclude that Mr. Lester overreacted and is deservedly being charged with multiple crimes. That, and you would also express sincere gratitude that a 16-year old wasn't senselessly killed. But when you ascertain that Lester is an old white guy and Ralph is a black kid, you can piece together why the gun-grabbing, race-hustling Biden and his media lapdogs are shouting about this case from the hilltops while two other recent shootings got little more than a cursory mention.
Even though Biden signed into law just last year what he touted as the most significant "gun safety" legislation since 1994, it hasn't had the impact he and fellow gun grabbers desired. Seemingly out of solutions to persuade for additional legislation, Biden now looks to gaslight the American public by implying an old, white gun owner shooting a black kid is a pervasive issue in this society despite statistics showing literally the exact opposite. Nevertheless, it won't stop Biden from suggesting that only "MAGA Republicans" stand in the way of preventing more black kids being gunned down by whitey. And the grabbers' water carriers in the media will be all-too-willing accomplices.
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