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Mike 03

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22. I like Governor Cuomo, but he's missing an important point on the protests.

Sun Jun 14, 2020, 12:32 PM

Jun 2020

Many of these protests are sympathetic. Maybe NY is on the road to solving its problems, but the protesters are not just out there for New Yorkers, but for other locations in the US where police are out of control. There are George Floyd protests in Europe.

We had a protest here in my little dinky town, not to protest our police (who actually escorted and protected the protesters) but the endemic problem.

I also believe these protests reflect distrust and disdain for Trump's sheer ignorance on this issue, so there's a conflation going on that still needs to be addressed (mostly by voting him out in November) but the protesters are sending a message to Trump too IMO.

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Interesting and tone deaf response [View all] angrychair Jun 2020 OP

To be fair...he's giving communities 9 months... soothsayer Jun 2020 #1

Could not disagree more angrychair Jun 2020 #13

How does he explain a president who won't even accept there's a problem? Doodley Jun 2020 #2

Policing is local soothsayer Jun 2020 #4

I think Trump is very much part of the problem. He sets the tone, and Doodley Jun 2020 #16

Presidents don't run police departments in the states delisen Jun 2020 #6

Presidents are supposed to be leaders. No, they don't run police departments, but Doodley Jun 2020 #17

The DOJ sets policy. BlueLucy Jun 2020 #30

the entire GOP denies there's a problem Skittles Jun 2020 #7

Sure, but that's not this soothsayer Jun 2020 #10

by failing with the checks and balances Skittles Jun 2020 #11

If they don't reform by April 1, no funding soothsayer Jun 2020 #3

He might genuinely mean it angrychair Jun 2020 #15

Exactly. He's dismissing any ongoing protests as pointless. That doesn't Doodley Jun 2020 #18

I think at this point Skittles Jun 2020 #5

Well that's fair but I think he was talking to... soothsayer Jun 2020 #9

He did say if they don't want to change that's ok soothsayer Jun 2020 #8

I have been very appreciative of my governor, but on this I agree he is somewhat tone deaf. The c-rational Jun 2020 #12

That's fair soothsayer Jun 2020 #14

Real change will happen if Trump is booted out of office. The protests Doodley Jun 2020 #19

Why not ask the black community flotsam Jun 2020 #20

Huh? marmar Jun 2020 #21

Cuomo thinks it is enough that he is convinced flotsam Jun 2020 #23

Oh. I misunderstood. Claro que si. marmar Jun 2020 #25

I failed to be clear enough in my post flotsam Jun 2020 #26

I like Governor Cuomo, but he's missing an important point on the protests. Mike 03 Jun 2020 #22

Money where your mouth is dude lame54 Jun 2020 #24

Sorry angrychair Jun 2020 #27

The dude in question is Cuomo... lame54 Jun 2020 #28

Absolutely agree. N/T angrychair Jun 2020 #29