There’s a Bigger Problem With Joe Biden’s Rittenhouse Statements That Needs to Be Addressed – Opinion

In the aftermath of the jury’s “not guilty” verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse case, liberals and some in the media predictably launched into epic meltdowns, continuing to try and make a high-profile trial that had nothing to do with race all about race.

As we previously reported, when President Joe Biden was asked about the verdict on Friday shortly after receiving his colonoscopy, he simply stated that we should respect the jury’s verdict.

“The jury system works and we have to abide by it,” he told reportersIn his first response, after he mentioned that he It was not watched trial and while also refraining from apologizing for past smears where he’d suggestedIt is believed that Rittenhouse was both a white supremacist as well as a serial murderer, but there are no evidence to support this assertion.

But in a formal statement issued by the White House later, Biden tried to appear more “woke,” stating in part that, “While the verdict in Kenosha This will make many Americans angry and anxious. Include myself, we must acknowledge that the jury has spoken.”

It was a ridiculous statement for reasons my colleague Bonchie outlined in his write-up, but when I read that he was “angry and concerned” about the verdict, I shook my head. Biden explicitly stated that he did not watch the trial in his initial remarks to reporters.

Biden on Rittenhouse verdict: “The jury system works, and we have to abide by it” pic.twitter.com/EuS9L5aUUw

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 19, 2021

So in a matter of just a few hours, we go from “I didn’t watch the trial” to him being “angry and concerned” like “many Americans” supposedly felt.

How can you be “angry and concerned” about a verdict from a trial you admit you haven’t even watched? I mean shouldn’t you watch it or the highlight reels at the very least before drawing conclusions one way or the other?

It reminded me of how he and other members of his administration inappropriately mouthed off about the fake “border patrol agents whip Haitian migrants” controversy back in September even as facts were coming in including from the photographer who took the pictures, facts which clearly indicated that no such “whipping” ever took place.

Nevertheless, Biden accused the agents – again, without evidence – of “strapping” the migrants, and vowed they “will pay” for what they allegedly had done.

Biden and his staff have a tendency to engage in hot-button discussions without knowing the facts. This is a sign of bigger problems we face in society. Though it’s not just confined to Democrats, by and large, they engage the “leap before you look” mentality far more often than I’ve seen Republicans do – perhaps because Republicans are more often than not the primary victims of people judging them and what they say without knowing the facts and context.

It would do America as a country a world of good if people – politicians especially – stopped commenting on things they’re asked about if they don’t know anything about the subject matter. Like when former President Obama declared that the Cambridge police “acted stupidly,” he popped off without knowing the facts about the story, and then later tried to make up for it by holding a ridiculous “beer summit” on the White House lawn. You could avoid all this by simply saying that the case must be investigated in the locality and that no comment would be made until that investigation was complete.

Imagine a society that included elected officials. Learn the facts and then comment – if you even should comment at all. Fires have been started – both literally and figuratively – in part thanks to outrage mobs and politicians throwing fuel on the fire by giving their incendiary .02 on topics on which they are clearly uninformed. It’s like the liberals who keep making the Rittenhouse case about race when it’s not. It’s like they’re begging for riots, looting, and fires to take place in Kenosha.

You can see it here NotIt is not a healthy way to live for society now or in the future. People who really do give a damn about this country’s future fully understand that the best way to go forward is constructively, by laying all the facts out on the table and then going from there in the arena of ideas, not by striking matches and throwing them at powder kegs.

Passionate disagreements will be had, but that’s the way this country is supposed to work. However, these disagreements shouldn’t be toxic enough to cause violence or chaos on the streets. Neither should they result in the targeted targeting of citizens concerned by an enraged Dept. Justice complicity with political donors.

In short, if politicians and those who feel the urge to comment on an issue don’t have a good grasp of the facts surrounding the topic they want to address, follow this simple and timely advice: Just shut up.

Related: Purported ‘Criminal Justice Reform Advocates’ Show True Colors During Kyle Rittenhouse Trial