In a not-so-surprising but still jaw-dropping series of posts made on X on Monday, May 25, Memorial Day, Jacob Frey, who is the Mayor of Minneapolis, chose to honor George Floyd in a lengthy series of posts made before he said anything about honoring America’s soldiers on the day on which we remember the fallen.
As a reminder, George Floyd died on May 25 of 2020. As such, this was the sixth year anniversary of his death, which turned the day into a battleground between right and left over how he ought to be remembered and what his legacy really was. Adding to that was the fact that it was also Memorial Day this year, making the choice of whether to virtue signal about Floyd or post about Memorial Day first a tough one for leftists like Frey.
Frey chose to post about Floyd first in a thread the first post of which got about 11 million views. He began in quite incendiary fashion, saying, “Today, we remember George Floyd, who was murdered by a former Minneapolis police officer six years ago. That moment changed our city forever.”
Continuing, Mayor Frey, whose city is a notoriously woke sanctuary city, then insisted, “It forced Minneapolis to confront painful truths about race, policing, inequity, and trust — and demanded hard conversations and accountability. Since Floyd’s murder, our city has been challenged not just to say we’ve changed, but to prove it.”
Noting how much change came to Minneapolis with the George Floyd Cultural Revolution, Frey then said, “We’ve worked hard to reform policing, strengthen our department, and rebuild trust with neighbors – while knowing there is still more work ahead. This anniversary also comes as reconstruction begins at George Floyd Square and work continues on the People’s Way.”
Still not done, Frey then insisted that Floyd’s passing should continue to have global relevance, saying, “We are committed to honoring this place both as a memorial with global significance and as a neighborhood where people live, work, gather, and heal. The work ahead is bigger than any one moment or administration.”
Finally concluding, Frey then said, ridiculously insisting that he was making Minneapolis safer, “The weight of what happened is still with our city six years later – and the responsibility to keep moving forward together is too. I know we can keep building a Minneapolis that is safer, more accountable, and more worthy of the people who call it home.”
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Then, after that multi-part, lengthy screed about George Floyd and remaking Minneapolis because of his death six years ago, Frey posted one simple tweet about Memorial Day with what amounted to a stock graphic and a very bland message about the day and what it stands for.
He said, doing so, “Memorial Day is a time to remember the brave service members who gave their lives for our country and the freedoms we enjoy today. We owe them — and the families who carry their memory forward — our deepest gratitude.”
If you are interested in American history, check out this show we put together on John Smith, one of the first great American heroes:
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