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Could the Left’s authoritarian vaccine overreach herald the breakdown of its coalition? Chivona Newsome, who cofounded Black Lives Matter (BLM) Greater NY, gave an indication of this Sunday when she castigated New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for his citywide vaccine rules, which she said were “racist.” Kevin Downey Jr. asked Thursday: “Will Black People Save the Nation From Vax Passport Mandates?” If Newsome has her way, the answer will be yes.
As Kevin noted, BLM held a protest Wednesday at Carmine’s, where three black women recently attacked an Asian hostess who asked to see proof of their vaccination status. At that protest, Newsome said: “Seventy-two percent of black people in this city from ages 18 to 44 are unvaccinated. So what is going to stop the Gestapo, I mean the NYPD, from rounding up black people, from snatching them off the train, off the bus?”
Who indeed? In the statement she issued on Sunday, Newsome doubled down and hit de Blasio for his hypocrisy: “Although Mayor Bill De Blasio ran on progressives values, nothing in his tenure will attest to his campaign promises. The September 13th vaccine mandate is racist and specifically targets Black New Yorkers. The vaccination passports are modern day Freedom Papers, which limit the free will of Black people.”
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mortimer says
65% of black New Yorkers don’t want the shot! Why is that? The propaganda about white racism is working … very well. Black New Yorkers don’t trust the white people who are insisting they get the vaccine. They don’t trust the drug companies. They think black people will be used as medical guinea pigs by ‘whitey’.
THIS IS THE RESULT OF THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PROPAGANDA WORK the Dems have done. The DEMS have been telling black folk for years how EVIL AND RACIST ALL WHITE PEOPLE ARE. White people are born racist … they can’t be trusted … white people must constantly be watched and scolded … they may try something. Black Americans must be constantly hyper-vigilant.
Now, 65% of black New Yorkers believe the lies. However, 35% of black New Yorkers aren’t buying the calumnies the Dems are shovelling.
gravenimage says
+1
Roland says
The revolution has turned into a 360° firing squad when even Bill Di Blair is suspect. I think that it is reasonable to require Covid vaccination of adults. Some conservatives have turned a straightforward public health protocol into an ideological football. BLM, for its part, exists only to disrupt society and has racislized Covid vaccination to the detriment of the very people it purports to represent.
gravenimage says
Yep.
Infidel says
I love it when these 2 supreme religions turn on each other. BLM or Vaccine mandates: who will you pick? Can Kathy Hochul, YouTube, Twitter and others all cancel BLM for daring to question the sacred mandate of vaccines, including masks upon booster shots?
wpm says
Kathy Hochul the” new” unelected governor of New York State went to a press group it is on youtube and stated “God wants you to get the vaccine”. It is a new religion and our new high priests are our MSM, elected officials (democrats mostly) ,unelected entrenched bureaucrats , Hollywood ,sports stars ,and the music industry. BLM is just a communist tool looking to use any conflict that involve white and black people as racist they BLM are a hammer looking at everything as a nail. The idiotic mayor of NYC was on a TV commercial this last spring try to bribe people to get the vaccine they would get a coupon for a free hamburger and fries ,he is the altar boy of the high woke priests in my opinion.