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#Biden’s poverty claim, Ben & Jerry’s myth and more

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“#Biden’s poverty claim, Ben & Jerry’s myth and more”

Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions:

Biden says: ‘That law on its own is projected to cut poverty in the black community by 37 percent.’

We say: Huh? With that claim about the White House’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, President Biden just set a new low for, well . . . malarkey. Indeed, you can file it under “shovel-ready jobs” or “If you like your heath insurance you can keep it” — neither of which came close to being true. Or better yet, under “the War on Poverty,” which has used up $24 trillion since it began in the 1960s, without making a dent in poverty. Meanwhile, the Biden plan’s push for mandatory union jobs and union rates will only fuel unemployment among black workers. It would be foolish to buy the president’s snake oil.

President Biden claimed the American Rescue Plan would help cut poverty in the black community.

Ben & Jerry’s says: The murder of #DaunteWright is rooted in white supremacy and results from the intentional criminalization of Black and Brown communities.

We say: That tweet from Ben & Jerry’s proves one thing: The Vermont-based company should stick to making ice cream. There isn’t a chocolate chip’s worth of evidence that white supremacy had anything to do with the tragic shooting of Daunte Wright by a police officer who mistook her gun for a Taser. Nor is there any truth in the rest of that tweet: No one is “intentionally criminalizing” black and brown communities. In America, people are arrested and prosecuted when they commit crimes — no matter their race. Ben & Jerry’s should stop spreading malicious, divisive myths and chill out on some Cherry Garcia.

The murder of #DaunteWright is rooted in white supremacy and results from the intentional criminalization of Black and Brown communities.

This system can’t be reformed.

It must be dismantled and a real system of public safety rebuilt from the ground up.#DefundThePolice

— Ben & Jerry’s (@benandjerrys) April 12, 2021

Chelsea Handler says: Why would any person of color ever comply with a police officer when there is a 50/50 shot of getting ‘accidentally’ shot?

Comedian Chelsea Handler makes up a statistic about the chances of a person of color being shot by police.

We say: Is Chelsea Handler trying to get black people killed? The chances of getting shot when complying with cops are exactly zero, or close to it — nowhere near that “50/50” number she made up. Resisting arrest, on the other hand, can set off a terrible chain of events. Yet Handler’s tweet went out to all of her 8 million followers, some of whom may be black and would be advised not to follow her advice.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg issued a stark warning that any premature withdrawal from Afghanistan could be dangerous, a day after reports that President Trump is eyeing a troop drawdown against the advice of the nation’s top military officials. https://t.co/B03I77SwdA

— CNN (@CNN) November 17, 2020

As President Biden prepares to lay out his plan to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan, a source familiar with his thinking tells CNN’s @camanpour that he thinks no amount of US troops in the country can be a game changer anymore https://t.co/XBS5K6fEDH

— CNN (@CNN) April 14, 2021

We say: Note how CNN treated Trump’s plan to withdraw troops in November and Biden’s plan this week.

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