“Real Time” host Bill Maher harshly criticized President Biden for having the household of Tyre Nichols attend his upcoming State of the Union tackle on Feb 7.
“I feel like this is tragedy porn,” Maher reacted to the information. “I really feel like this is gross. You know, it’s too soon to impose on that family now in their hour of grief to help you politically. I mean, it’s stunt casting, which they always do at the State of the Union address. And I just, I just feel it’s… we should be better than that.”
“It’s exploitative of a family in grief, newly in grief,” Maher added.
“Real Time” host Invoice Maher scolded President Biden for inviting the household of Tyre Nichols to the State of the Union so quickly after his loss of life.
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Each of Maher’s panelists, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens and Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., pushed again on the criticism towards Biden.
“That’s a call for the Nichols family to make,” Stephens mentioned, recalling the widow who attended former President George W. Bush’s State of the Union after 9/11. “Those are intensely, intensely personal calls.”
Gallego invoked former President Donald Trump inviting the late conservative radio big Rush Limbaugh to his final State of the Union to present him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one thing the Democrat advised was a main instance of “stunt casting.”
“To talk to a family — talk, talk to the United States that is traumatized by seeing the government kill somebody I think is a good use of that time,” Gallego mentioned. “We are talking about the State of the Union. The country is talking about what just happened.”
“And it’s hard to say no,” Maher acknowledged. “It’s hard to say no to the president when he asks you to do that.”
U.S. President Joe Biden reacts on the Home Democratic Caucus Points Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. March 11, 2022.
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The HBO star later urged to “do away with the State of the Union,” one thing Stephens agreed with, equating the yearly custom to the Oscars.
“It’s depressing,” Maher mentioned. “As a result of it was a spot the place we might see us come collectively. I keep in mind Gerald Ford was capable of say, like 50 years in the past, ‘The state of our union is bad,’ which no one would ever say because then it would be in every campaign commercial, but we trusted each other. It’s like, ‘Oh, you know what? Things do suck, and we’re all gonna pull together. And the dude in charge is admitting it and we’re all gonna work together.’ That would never happen.”
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Gallego defended the State of the Union, telling Maher “traditions do matter” and that “it’s important for the president to communicate his vision and speak to the country.”
This picture supplied by the Nichols household reveals Tyre Nichols, who had a ardour for images and was described by buddies as joyful and lovable. Nichols was simply minutes from his residence in Memphis, Tenn., on Jan. 7, 2023, when he was pulled over by police and fatally overwhelmed. 5 Memphis law enforcement officials have since been charged with second-degree homicide and different offenses.
(Courtesy of the Nichols household by way of AP)
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29-year-old Nichols died from his accidents days after he was brutally overwhelmed by Memphis law enforcement officials following a visitors cease on Jan. 7.
Demetrius Haley, Tadarrius Bean, Emmitt Martin, Desmond Mills and Justin Smith had been fired on Jan. 18 and later charged with second-degree homicide. The previous officers might withstand 60 years in jail if convicted.
A sixth officer, Preston Hemphill, was terminated and has been departmentally charged with “multiple” violations of coverage. It’s unclear whether or not he’ll equally face any felony prices.
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