I hope you had a great Memorial Day and had a moment to pay tribute to our troops who have given the ultimate sacrifice and their families too.
We are quick to forget about the families, but when you meet them – boy, oh boy – you are reminded of how much the entire family sacrifices. One way of remembering them would be to check out our Memorial Day special featuring Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack. We had an amazing conversation about why it is so important to honor our fallen men and women in uniform.
You are not going to hear much of that from top Democrats, that’s for sure. Yesterday, liberal politicians in Minnesota seemed to only care about the death of one man, and one man only, George Floyd. It was really unbelievable. Their public messages around death and dying on Memorial Day were not about our fallen troops, they were about George Floyd.
The History
Floyd died six years ago Sunday after being arrested in Minneapolis on Memorial Day 2020. Video showed Officer Derek Chauvin appearing to put his knee on Floyd’s neck as he shouted, “I can’t breathe.” There are still, however, major questions about his actual cause of death, exactly where Chauvin’s knee was, and virtually everything around this case because we have been lied to about it for quite some time.
The incident sparked days of protests and riots and supercharged the DEI movement that continues to infect our children in schools across this country, in the government, in all sorts of institutions in America that are only now, in some cases, being rolled back thanks to the Trump administration.
It has been wonderful to get updates about how they have gotten rid of DEI here or there, at this company or at that university. But where is the apology for all of the people they tortured for six years? All the students you didn’t let into school because they happen to be white or, God forbid, Asian – where is the accountability for going so insane you violated federal civil rights laws for six years? You thought the discrimination was better if it were just against whites, then you would be noble?
It took Donald Trump to come in and strongarm these people out of these positions, but not all. Some are holding on, and Monday’s tributes to George Floyd like he was Jesus underscore that the problem is not yet fully solved. To many on the left, that one death was apparently more important than the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who have died for our country.
Gov. Tim Walz
Exhibit A: The Minnesota governor and Kamala Harris’s failed vice presidential running mate Tim Walz. Gov. Walz posted the following on X:
“Six years ago today, George Floyd’s murder started a global movement for change,” he wrote. “Let us continue working to build a society that lives up to its democratic ideals of liberty and justice for all.”
Walz also paid a visit to George Floyd Square in Minneapolis to… dance. In video from the event, he looked so happy. He was in his glory. Just like Kamala Harris, talking about race and how bad whitey is really gives him a Jones.
To be fair, he did also release a brief Memorial Day message on X. “On Memorial Day, Minnesotans come together to remember the heroes who gave their lives for the freedoms and values that define our great nation,” he wrote. “Let us never forget those brave service members and their families.”
Remember when Tim Walz told us that he had made it all the way to the top of his unit and was a command sergeant major? Those were lies. We were the ones who interviewed his former platoon mates who were disgusted at his stolen valor. Maybe there is a reason his mind is not so much on the troops but on George Floyd.
He also happened to blow off the nearby Fort Snelling Memorial Day ceremony, despite reportedly appearing on the program as someone who had agreed to speak. But hey, he was busy with his buds in George Floyd Square. You will not find the governor at the place where nearly 200,000 veterans and their family members are buried. The old white guy was too busy busting a move in George Floyd Square.
Is anyone surprised Mr. Stolen Valor didn’t have time to go where the actual troops who have served showed up to pay tribute to the fallen? He was too busy for that. He went to the place where he feels like a hero. George Floyd Square tracks.
Mayor Jacob Frey
Next, let’s check in with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. Remember back in 2020 when he was run out of a protest for not being sufficiently anti-police? He was sure to make up for his feelings just a few days later when he literally bent the knee and sobbed before George Floyd’s coffin. He was sobbing with the heaving shoulders the way you would sob if this were a family member. Think about the number of people in your life who could evoke that reaction. I mean, it would absolutely be a blood relative or a lifelong best friend. But what is this? Performance art.
On Monday, Mayor Fry put out a thread of five posts on X about Floyd, reading, in part, that Floyd’s murder “forced Minneapolis to confront painful truths about race, policing, inequity, and trust” and “demanded hard conversations and accountability.”
“The weight of what happened is still with our city six years later – and the responsibility to keep moving forward together is too,” he continued. “I know we can keep building a Minneapolis that is safer, more accountable, and more worthy of the people who call it home.”
Two and a half hours later, Frey put out one post for Memorial Day – not a five-post tweet thread, but one single message. And the official account for his city was no better. At 11am, it posted a graphic that encouraged everyone to “gather, be with community, and honor George Floyd’s life.”
They got that one out nice and early. Five hours later, at 4pm, came the most generic Memorial Day post imaginable:
It is ridiculous. All of it shows you where their actual heart is. They are appealing to the same radical, insane people we watched harass and terrorize ICE agents for two months in Minneapolis earlier this year.
You can check out Megyn’s full analysis by tuning in to episode 1,325 on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you like to listen. And don’t forget that you can catch The Megyn Kelly Show live on SiriusXM’s The Megyn Kelly Channel (channel 111) weekdays from 12pm to 2pm ET.