‘Obama was one of the most racially divisive presidents in the US’: Cory Bernardi

 

While the media pin the blame on Trump for the race-based protests across the nation, President Obama was in fact “one of the most racially divisive presidents in America,” according to Sky News contributor Cory Bernardi.

President Obama “mobilised the black community against the police force” by claiming perpetrators of violence were actually victims when the police were in fact “acting in self-defense”.

Speaking of the current protests in the United States, Mr Bernardi said many of “these people do not give a hoot about black lives”.

“What they care about is upending authority, making Trump the guilty person and trying to diminish the role of law enforcement in the country”.

The protests were initially triggered by the death of African-American George Floyd, aged 46, who died after a police officer was filmed kneeling on his neck for almost nine minutes during his arrest for allegedly using a fake $20 note in a shop.

The incident sparked race-based protests across the nation many of which rapidly degenerated into looting and rioting which has been allegedly spurred on by left wing extremist group Antifa.

Mr Bernardi said “Democratic governors are failing to uphold law and order … and New York City is a case in point”.

He said the media have acted as “partisan cheerleaders” who have not presented the real situation which is “that blacks are killing blacks in America and they are attacking police officers who are in the main defending themselves and being criticised for it”.

“This is earth hour for racists”.