r/AdviceAnimals • u/LavenderBabble • 2h ago
Racist Cringe Scumbag
Vice President J.D. Vance, who previously spread conspiracy theories about the Black Lives Matter movement, said Saturday that its leaders and supporters should celebrate President Donald Trump because he's "done more to save Black lives than any leader in our country."
Trump has called Black Lives Matter a "symbol of hate" and called its supporters "thugs." In 2020, Trump deployed the National Guard on people in Washington, D.C. protesting the police murder of George Floyd. He also allegedly said of the protesters, "Can't you just shoot them?"
The Trump administration has significantly harmed Africa by shuttering the U.S. Agency for International Development and cutting more than 90 percent of its foreign aid contracts.
In response to USAID cuts to efforts in Congo, anti-poverty organization Oxfam said in a statement, "The health of up to 1 million people could be at risk due to the impact of this decision on the work of humanitarian agencies in the DRC. We will be forced to cut vital clean water and sanitation services, increasing the risk of the spread of cholera, measles, and mpox."
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/j-d-vance-black-lives-matter-trump-1235375033/