Though it often seemed more like a political rally, former President Barack Obama delivered the eulogy at late Congressman John Lewis’s (D-GA) funeral Thursday. Via the politicized address, the liberal media received their marching orders from their beloved leader: accuse President Trump of threatening the November the election and compare him to racist Alabama Governor George Wallace (D). And they celebrated him for it.
After noting that Obama’s presidency stood on the shoulders of Lewis’s work in the Civil Rights movement, NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt hyped how Obama “while not naming him, launching a forceful attack against President Trump.”
“George Wallace may be gone, but we can witness our federal government sending agents to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators,” Obama sneered during the nationally televised service.
Of course, the liberal media would push Obama’s drivel, it matched their narrative. He was claiming that the Portland riots and Antifa terrorism were just “peaceful demonstrators.”
Over on the CBS Evening News, anchor Norah O’Donnell fawned for Obama’s “rousing eulogy,” “saying those in power are trying to discourage voting.” And boasted that it was “a direct response to President Trump, who floated the idea today of delaying November's election, something he doesn't even have the power to do.”
CBS correspondent Michelle Miller (and wife to far-left National Urban League president Marc Morial) followed up for O’Donnell by playing a prolonged soundbite of Obama suggesting Trump was Wallace and all cops were Bull Connor:
MILLER: And America's first black president delivered his eulogy.
BARACK OBAMA: America was built by people like that. At the ripe old age of 25, John was asked to lead the march from Selma to Montgomery. He was warned that Governor Wallace had ordered troopers to use violence. Bull Connor may be gone, but today we witness with our own eyes police officers kneeling on the necks of black Americans. George Wallace may be gone, but we can witness our federal government sending agents to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators.
MILLER: Obama called on Congress to strengthen the Voting Rights Act that Lewis fought for nearly six decades ago.
ABC’s World News Tonight was a bit more vague in praising Obama’s comments. Anchor David Muir honed in on the “urgency” in Obama’s “words, with this pandemic, his concern about protecting Americans, their health and their right to vote this November.”
“The former President argued that forces are still trying to suppress the vote today, right now, in November's election,” ABC correspondent Steve Osunsami touted before playing this long soundbite of the media’s President pushing a conspiracy theory against Republicans:
Even as we sit here, there are those in power who are doing their darnedest to discourage people from voting by closing polling locations and targeting minorities and students with restrictive I.D. laws and attacking our voting rights with surgical precision. Even undermining the postal service in the run-up to an election that's going to be dependent on mail-in ballots so people don't get sick.
It's good to know that while the rest of us plebes are not allowed to mourn and bury our relatives with dignity, the elite can attend packed political rallies – I mean, services broadcast to the country.
This gooey celebration of their President was made possible because of lucrative sponsorships from Allstate on ABC, Ensure on CBS, and Allstate again for NBC. Their contact information is linked if you want tell them about what they fund. CBS Evening News also encourages people to “Text Norah” at this number: (202) 217-1107.
The transcripts are below, click "expand" to read:
ABC’s World News Tonight
July 30, 2020
6:33:00 p.m. Eastern(…)
DAVID MUIR: And former President Barack Obama delivering the eulogy, saying John Lewis' life proved that any of us can stand up to power and say, we can do better. But the former President didn't stop there. There was an urgency to his words, with this pandemic, his concern about protecting Americans, their health and their right to vote this November.
(…)
STEVE OSUNSAMI: The former President argued that forces are still trying to suppress the vote today, right now, in November's election.
BARACK OBAMA: Even as we sit here, there are those in power who are doing their darnedest to discourage people from voting by closing polling locations and targeting minorities and students with restrictive I.D. laws and attacking our voting rights with surgical precision. Even undermining the postal service in the run-up to an election that's going to be dependent on mail-in ballots so people don't get sick.
(…)
CBS Evening News
July 30, 2020
6:32:46 p.m. Eastern(…)
NORAH O’DONNELL: Three former presidents spoke, but it was President Obama who delivered a rousing eulogy, using the moment to speak to the cause of John Lewis' life-- voting rights-- saying those in power are trying to discourage voting. And that appeared to be a direct response to President Trump, who floated the idea today of delaying November's election, something he doesn't even have the power to do.
(…)
6:35:13 p.m. Eastern
MICHELLE MILLER: And America's first black president delivered his eulogy.
BARACK OBAMA: America was built by people like that. At the ripe old age of 25, John was asked to lead the march from Selma to Montgomery. He was warned that Governor Wallace had ordered troopers to use violence. Bull Connor may be gone, but today we witness with our own eyes police officers kneeling on the necks of black Americans. George Wallace may be gone, but we can witness our federal government sending agents to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators.
MILLER: Obama called on Congress to strengthen the Voting Rights Act that Lewis fought for nearly six decades ago.
OBAMA: You want to honor John? Let's honor him by revitalizing the law that he was willing to die for.
(…)
NBC Nightly News
July 30, 2020
7:02:47 p.m. Eastern(…)
LESTER HOLT: John Lewis, born in tiny segregated Troy, Alabama, the son of sharecroppers, celebrated today by presidents, including the first black president who says he was elected standing on Lewis' shoulders.
BARACK OBAMA: On inauguration day in 2008 -- 2009, he was one of the first people I greeted and hugged on that stand. And I told him, “this is your day, too.”
HOLT: Former President Obama, one of many today calling the strength in the Voting Rights Act that Lewis championed.
OBAMA: Do you want to honor John? Let's honor him by revitalizing the law that he was willing to die for.
HOLT: And while not naming him, launching a forceful attack against President Trump.
OBAMA: George Wallace may be gone, but we can witness our federal government sending agents to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators.
(…)
