The Patriot Post® · Charlie Rangel: Blame the Tool

Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) echoed a statement from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund after the murder of two NYPD police officers by advising leaders to focus their attention on the tool – guns – instead of the problem – racial discord fomented by Democrat elitists. According to the NAACP, “These two killings … like so many other unfortunate incidences of gun violence, provide a stark example of the need for sensible gun control measures. While some may suggest a causal link between these killings and the recent protests and activism focused on the serious issue of police violence against unarmed African Americans, we caution against escalating an already tense national state through rumor and conjecture.” Meanwhile, coming to the defense of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, Rangel asserted, “[Police union leaders] should be … talking about how do insane people get firearms and not criticizing but seeing how we can stop insane people from getting an opportunity to get firearms to kill anybody. Two human beings were shot dead; we should not be pointing fingers at the mayor of the City of New York.” As Mark Alexander noted, however, “Officers Liu and Ramos were not murdered by ‘gun violence.’ Their murders were inspired by racist rhetoric.” Indeed, they likely would still be alive today if not for the racist enablers on the Left. More…