GOP congressman denounces Beyonce's "Formation" music video
GOP congressman releases lengthy, 5-paragraph statement denouncing Beyoncé's new video
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Rep. Pete King (R-New York) released a lengthy statement on Monday condemning Beyoncé's latest video and the media for embracing it.
The mainstream media's acceptance of her pro-Black Panther and anti-cop video 'Formation' and her Super Bowl appearance is just one more example of how acceptable it has become to be anti-police when it is the men and women in blue who put their lives on the line for all of us and deserve our strong support," King said.
King took particular exception to the video apparently referencing the death of Michael Brown, the 18-year-old who was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014:
Not unexpectedly, the video makes the ritualistic reference to Michael Brown and Ferguson, Missouri by featuring a scene of innocent people with their hands raised high above their heads in surrender. This fable of an innocent Michael Brown being murdered by police while attempting to surrender, which dominated the airwaves for months in 2014, has been thoroughly discredited. In simple language it was and is a lie from beginning to end.
His views are trash, as are all the people offended by the video.
