Twitter is on fire after a ridiculous video of the House and Senate Democrats kneeling and wearing kente cloth surfaced online.
The legislators kneeled for almost nine minutes in remembrance of George Floyd. Hilary Clinton, Kamala Harris, and Nancy Pelosi were some of the people who gathered at the United States Capitol in Emancipation Hall to participate in this tone-deaf gesture.
The black intern pressing βpurchaseβ on the kente cloth order pic.twitter.com/FtqiDOJGeU
— Hoekage View-Nah (@Mr_DePHInition) June 8, 2020
I know we are in unexpected times and anything is possible but listen man I did not have "Pelosi in Kente cloth" on the bingo card
— Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad) June 8, 2020
White people are doing the most while still somehow refusing to do the bare minimum.
The Kente cloth has sent me to the upper room.
Exhibit A: pic.twitter.com/bDJQHycges
— David Dennis Jr. (@DavidDTSS) June 8, 2020
KENTE CLOTH?! pic.twitter.com/vxNGTdlxnU
— Fairy Hot-Madda (@ShenaeCurry) June 8, 2020
Thankfully, former Presidential candidate, Cory Booker, opted to not sport the kente cloth and Twitter took note of it.
Cory Booker new what was going to go down with wearing Kente. pic.twitter.com/KeCHnlFR9u
— #ThePeoplesParty ππΏββοΈππΎββοΈππ½ββοΈππΌββοΈππ»β (@rzason99) June 8, 2020
thats a lot of cory booker pic.twitter.com/bTDwJmnQxA
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 8, 2020
According to Nancy Cordes, the Chief Congressional Correspondent for CBS News, βMembers of the Congressional Black Caucus and House Dem Leadership, wearing masks and African Kente stoles, prepare to announce sweeping law enforcement legislation aimed at increasing accountability and reducing police brutality in the wake of the death of George Floyd.β
Congressional Democrats take a knee as they observe a nearly nine minute moment of silence for George Floyd at Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol. https://t.co/JnqDlzMFDq pic.twitter.com/8CBdgtLUjz
— ABC News (@ABC) June 8, 2020
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