Barack Obama continues to enjoy it New York City He was seen stepping out of his five-star hotel a day after he was reprimanded for his comments on social media Texas school shooting.
Obama was seen smiling and shaking the audience’s hand as he left the Pierre Hotel on Thursday. Twitter Compare Texas Massacre. from the two year anniversary of George FloydKilling of.
He was escorted out of his Upper East Side residence by the Secret Service, which has a presidential suite costing $20,000 per night. The former president is likely to stay in a top-class suite, though DailyMail.com was unable to confirm exact details of his stay at the luxurious hotel, where rooms cost a minimum of $1,000-a-night.
Thursday marks the second day of Obama’s Manhattan adventure, which included a visit to a Broadway show on Wednesday and a three-hour dinner at a five-star Italian restaurant. It is not clear what was included in his Thursday agenda.
His outing also comes as he is taking heat for sharing a ‘tone deaf’ tweet remembering Floyd and calling for police reform on Wednesday, just a day after Salvador Ramos robbed him in Uvalde, Texas. In the elementary school, 19 children and two teachers were murdered.
Wednesday was also two years after Floyd was killed by arresting Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin, who knelt on his neck until he passed out.
“As we grieve the children of Uvalde today, we must take time to recognize that two years have passed since the murder of George Floyd under the knee of a police officer,” wrote the latter, who was later reunited with a police officer in New York City. Was seen enjoying the night. that evening. ‘His murder is still with all of us, especially those who love him.’
The message was quickly dismissed online by several social media users, who were outraged that Obama would be comparing two unrelated incidents.
Barack Obama as seen leaving the Pierre Hotel on Manhattan’s Upper East Side on Thursday
Obama was seen smiling and shaking the audience’s hand as he left the hotel on Thursday
The former president is seen entering a black car outside his five-star NYC residence on Thursday
“It sucks that those kids died, but remember George Floyd? He is the one I am still thinking about.’ – Barack Obama,’ tweeted Seth Dillon, CEO of Babylon Bee.
‘What in the world does the first have to do with the second?’ Ben Shapiro asked.
Redstate editor Kira Davis said that: ‘Not a single grieving parent today gives any information about what happened to Floyd or anyone.
‘for crying out loud. This is not the time to advertise for your favorite activist group. How disgusting.’
Obama has been a supporter of police reform for many years. He tried to push for police reform through a task force formed in 2014, nearly six years before Floyd’s death.
One of the recommendations of that task force was the expansion of the already existing database of officers who had been decertified.
Barack Obama has come under fire for his “tone deaf” tweet comparing the two-year anniversary of the killing of George Floyd to the massacre at Uvalde Elementary School.
“It sucks that those kids died, but remember George Floyd? He is the one I am still thinking about.’ – Barack Obama,’ tweeted Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon
‘What in the world does the first have to do with the second?’ Ben Shapiro asked
Obama’s bold action Thursday in NYC and his arguably distasteful tweet came as President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday to improve accountability in policing.
When announcing the measure, Biden, who served as Obama’s second-in-command, and Vice President Kamala Harris also addressed the Texas shootings that killed 19 children and two teachers.
Biden and Harris made comments that sought to bring comfort to those affected by the shooting as well as victims of police brutality, promising them that change could eventually come despite the partisan division on Capitol Hill.
“I know progress can be slow and disappointing,” Biden said. ‘Today we are acting. We are showing that speaking up matters. Being engaged matters. That the work of our times, to heal the soul of this nation, is ongoing and unfinished and we all need to never give up.’
Floyd’s family was in the audience at the White House as the president announced ‘what we do in his memory.’ Relatives of Breonna Taylor were also in the East Room for the signing. Taylor was killed during a fast-entry police raid of his home in Louisville, Kentucky.
Biden has been taking a tough stand on the issue of police reform. Progressives, in the wake of Floyd’s death and the nationwide protests surrounding it, wanted to be stronger, including the option of using a stringent, which police chiefs objected to. It was not included in the final version Biden signed on Wednesday.
Biden is also facing criticism from Republicans who have falsely accused him of defaming the police.
The order requires federal agencies to update their use of force policy, restrict the flow of additional military equipment into police departments, and restrict federal funding to police departments that do not ban chokeholds and no-knock warrants. . It directs all federal agencies to create a national registry to track officers who were fired for bad conduct.
Obama is seen outside the Pierre Hotel in Manhattan on Thursday. He is currently staying at a hotel that has a Presidential Suite that costs $20,000 a night
Obama and his security details look to the left in a photo taken Thursday outside the Pierre Hotel
Obama waves as he gets into a car in Manhattan on Thursday
Obama was seen leaving his Manhattan hotel on Wednesday in a smart all-black ensemble and a friendly smile as he headed out for his night of fun.
democrat He made his first stop at the New World Stage Theater on W. 49th Street, where he toured for about an hour. The playhouse hosts a number of shows, but it is currently home to Americano, a musical about dreamers that will probably most appeal to the liberal president.
He is then escorted by his Secret Service detail and NYPD to Portale, an Italian restaurant in Chelsea, where he dined with several guests in a private room on the establishment’s upper level.
A DailyMail.com photographer recalled that he had stayed at the restaurant, where a meal without alcohol could easily cost $50 to $100 per person.
Although we do not know specifically who he dined with on Wednesday, one can assume that he was in deep conversation with his guests because of the length of his stay at Portale.
It is also not clear whether their dining engagement was social or business related. The former president was seen carrying a tablet and several documents in the evening.
Social Media Users Criticize Obama’s Comments About the Shooting and the Death of George Floyd
Obama’s fun-filled NYC visit came just days after he called on legislators to take action and reform gun control. Rob’s elementary school shooting.
The 44th President said on Twitter after the shooting that both he and the former First Lady Michelle Obama ‘The grief with the families in Uvalde should not be tolerated by the pain they are feeling.’
‘Across the country, parents are putting their kids to bed, reading stories, singing lullabies—and in the back of their minds, they worry about what might happen tomorrow when they take their kids to school. After they leave, or take them to a school. grocery store or any other public place,’ he wrote.
He then recalled the December 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, which occurred while he was in office.
Obama said: ‘Nearly ten years after Sandy Hook – and ten days after Buffalo – our country is paralyzed not by fear, but by a gun lobby and a political party that has no desire to act in any way. have not been shown that can help prevent them. Tragedies.’
The statement concluded: ‘This is too long a time for action, of any kind. And that’s another tragedy – a quieter but no less tragic one – for families to wait for another day. May God bless the memory of the victims, and in the words of Scripture, heal broken hearts and bind their wounds.’
Obama and his wife Michelle Obama released a statement Tuesday about the Texas elementary school massacre
Obama smiling and apparently engaged in conversation with members of his security detail in NYC on Wednesday. He is pictured outside the New World Stage Theater
He then went to Portale, an Italian restaurant in Chelsea, where he dined on Wednesday night with several guests in a private room on the establishment’s upper level.
Obama is seen chatting with a woman in a pink dress on Wednesday