Trump invited to wake of slain NYC police officer Diller

[GMDino]

https://www.meidastouch.com/news/ofc-sicknicks-family-blasts-trump-for-exploiting-slain-officer

Quote:Ofc. Sicknick's Family Blasts Trump for Exploiting Slain Officer

[color=var(--dek_size_c_color,#333)]"There's nothing good about this man."[/color]

• Ron Filipkowski
• 25 minutes ago
  

The family of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick is fuming at Donald Trump's shameless attempt to exploit the death of NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller by flying in to appear at his memorial service for twenty minutes for a photo op before rushing to a local drive thru to order $200 worth of fast food. Brian Sicknick suffered two strokes as a result of his injuries sustained during Trump's riot on J6, and died days later.

Diller was the 8th police officer shot and killed in the line of duty in the United States this year. Trump said nothing after each of the previous seven, did not call their families or attend their services. Many times he was holding rallies or fundraisers on the day or their funerals. On one date he was hosting Hungary's authoritarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

But this particular service just happened to be on the same day and place as a major pre-planned fundraiser for Joe Biden hosted by former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. It is also being hosted by the city that is currently prosecuting him both civilly and criminally. So, Trump seized about the opportunity to exploit Diller's death in his uniquely disgusting and shameless way by claiming to care about this officer's family while Biden was raising money.





The Trump campaign claimed it was simply conveying the message that he "backs the blue." But he didn't back the police on J6. Of the 140 officers who suffered injuries at the hands of Trump's mob, not one of them received a call from Trump or a visit from him in the hospital. He has never praised their service of heroism. In fact, he has promised to pardon the criminals who assaulted them.


The father and brother of Officer Sicknick were disgusted by what they saw yesterday, and were not going to remain silent over it. In an interview with the NY Daily News, Brian's father Charles Sicknick said:
"He makes sure he gets his face out there. The guy's a criminal. He's the reason my son is dead - because of the riot at the Capitol. He's a publicity hound. Trump does whatever will get him votes and helps Donald Trump. There's nothing good about this man."


Brian's brother Kenneth Sicknick said, "The fact that he states he's law and order but he sent a mob that ultimately ended up killing my brother. He has such a lack of self-awareness of what he does. He's using that officer's death as a campaign platform."

Obviously people can debate whether his strokes and untimely death were caused by being attacked on January 6th, but you can't argue that Trump never seemed to care about an officer's death publicly until this week despite his rhetoric.