State Rep. Justin Pearson, a radical leftist lawmaker from Memphis, is facing fierce backlash after he likened the Muslim terrorist attacks in 2001 to the lynching of black Americans.
“Today, we remember those we lost during the terror attacks on 9/11 and pray for their loved ones, the survivors, & the first responders,” Pearson wrote on Twitter. “We remember the harm of stolen land of native Americans to the lynching of Black Americans. We commit to #neverforget and to create justice.”CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE KWAM APP – TO LISTEN TO BREAKING NEWS ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH.
Pearson earned national attention after he staged an attempted insurrection on the floor of the Tennessee House chamber. He and two other Democrat lawmakers tried to get a mob to bully and harass Republican lawmakers into banning guns.
Pearson was later expelled from the House due to repeated violations of the rules. And in doing so he became an icon for the perpetually offended, everything-is-racism crowd.
But even many of his supporters believe his comments about the Muslim terrorist attacks were over the line.CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE KWAM STOP MEMPHIS CRIME GROUP
“I support all you do and I understand the sentiment here,” one critic wrote. “But I personally don’t think it helps the cause of injustice to add it to a memory of the 9/11 attacks. They are different historically and culturally, and I think they each deserve undivided focus/emotional remembrance.”
Another wrote, “One has nothing… NOTHING, to do with the other!! You’re nothing more than a Malcom X wanna be, race baiting racist! You along with your cohorts have and are destroying the once great city of Memphis!”