Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron spoke about his party’s principles of “freedom, equality and justice” at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night. For some, his message and presence at the RNC sparked ire, because he has brought no charges against the police officers responsible for Breonna Taylor’s death.
Cameron, the first Black attorney general elected in Kentucky, spoke for about six minutes about the Republican Party’s roots, pointing out he grew up miles from Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace.
“Our first Republican president believed in compassion. Self-reliance. Freedom. Equality. And justice. ... Sadly, there are some who don’t believe in this wisdom or in the better angels of our shared American history.”
His speech was one of the most talked about of the evening, but the response was just as tied to what he didn’t say as what he did say in his RNC speech. Many railed against the 34-year-old attorney general on social media Wednesday morning for briefly mentioning Taylor, a Black woman who was fatally shot in her Louisville, Kentucky, home after a botched police raid. Cameron launched an investigation into her death months ago, but none of the five officers involved with the incident have been charged.
In his speech, Cameron said he and his party would “never turn a blind eye to unjust acts, but that an ‘all-out assault’ on Western civilization” was not the answer.
His statements riled many who have been advocating to bring justice for Taylor, a 26-year-old medical technician. Cameron’s defense of his party and minimal mention of Taylor led to name-calling and lambasting online Wednesday.
Cameron spent a good bit of his speech denouncing Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as a viable option due to his record.
“Joe Biden is a backwards thinker in a world craving forward-looking leadership. There's no wisdom in his record or plan, just a trail of discredited ideas and offensive statements...Joe Biden would destroy jobs, raise our taxes, and throw away the lives of countless unborn children. And he is captive to the radical left, a movement committed to cancel culture and the destruction of public discourse."
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