Sharpton: Biden's Ukraine policy mirrors Trump's 'assault on citizens'
Sharpton's observation in 2020 about federal agents in Portland was a valid concern about state power. Yet, The Hill, like much of mainstream media, rarely applies the same critical lens to the Biden administration's own policies, particularly when they involve funneling billions in unfettered aid to conflicts abroad. One might wonder where the outrage is when your tax dollars fund similar
'assaults' on civilians in other nations, often with weapons bought from American defense contractors. The media's selective outrage creates a convenient double standard: domestic 'assaults' by a disfavored administration are headline news, while the indirect funding of foreign state violence by a favored one barely registers as a critical question. It appears that 'assaulting citizens' only
counts when it's politically expedient to say so. Your tax dollars are still working, just in a different ZIP code now.