At an event billed to celebrate the life and times of Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, Nashville Mayor “Moonbeam” Megan Barry went out of her way to blatantly accuse President Trump of racism.
In a video clip posted by The Tennessean, Mayor Barry is seen onstage, bundled in black against the frigid afternoon. “You know, this week, we went from whose button is bigger, to a payoff.”
After a short pause, Barry added, “And in between all of that was a whole lot of racism.”
In the audio of the short video clip, the audience reaction – if there was any – is not picked up by the microphone system. Only few stray voices in the background can be heard as Mayor Barry nods in agreement with herself onstage.
Moving on, she said, “And what we need is all of you in this org– audience to make sure you are standing up. And that starts with making sure our kids who are our DACA recipients get to stay here, and dream here and that’s all up to us.”
The Tennessean abruptly ends the 32-second video before any ovation in reaction to Ms. Barry’s remarks can be heard from the audience.
The left-leaning Gannett news outlet first tweeted about the Mayor’s remarks at 10:17am to its 250,000+ followers.
Nashville Mayor Megan Barry blasts Trump during her MLK Day speech https://t.co/v04p44yjFU
— Tennessean (@Tennessean) January 15, 2018
In the first four hours the tweet was posted, the news earned only 24 retweets and 27 replies, which was made up of many animated critics of Ms. Barry and her statement, and a few supporters.
Mayor is supposed to be non partisan. Is she expanding her voice to make a run for a different office in the future?
— Gretchen Cox (@gretchencox70) January 15, 2018
Gretchen Cox tweeted, “Mayor is supposed to be non partisan. Is she expanding her voice to make a run for a different office in the future?”
Smart thing to say unless you stop to think about how big the numbers were when Trump won TN in 2016.
— David Staton (@david_staton) January 15, 2018
David Staton responded, “Smart thing to say unless you stop to think about how big the numbers were when Trump won TN in 2016.”
@PlayActionBoot simply posted this gif:
— Play Action Boot (@PlayActionBoot) January 15, 2018
Prior to the annual MLK Youth Rally event where Ms. Barry made her remarks, organizers held a march. Radio station 101.1 The Beat was on hand to tweet of this short video of the crowd just prior to the Monday morning’s march.
The march began at the Jefferson Street Missionary Baptist Church and ended at the University of Tennessee Gentry Center – about a three-quarters of a mile in all (according to Google maps).
#MLKDay Nashville pic.twitter.com/tCBmCTZtr3
— 1011 The Beat (@1011thebeat) January 15, 2018
Proud of these @Trevecca Social Justice students participating in Nashville MLK Day March!! pic.twitter.com/C0hZlkqmAe
— Jamie_Casler (@_casler) January 15, 2018
Trevecca Social Justice Students were on hand to take part in this morning’s march. Trevecca University president Dan Boone recently withdrew the school as a venue for a Homeland Security summit, citing concerns over complaints by one or more alumni.
Several far-left organizations made their presence known at the March, including the Central Labor Council of Nashville and Middle Tennessee. This 3 minute video, shot by local photographer Ricky Martin and posted to Facebook, features a veritable who’s-who of progressive and social justice groups and causes.
Marching today in the MLK Day Parade #nojustice #nopeace #workersrightsarecivilrights #1u Renewing the fight for Racial and Economic Justice pic.twitter.com/HFQ6ymx67n
— Central Labor Counci (@NashvilleCLC) January 15, 2018
megan barry is a whore.
Wonder how many of these people know what Trump did in Florida, “Years ago”??
Private Clubs down there banned all “Jews and Colored”, there wasn’t private club anywhere that allowed either of them to join.
Trump started his own private club and invited both “Jews and Colored” to join, which they did.
And this was a long time before running for president became a consideration..
But you won’t hear anything about that in the “News”.
All she is doing is rubbing salt in the wound.
Racist. Dimmercrap derogatory term for realist. She’s only a reflection of the majority of city folks. Idiots.
This bimbo makes you ashamed to be from Tennessee!
The entire problems are the “progressives” and the liberal students here in Nashville who vote for these carpet bagging liberals who run for office like our mayoress. She is an embarrassment
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Moonbeam Berry is out of touch with reality and out of step with the vast majority of Tennessee residents. She would be laughed out of town anywhere but Nashville, Knoxville or Memphis. I wonder what all three of these large cities have in common.
A whole lot of people who must get their news from the New York Times and are thus totally out of touch with reality.
Liberals