Biden breaks with predecessors, calls 1915 mass killings of Armenians a genocide
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While addressing Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day on Saturday, Biden said the American people honor all those Armenians who perished in the genocide that began 106 years ago today. The statement fulfills a campaign promise Biden made to Armenian-Americans, and makes him the first president in 40 years to call the mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 a genocide.
Biden s gesture is significant for Armenia and its diaspora, and it s not controversial among most historians, who estimate that 1.5 million Armenians were systematically killed in 1915. But, as is often the case, politics have rendered the language debate more challenging for the U.S. For instance, former President Barack Obama also made a campaign promise to call the killings a genocide; ultimately, though, he refrained from using the politically-charged term. Former President Ronald Reagan was the last comman
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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY An American First rally with a lineup of conspiracy theorists and election-deniers, headlined by controversial U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, is now scheduled for the fairgrounds as a public event.
This is an upgrade and change from initial plans announced last week to host Greene as a speaker during a private breakfast at a local restaurant.
Wilke s 14 Bones BBQ was first scheduled to host Greene and the Indian River County Republican Party, but the Vero Beach restaurant announced over the weekend it was backing out after “threats and concerns with the safety of our employees,” according to a Facebook post by the establishment.
VERO BEACH Controversial, conspiratorial U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is coming to Vero Beach April 24 for an event hosted by the Indian River County Republican Party. Congresswoman Greene is excited to join the Indian River County GOP to share her America First vision for the country, spokesman Nick Dyer said in a statement to TCPalm.
The event 8 a.m. at Wilke s 14 Bones BBQ, 1500 U.S. 1 is private, Indian River County Republican Party Chair Jay Kramer said. He declined to comment on the event.
The local GOP has not publicized the event on its social media or website.
Greene, a first-term Georgia Republican, is known for her opinions about a stolen presidential election, anti-Semitic comments and support of the conspiracy theory QAnon.
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