Byron York's Daily Memo: George W. Bush's dreadful 9/11 speech

Tony Branco

 Washington Examiner   "President Joe Biden was silent during Saturday's 9/11 commemoration events. So were former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. Former President Donald Trump visited a New York City police precinct and fire station, where he made a few impromptu remarks.

"The only president who delivered a formal speech on 9/11 was former President George W. Bush. And it was terrible.

"In two ways. First, Bush's speech was as much about decrying today's political divisions as it was about remembering the events of Sept. 11. But Bush showed an astonishing lack of self-awareness of the role his own actions played in creating those divisions. And second, Bush helped widen those divisions by endorsing a Rachel Maddow-esque argument that an equivalence exists between the plane-hijacking, murderous terrorists of Sept. 11, 2001, and the Capitol rioters of Jan. 6, 2021 — a comparison that has no basis in fact but has done much to sour the national debate.

"Bush spoke at ceremonies for Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. It was the site of perhaps the most heroic of many heroic acts by Americans on Sept. 11. The passengers who fought back against the hijackers sacrificed their own lives to save the victims the terrorists were targeting. In the process, they likely also saved the Capitol, or perhaps the White House, from attack.

"Bush praised their courage. He praised the courage of Americans who volunteered for the armed forces in the years that followed. And he praised the selflessness of Americans who helped one another at the time. There was great unity in that moment, Bush said. "In the weeks and months following the 9/11 attacks, I was proud to lead an amazing, resilient, united people," Bush said. But now, those days seem far, far away, and a "malign force" is at work in American life:". . . 

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"When Bush condemns domestic extremists,' he's NOT talking about Antifa or radical BLM rioters. He's talking about the Deplorables, about us," former Trump campaign senior adviser Steve Cortes wrote. "He also assails the very people he sent to fight and die in his disastrous wars," he added. "He's the worst president ever.' ". . . 
. . . "Dr. Sebastian Gorka, radio host and former deputy assistant to former President Trump, wrote, "I didn't think George Bush could disgrace himself any more than he already has, I was wrong,' ". . .