Trump Appointee, George Floyd’s Death Spark #BLM Protests, Petition in Bermuda

June 8, 2020 By domani spero in Appointments, Consulate General, EUR|Europe, Political Appointees, Principal Officers, Protests, Realities of the FS, Staffing the FS, State Department, Top Ranks, Trump, U.S. Missions Tags: @USAinUK, Bermuda, embassy protests, petition, USCG Hamilton

On May 27, the State Department announced the appointment of Lee Rizzuto Jr. to be the next Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Hamilton, Bermuda (see Champion of US Diplomacy Announces Political Donor to be Principal Officer at US Consulate General Bermuda).

Since the announcement, there has been two protests at the consulate, and an online petition expressing solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and calling for the rejection of the Rizzuto appointment. As of this writing, the petition has over 79,000 signatures. The island noted for its sandy beaches and cerulean blue ocean waters has an estimated 2018 population of 71,176.

The Consulate closed on June 1st when the first of two protests took place in front of the consulate (Demonstration Alert – U.S. Consulate General Hamilton, Bermuda, June 1, 2020).

A second demonstration against the appointment of Lee Rizzuto Jr by the United States Consulate. pic.twitter.com/TsaXH5slHb

— The Royal Gazette (@TheRoyalGazette) June 3, 2020

The “#Bermuda Solidarity with BLM & Rejection of Rizzuto Appointment as US Consul General” online petition has attained over 25,000 signatures in the past two days https://t.co/0y5LnhnLVU

— Bernews (@bernewsdotcom) June 3, 2020

Reject Rizzuto: protesters are outraged at the appointment of Lee Rizzuto Jr and racial injustice in the US, highlighted by the killing of George Floyd

Photography by Akil Simmons pic.twitter.com/MHfsMTkT84

— The Royal Gazette (@TheRoyalGazette) June 2, 2020

today in Bermuda, a peaceful protest was held to call for justice in the case of George Floyd and against the appointing of Lee Rizzuto Jr. (a Trump supporter and thus appointed by Trump) as Bermuda’s US Consulate #blacklivesmatter 🇧🇲 pic.twitter.com/JgfOOVpnaK

— königin (@_iamPRYCELESS) June 2, 2020

A controversial beauty products tycoon scheduled to take up the US Consul General’s post this summer made headlines in America after he shared “conspiracy theories and unfounded attacks” about President Donald Trump’s political opponents on Twitter. https://t.co/MhmIpLIKeJ

— The Royal Gazette (@TheRoyalGazette) May 29, 2020

Read "Bermuda Rejects Rizzuto" on Medium:https://t.co/D81FPtxW0m #RejectRizzuto #ICantBreatheBDA #BlackLivesMatter #Bermuda

— Hannah 🇧🇲 (@rennah) June 1, 2020

Outrage Spreads: More Overseas Protests Over #GeorgeFloyd’s Death

June 8, 2020 By domani spero in Protests, Realities of the FS, Round-Up, Spectacular, Trends, U.S. Missions Tags: anti-racism protests, embassy protests, George Floyd

PARIS

PARIS – Rassemblement de plusieurs centaine de personne en hommage à #GeorgeFloyd sur la Place de la Concorde. #BlackLivesMattter

Très important dispositif des forces de l’ordre pour empêcher l’accès à l’ambassade des USA. pic.twitter.com/EoNGXyt6PJ

— Clément Lanot (@ClementLanot) June 6, 2020

PRETORIA

We are outside the US embassy in Pretoria where EFF leader Julius Malema is leading a #BlackLivesMatter protest in solidarity with American protesters against the murder of George Floyd. #EFFBLMProtest pic.twitter.com/rCpmSTU5WP

— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) June 8, 2020

JAMAICA

J'cans kneel for Floyd, Black Lives Matter protest outside US Embassy – Jamaica Observer https://t.co/EZjj6seu3k https://t.co/K6ndU4Yyew

— jamaica (@jamaica) June 6, 2020

WARSAW

Solidarity with Black Lives Matter and George Floyd protesters in front of the US Embassy in Warsaw. https://t.co/0WiIFcwyrp

— Corky Siemaszko (@csiemaszko) June 6, 2020

LONDON

Thousands of #BlackLivesMatter protesters gathered outside the US embassy in south London today to protest police brutality.

Follow live updates: https://t.co/f6UQdpOVhM pic.twitter.com/iq6quNJDhw

— SkyNews (@SkyNews) June 7, 2020

DUBLIN

Hundreds of signs left at Dublin's US Embassy in support of Black Lives Matter movement https://t.co/zNPX0anx0v via @theirishpost

— Washington Diplomat (@diplomatnews) June 5, 2020

MADRID

Cientos de personas se concentran frente a la embajada de Estados Unidos en Madrid en memoria de George Floyd y
contra el racismo en España #LasVidasNegrasImportan pic.twitter.com/XPr3II92we

— The Objective (@TheObjective_es) June 7, 2020

What began as a demonstration outside the US embassy in the Spanish capital turned into a march that finished in the Puerta del Sol square, and at which social distancing was near impossible given the numbers of protestors https://t.co/xqDtkTctNf

— El País English Edition (@elpaisinenglish) June 7, 2020

SUVA

Concerned #humanrights activists paid tribute to #GeorgeFloyd by placing flowers at the entrance of the #US Embassy and standing there for 8 minutes 46 seconds – the time it took for George Floyd to die. pic.twitter.com/8JcV3r2qkT

— Fiji Women (@CommsFWCC) June 2, 2020

AUCKLAND

Thousands of protesters took a knee outside of the US Embassy office in Auckland this afternoon, demanding justice for the killing of Minneapolis man George Floyd.

Read more here: https://t.co/rp9eW4L073 pic.twitter.com/X9JwpMHqED

— RNZ (@radionz) June 1, 2020

#BlackLivesMatter, not only in Minneapolis: People around the world are marching in solidarity with protesters in the US over George Floyd's killing. pic.twitter.com/qkoVX3wop0

— DW News (@dwnews) June 2, 2020

SFRC Chairman @SenatorRisch Chickens Out From Holding Oversight Hearing With Pompeo

June 8, 2020 By domani spero in Congress, Huh? News, Mike Pompeo, Oversight, Politics, Pompeo, Senators, SFRC, Trends, Trump Tags: Michael R. Pompeo, Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho)

Scoop: A top aide to Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Risch (R-Idaho) said on a GOP staff call that the panel will no longer push for Pompeo to testify at an annual budget hearing—saying Risch wants to preserve “political capital,” per 2 ppl on the call.https://t.co/OOdtqtxFnu

— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) June 7, 2020

Pompeo last appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee 14 months ago. Truly unprecdented. Shameful abdication of responsibility by chairman @SenatorRisch https://t.co/PPzViTg882

— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) June 8, 2020

“The committee’s refusal to press for Pompeo’s testimony fits a recent pattern when it comes to Risch’s posture toward an administration that has snubbed congressional oversight at every turn.” https://t.co/8nHSWLbrZG

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) June 8, 2020

Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Jim Risch for a second straight day refused to comment when asked about the rationale he was given for the State IG firing. He said he won’t comment on the issue beyond a statement from Monday which said Trump has the right to dismiss watchdogs

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 20, 2020

Former Diplomat @KaelWeston Runs to Unseat @RepChrisStewart in Utah’s CD2

June 8, 2020 By domani spero in Elections, FSOs, Politics Tags: Kael Weston, Rep Chris Stewart (R-Utah 02)), Utah, Utah CD2

Related: J. Kael Weston’s The Mirror Test: America at War in Iraq and Afghanistan (Excerpt)

Thank you for your support! You can learn more at https://t.co/yLP9zThOI0. We look forward to hearing your story and concerns as we move forward with the campaign.

— Kael Weston (@KaelWeston) April 26, 2020

Rep. Chris Stewart, a Utah Republican who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, said that it would be "foolish" not to take information from a foreign government pertaining to an election campaign. https://t.co/c5Xgzvzu2b

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 15, 2019

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Trump Appointee, George Floyd’s Death Spark #BLM Protests, Petition in Bermuda

On May 27, the State Department announced the appointment of Lee Rizzuto Jr. to be the next Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Hamilton, Bermuda (see Champion of US Diplomacy Announces Political Donor to be Principal Officer at US Consulate General Bermuda).

The Consulate closed on June 1st when the first of two protests took place in front of the consulate (Demonstration Alert – U.S. Consulate General Hamilton, Bermuda, June 1, 2020).

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SFRC Chairman @SenatorRisch Chickens Out From Holding Oversight Hearing With Pompeo

Former Diplomat @KaelWeston Runs to Unseat @RepChrisStewart in Utah’s CD2

Related: J. Kael Weston’s The Mirror Test: America at War in Iraq and Afghanistan (Excerpt)

On May 27, the State Department announced the appointment of Lee Rizzuto Jr. to be the next Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Hamilton, Bermuda (see Champion of US Diplomacy Announces Political Donor to be Principal Officer at US Consulate General Bermuda).

The Consulate closed on June 1st when the first of two protests took place in front of the consulate (Demonstration Alert – U.S. Consulate General Hamilton, Bermuda, June 1, 2020).

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