From Memorial Day to memorial delusion — honoring George Floyd while America’s fallen rot in obscurity

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It’s Memorial Day weekend—a sacred time when Americans are meant to honor the men and
women who gave their lives in military service. Whether or not we agree with the wars they were
sent to fight (and many of us don’t anymore), the soldiers who died in them were, at least, trying
to serve something greater than themselves. They were lied to, used, and discarded by the
same machine that now wants you to believe that George Floyd—yes, that George Floyd—is
worthy of equal reverence.

Cue the George Floyd “Legacy Walk” because nothing says solemn remembrance like glorifying
a man with a rap sheet longer than a CVS receipt. A violent felon, a drug addict, a convicted
armed robber who held a pregnant woman at knifepoint during a home invasion, and a man
whose death—tragic as any loss of life may be—was the direct result of a fentanyl overdose,
according to the official autopsy.

But now? Now he’s being canonized as a modern saint.
Let’s be crystal clear: George Floyd wasn’t a hero. He wasn’t a civil rights leader. He wasn’t
Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., or even remotely close. He was a career criminal whose
image was hijacked by radical activists, globalists, and race hustlers to ignite division and push
a narrative that has cost billions in damages and lives ruined in riots. Floyd’s legacy isn’t one of
justice—it’s one of chaos.

Meanwhile, this country’s actual heroes—those buried in Arlington, those whose bodies were
left in fields, jungles, and deserts across the globe—get a few flags and plastic flowers while the
media obsessively virtue-signals about “racial equity” and kneels to a man who spent most of
his life behind bars or high out of his mind.

This is what happens when a nation loses its moral compass and lets emotion and propaganda
replace discernment and truth. We’re living in a society that celebrates dysfunction and
punishes honor. We now glorify criminals while prosecuting patriots. We throw parades for
fentanyl dealers and lock up veterans who walked into the Capitol building on January 6th with
nothing but a flag (source).

George Floyd is not a martyr. He is not a symbol of justice. He is the tragic embodiment of a
broken system—but not the one you think. He is a symptom of a culture that’s been hijacked,
hollowed out, and flipped upside down.

This isn’t about race. It’s about truth. And it’s time someone said it: Honoring George Floyd on
Memorial Day is not just tone-deaf—it’s an abomination.

To every family who’s lost a soldier in service to this country, we see you. We remember. We
honor. And we will not let your loved ones be overshadowed by the political worship of a
criminal.

Enough of the lies. Enough of the inversion. Let’s take Memorial Day back

Maureen Steele is co-founder of the American Made Foundation is an organization that connects influential leaders and grassroots movements to drive real change.

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