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Last night

The Biden Campaign held a virtual rally for Irish-American voters…

Democratic Congressman Brendan Boyle told the event that the Brexit process had put hard won peace and justice in Ireland at risk.

“We fortunately have many allies on Capitol Hill. One place that has not been an ally is the Oval Office,” Congressman Boyle said.

“What a refreshing change it will be to have Joe Biden come this January. To have someone who supports the Good Friday Agreement and wants to protect it. Someone who is not mindlessly cheerleading for Brexit no matter the cost,” he added.

Meanwhile…

 

“What you all know but most people don’t know, unlike the African American community with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community with incredibly different attitudes about different things.

You go to Florida, you find a very different attitude about immigration in certain places than you do when you’re in Arizona. So it’s a very different, a very diverse community.”

Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden yesterday.

Biden seeks to clarify comment that Latino community is diverse, ‘unlike the African American community’ (CNN)

Biden ‘a friend to Ireland’ if elected US president (RTÉ)

Niall O’Dowd with Gerry Adams in 1996

This morning.

Via New York-based publisher and journalist Niall O Dowd in the Irish Times:

…It is quite an onslaught by the political leaders and many in the media.

The tenor of the anti-Sinn Féin columns makes one think many of the commentators and party leaders would almost prefer Sinn Féin had never given up violence, as they swaddle themselves in self-righteousness.

As expected the media revisionists are truly angry that their cock-eyed view of history, where Sinn Féin are incapable of political thought and are just a bunch of goons who threatened the legitimate Northern Ireland state, has been discredited.

Their theory is destined for the dustbin of history which makes it all the more strange to see leading politicians suddenly begin flogging that long-dead horse

In the process, they are draining much of the goodwill Irish Americans have for Irish political leaders. We believe it defies logic to face backwards after so much has been accomplished.

Irish America is hostile to the exclusion of Sinn Féin from government (Niall O’Dowd, Irish Times)

Previously: Eamonn Kelly: Memo To The Mainstream

Rollingnews

Free next October?

Buzz O’Nelil Maxwell writes:

Ireland Week in Los Angeles 2017 was a sold-out week-long series of events held in October that focused on modern Ireland.

The platform was specifically created to showcase modern Irish business while showing the importance of the influence of Irish culture

The anchor event of the week was the Connect353 conference which attracted  influential Irish and American speakers including Star Wars; The Last Jedi Director Rian Johnson and producer Ram Bergman, (pic 2), Donal Skehan, Fionnula Flanagan, Chris O’Dowd, (top with Miss Panti at her LA Improv show) and many others….

IrelandWeek returns on 25th October 25– Nov.ember 4. Sign up here for tickets.

IrelandWeek 2018