A grandmother named Forlesia Cook stole the show at the White House Black History Month reception on Wednesday while praising President Donald Trump's anti-crime policies.
Cook told critics to back off the president and thanked him for sending federal troops into Washington, D.C., to quell the crime there.
'When is she running for office? Forlesia, when are you running for office? You have my endorsement.'
"One thing I like about him: He keeps it real, just like Grandma," said Cook. "I appreciate that, because I can trust him because he tells exactly how he feels and what he thinks."
The audience at the White House applauded loudly for Cook's speech.
"Thank God for this president! I am filled. My cup runneth over! Because he allowed his ... people to come to my house ... to talk about the murder of my grandson. It seemed like nobody cared," she continued.
"Nobody heard me, Democrats ... until this Republican," Cook said.
She said that the president had invited her twice to go before Congress and testify in favor of his crime policies.
"I love him. I don't want to hear nothing you've got to say about that racist stuff," she continued.
"And don't be looking at me on the news, hating on me because I'm standing up for somebody that deserves to be stood up for. Get off the man's back! Let him do his job! He’s doing the right thing! Back up off him!" she added.
"And Grandma said it!" she concluded.
The president jokingly asked Cook to run for office after the rousing speech.
"Wow, that’s pretty good," Trump said. "When is she running for office? Forlesia, when are you running for office, please? You have my endorsement."
The White House posted video of Cook's comments to its official social media account.
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Trump went on to note the passing of activist Jesse Jackson, whom he called a "real hero" with real "street smarts."
Cook's grandson Marty William McMillan Jr. was gunned down in 2017 by a man who found him in bed with his significant other. The killer was sentenced to 16 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter and for tampering with evidence.
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Five Franciscan friars who traveled from Spain in the late 16th century to what is now Georgia were savagely murdered for defending the dignity of the sacrament of marriage. They are now well on their way to sainthood.
Monsignor Fred Nijem, drawing from the notes of Fr. Conrad Harkins — the vice-postulator for the canonization cause of the Georgia Martyrs — explained in Southern Cross magazine that "the missionaries met their death near present-day Darien. The reason for their death was their defense of the sanctity of marriage. The catalyst for their death was their refusal to allow a Catholic to take a second wife."
'They gave explicit and immediate witness of fidelity to Christ.'
According to the official website for the Georgia Martyrs, the friars lived for years with the coastal Indians of the Guale territory, learning their language, preaching the gospel, and welcoming many into the faith.
Among the coastal converts was a man named Juanillo, next in line to become tribal chief.
Friar Pedro de Corpa challenged the newly minted Christian's decision to take a second wife, vowing to oppose his rise to power if he persisted in his polygamic choice. The Indian evidently did not appreciate this challenge to his power.
Msgr. Nijem indicated that:
Juanillo left the mission and returned under cover of darkness, and bludgeoned Fr. Pedro to death, and impaled his severed head at the mission landing. The remaining four missionaries were also killed. The Guales had decided to dispatch all the "troublesome friars," who interfered with them having many wives.All of the nearby friars were brutally murdered except for Friar Francisco de Avila, who was kidnapped and tortured until St. Augustine's governor managed to secure his release — 10 months later. Despite the cruelty he suffered at the hands of the Indians, de Avila refused to testify against them at trial in order to spare their lives.
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St. Francis of Assisi. Photo by: Bildagentur-online/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.
Prior to his death, Pope Francis recognized the murdered men of the Order of Friars Minor — four of whom were priests — as martyrs whose slayings were committed out of hatred for the Catholic faith.
The Vatican's Dicastery for the Causes of Saints recently announced that the Georgia Martyrs — Friars Pedro de Corpa, Blas Rodríguez de Cuacos, Miguel de Añón, and Francisco de Veráscola as well as lay brother Antonio de Badajoz — will be beatified at a ceremony in Savannah, Georgia, on Oct. 31.
An English translation of the dicastery's announcement notes that "aware of the risks connected to the apostolate, they gave explicit and immediate witness of fidelity to Christ and His message by fully transmitting the teaching of the Church."
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops notes on its website that "all Christians are called to be saints. Saints are persons in heaven (officially canonized or not), who lived heroically virtuous lives, offered their life for others, or were martyred for the faith, and who are worthy of imitation."
Where official recognition by the Catholic Church goes, there are three steps to sainthood.
First, a candidate who "lived a heroically virtuous life or offered their life" is recognized by the pope as "venerable." The second stage is beatification, which requires a finding of "one miracle acquired through the candidate's intercession." Finally, for canonization, a second miracle is required.
The UCCB noted, however, that "the pope may waive these requirements. A miracle is not required prior to a martyr's beatification, but one is required before canonization."
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In the wake of immediate backlash from moviegoers against plans to screen a short film made entirely with artificial intelligence, AMC Theaters has announced it will not show the flick.
With commenters insisting they were willing to boycott theaters that did put it up on the silver screen, the film is reportedly set to be shown in thousands of theaters across the United States after winning an AI film festival.
"AMC was not involved in the creation of the content or the initiative and has informed Screenvision that AMC locations will not participate," the influential theater chain told the Hollywood Reporter. Earlier, Return had reached out to AMC about the overwhelmingly negative response and asked if the theater chain plans to air the short film or any other AI films.
'Even for AI slop this is bad.'
The short in question is called "Thanksgiving Day," made by Igor Alferov.
As reported by AI Films Studio, the winner of the Frame Forward AI film festival was left to a public vote, with the grand prize of getting a full theatrical run across 14,000 screens in 2,300 theaters.
Deadline announced "Thanksgiving Day" as the festival's inaugural winner on Tuesday and confirmed that it would receive a two-week run in theaters through Screenvision Media.
However, movie fans were none too pleased to hear that news.
Spoilers for the short film are listed below.
The film, which features a bear and a duck in a seemingly Soviet-inspired spaceship, has the animal astronauts being exploited by various space thugs, which are also animals. A space cop beaver extorts the pair for money. Then, a pig, who is seemingly an environmental inspector, takes even more money before a rat "quarantine zone inspector" takes all their food.
Finally, a space turkey stops by and restocks the travelers' fridge for Thanksgiving.
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The two-minute film received near-unanimously negative responses on YouTube, which included comments like "literal slop" and "I hated every second of that."
"If I see this or another other ai slop before my movie im going to the front desk and getting a refund and leaving [sic]," another viewer wrote.
"Even for AI slop this is bad," a user named Davie Jones wrote, while yet another unhappy audience member said, "this is complete garbage dude."
On X, a lone commenter replied to Deadline with one word:
"Pathetic."
Multiple (unconfirmed) reports had surfaced online citing that AMC would be one of the theater chains showing the short before movie trailers air.
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It is true that AMC partners with Screenvision Media. On its website, Screenvision Media notes that its partnership officer signed a long-term contract with AMC as one of its 10 largest exhibitor partners.
The connection, and the rumors it drove, prompted irate moviegoers to discuss a possible boycott of AMC.
X user Nate Leport said he would "drive the extra 20 minutes" to a different theater after reading the claim.
"We need to protest at every [AMC]" in the country, another user suggested.
"I would rather have out of place feeling local business ads than this to be honest," Jackie wrote.
Finally, Matthew wrote on X, "Upon reading this I will no longer go to your theaters for anything."
Editor's Note: this article has been updated to reflect AMC's public decision amid online backlash not to screen "Thanksgiving Day."
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