Sadly, it appears that one of the beautiful murals built in George Floyd’s memory was destroyed by a lightning strike.

UPDATE: Witnesses have told authorities that the George Floyd mural was struck by lightning before it collapsed. https://t.co/u0QHZVh7Zp

— 13 Action News (@13abc) July 13, 2021

It happens. Perhaps now the City of Minneapolis can establish a permanent one.  We should set out, we do not know if this particular mural is the iconic one often seen in pictures or another mural, but for our purposes here, it really doesn’t matter.

Don Jr. is happy to see it gone. After all, they’re taking down statues of real “heroes” like Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, so Junior took to this Instagram page to suggest that God did it just to get back at “those people.” (All ridiculous grammar from the original):

“This will drive some people nuts but oh well, I mean you have to wonder if someone, like a higher power, is telling us something here?!? Obviously what happened to George Floyd should never happen anywhere!!!

That said, objectively speaking, given his history I’m not sure turning him into a deity and a role model for our children is exactly the right idea either. Also please don’t tell me they’re not trying to turn him into a role model/hero there’s statues of him going up all over the country etc. etc. The same lunatics who want to erase our founding fathers want statues of this man all over the place. Again, we can learn from a disastrous situation but the pendulum seems to always correct way too far these days.”

That said, objectively speaking, given Don. Jr.’s history, he really has no right to characterize what George Floyd has become to the Black community. We are absolutely certain that children are not being taught about Floyd’s life and holding him up as a role model. But Floyd has become a figure, a martyr-symbol, to the Black Lives Matter movement. Because George Floyd’s life did matter, it is just that Junior doesn’t see it that way.

But it wouldn’t be Junior if he didn’t again prove his stupidity, saying he wondered how lightning could knock down brick. (He is the rugged camping guy, right? Has he never seen huge trees toppled?)

It’s almost like a higher power is telling us something.

When was the last time you heard of a brick building being destroyed by lightning? I am a builder and I’m not sure I’ve ever heard of it. https://t.co/6l1f2t9nd0

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 14, 2021

The building was clearly not destroyed, moron. And that set Twitter off on one of the better Don Jr. blowbacks in a long time:

https://twitter.com/deezsmommy/status/1415299316617412608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1415299316617412608%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rawstory.com%2Fdonald-trump-jr-racist%2F

Most people wanted to talk about Junior’s racism.

https://twitter.com/storymachine7/status/1415313794893500421

https://twitter.com/chrisv987/status/1415309339435356161

Hey Junior, what's that Higher Power telling us by slaughtering people in Confederate areas with the Delta Variant?

— Jones Murphy (@JonesMurphy) July 14, 2021

The building wasn’t destroyed, coke dick. The strike blew out some bricks. Happens with chimneys all the time. What exactly do you think the higher power was trying to tell us?

— Jersch (@Sevronosaurus) July 14, 2021

pic.twitter.com/f8gNBjsJa9

— Carolyn from Maryland (@carolyn_from) July 14, 2021

Lay off the blow. pic.twitter.com/1ru1Xckg5a

— Orion (@DbigOrion) July 14, 2021

https://twitter.com/fenny_pack/status/1415311139966132225

https://twitter.com/SherreeGilbert/status/1415309792952860677

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