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Jeb Bush caught in yet another lie
He and his campaign lied about meeting with #BLM. The entire article is a good read.
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/08/bush-campaign-lies-about-meeting-black
As we already discussed here, earlier this week, Black Lives Matter activists protested a Jeb Bush rally in Nevada following Bush's failure to answer a question about racial inequality, institutional racism and police reform to their satisfaction, which led to chants of "black lives matter" disrupting the event.
That led to Bush running out of there quickly and cutting the rally a bit short, but the disturbing point came later, where his campaign chose to lie about whether he'd met with BLM activists prior to to the event: Here's What Really Happened In Jeb Bush's Private 'Black Lives Matter' Meeting:
After the confrontation, the Bush campaign said the candidate had privately met with advocates for the movement before the event, an assertion that appeared in multiple articles about the disruption.
But that description is misleading, The Huffington Post has learned.
There was a meeting, but no activists from the Black Lives Matter movement participated. Instead, Bush met with a local elected official, a GOP lobbyist and a staffer from an anti-poverty organization.
As we already discussed here, earlier this week, Black Lives Matter activists protested a Jeb Bush rally in Nevada following Bush's failure to answer a question about racial inequality, institutional racism and police reform to their satisfaction, which led to chants of "black lives matter" disrupting the event.
That led to Bush running out of there quickly and cutting the rally a bit short, but the disturbing point came later, where his campaign chose to lie about whether he'd met with BLM activists prior to to the event: Here's What Really Happened In Jeb Bush's Private 'Black Lives Matter' Meeting:
After the confrontation, the Bush campaign said the candidate had privately met with advocates for the movement before the event, an assertion that appeared in multiple articles about the disruption.
But that description is misleading, The Huffington Post has learned.
There was a meeting, but no activists from the Black Lives Matter movement participated. Instead, Bush met with a local elected official, a GOP lobbyist and a staffer from an anti-poverty organization.
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