Black Lives Matter Was Absent From The GOP Debate

[sheshe2]

WASHINGTON -- Republican candidates were not asked to address Black Lives Matter or the state of policing in the U.S. during the second GOP debate on Wednesday.

This is disgraceful, given that Black Lives Matter is arguably the most powerful social justice movement to emerge in the last 50 years. Debate co-host and CNN reporter Jake Tapper reportedly said he regrets not addressing the issue:

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Debra Birnbaum
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@debrabirnbaum

Really #CNN? Jake Tapper just said they didn't have time for the VA or #BlackLivesMatter...but they had time for Secret Service code names?

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Activists within the movement also launched Campaign Zero last month, which is a comprehensive set of policy demands at the federal and state level. The policy platform aims to reform existing structural issues within law enforcement agencies and put in place new systems to end police violence against black Americans.

Failing to address these systemic issues shows just how disconnected the GOP is from Black Lives Matter, what the movement is asking for and the reality of having black skin in America.

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[randys1]

1. GOP base hates Black skin. GOP not only cant work with BLM, they must work against them as

much as possible.

GOP base believes almost all Black people are leeches while only a small section of white folks are.

GOP base hates BLM.

[leftofcool]

2. Yes, they sure do.

[sheshe2]

3. Yes they do, hate them.

Sadly they are the ones that are leeches on society.

They work part time and by my standards make an exorbitant salary. They have the best healthcare we the tax payers have to offer them. Yet they REPEATEDLY try to take ours away. Guess who foots the bill.


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Obamacare Repeal Votes Costs Tens Of Millions

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2013/05/16/obamacare-repeal-votes-costs-tens-of-millions/

This money could have been used to help black lives.

[randys1]

4. They hate Obamacare, possibly replace it with something identical, if they had to,

all that matters is make sure the slave, uh I mean Black guy doesnt get credit.

[steve2470]

5. K&R! nt

[YoungDemCA]

6. The only experience most of these jokers have with black people...

...is as a stereotype of "thugs", courtesy of the mainstream media.

How many of them actually know ANY people of color? Seriously.

[Glassunion]

7. On a technicality they were up on the podium with one.

So... That's one.

[YoungDemCA]

8. Ah yes

Ben Carson. Aka "one of the good ones." Like Alan Keyes or Clarence Thomas. Gotta be a far-right asshole to make it as a Black Republican...

[mcar]

9. Tapper had no control over that mess

[onpatrol98]

10. Then again, Tapper said it was a question he "meant" to ask???

Tapper said there were about three questions he "meant" to ask. One of those questions was about BLM. He said he never got around to those. And, if you think about it...he only had 3 hours. (sarcasm)

[Uncle Joe]

11. Tapper knew that the Republicans don't care about Black Lives Matter and there could be

no good answer from them that would further the Republican cause.

Thanks for the thread, sheshe.