Black Lives Matter is livid at new House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
The California representative drew their ire during an appearance on MSNBC where she was interviewed by Joy Reid.
Townhall reported on the controversy.
“… She seemed caught off guard by a young woman, a student named Shelly Ward, who asked the speaker if she supported the “Black Lives Matter” movement. Pelosi mumbled something, before saying, ‘all lives matter.’”
Here’s the video pic.twitter.com/MlcnyBOIg5
— Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) January 5, 2019
“Well I support the recognition that black lives matter for sure,” Pelosi said in response. “And I have incorporated that in many of my statements. I think all lives matter, yes. But we really have to redress past grievances in terms of how we have addressed the African-American community.”
The answer did not appear to appease the questioner.
And it started a firestorm on Twitter.
Do you believe all lives matter?
“Do you support the Black Lives Matter movement?”@SpeakerPelosi:
“I support the recognition that
black lives matter, for sure, and I have incorporated that in many of my statements. ALL LIVES MATTER…”Threw that in for the good white folks.
— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) January 5, 2019
We are all Shelly Ward. Wondering where Nancy Pelosi is trying to go with this answer. 😐
Because it’s surely not a response to whether you support Black Lives Matter. 🤔🤫🤨 pic.twitter.com/F3XjPCfPHd
— melinda d. anderson (@mdawriter) January 5, 2019
@SpeakerPelosi just lost me with her #AllLivesMatter comment, when asked about #BlackLivesMatter . Not lost me as in I won’t support her, but let me know she’s not going to be an ally to address our issues in a meaningful way. Coulda been much more articulate. Or maybe she was?
— Bougie Toussaint (@ThatUppityone) January 5, 2019
@SpeakerPelosi, “All Lives Matter” is inappropriate because it’s an obtuse response to “Black Lives Matter”. The meaning of “Black Lives Matter” is that police in this country don’t treat black lives as though they matter. You’re supposed to validate black lives by echoing BLM.
— Yusuf (@yusuf_VI) January 5, 2019
How hard is it to say, “Black lives matter, period”? Then pivot to “That’s why we’re introducing legislation to reform our criminal justice system, pass Medicare for All, increase school funding, raise the wage to $15/hr, and implement a federal jobs guarantee.” Oh wait…
— A Future to Engineer In🌹 (@progressiveer) January 5, 2019
Not the right answer @SpeakerPelosi – All Lives Matter is not the point!
— D S George (@DoniGeorge1) January 5, 2019
Q: Do you support the #BlackLivesMatter Movement?
Pelosi: I support the recognition that Black lives matter. I think that all lives matter… but we really have to find a way to redress past grievances for African-Americans…
Translation: A long, pretty sounding “naw.” https://t.co/qM03s4hTUJ
— Bärí A. Williams (@BariAWilliams) January 5, 2019
In our lexicon, “all lives matter” is nothing more than a delegitimizing retort to those who say that black lives matter. The way Pelosi speaks here implies that she doesn’t fully grasp that. Still. Also discouraging is her garbled language about “past” black grievances. https://t.co/XLu3nd4ogv
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) January 5, 2019
When @SpeakerPelosi was asked about Black Lives Matter, responding that “all lives matter” was the wrong answer. @JoyAnReid should have smacked her upside the head for not talking about unequal policing.
— Alias FakeName (@JoeDaPolyglot) January 5, 2019
I was extremely disappointed to see Speaker Pelosi say Black Lives Matter and then quickly couple it with the hollow phrase all lives matter. The impulse to combine the two to is offensive. https://t.co/6E4HEI2gl2
— Touré (@Toure) January 6, 2019
Pelosi ‘s positive acknowledgement of Black Lives Matter cancelled by tagging it with “All lives matter”, a coded response by racists to negate a movement to acknowledge historical and instutiondlized American racism. Come on Nancy you can do better!
— Andrea Luna (@AndreaL239E11Av) January 6, 2019
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