Political Stances on Black Lives Matter Politicization
Politicians Who Support Black Lives Matter Politicization
Joe Biden
“When Black small businesses grow, the community benefits. Since Kamala and I entered office, Americans have filed 15 million applications to start new businesses. Its led to the fastest growth in Black business ownership in 30 years.”
Larry Elder
“You use the word "we." What gives this person the power to talk about "we"? I just saw a poll recently that said the majority of Black Americans are either extremely proud or very proud to be American. So this individual was speaking for himself, not for Black people.”
Marianne Williamson
“No, I do not denounce Black Lives Matter! It is not a "Black supremacist group;" it is a Black equality and justice group. I have great admiration for those who started it and for the movement they initiated. It was long overdue.”
Nikki Haley
“We had a horrific shooting at a church where white supremacists came in and killed nine amazing souls. BLM, all of that, we never had to deal with riots. We never had to call in the National Guard, Ron, because when we had both of those shootings, we were able to pull people together. We didnt have riots, we had vigils. We didnt have protests, we had prayer. We brought people together.”
Robert F. Kennedy JR
“Kennedy says that black Americans endured injustice and Black Americans are going to be a principal priority for me, particularly in ending that fear of dangerous interaction with law enforcement, [...] We need systemic changes. We need to remove qualified immunity, which would make it necessary for an individual to consider his liability with every interaction. Every good [...] system [should] incentive good behavior and punish bad behavior. [...] [reorganization of police] instead of being in combat mode when they come into the Black community.[...] The medical system is not attuned to taking care of Black patients. Being a Black patient in this country is almost as dangerous as being a Black prisoner. [...] And the food made available in many Black communities is highly processed and loaded with chemicals and hormones. [...] Its making African Americans sicker. [...] the system is predatory toward Black Americans.”
Tim Walz
“Minneapolis and St. Paul are on fire. The fire is still smoldering in our streets. The ashes are symbolic of decades and generations of pain, of anguish unheard. Now generations of pain is manifesting itself in front of the world and the world is watching.”
Vivek Ramaswamy
“We hear about black lives matter all the time, but the fact is that a black baby is safer in a park, by himself, in the inner city of Chicago than he is in his black mothers womb. This is sad and we need to change it because *all* lives matter.”
Kamala Harris
“We must always continue speaking these words: All Black Lives Matter.”
Douglas Burgum
“As for the Black Lives Matter march, Burgum says We came through it without a fire; we came through it without any serious injuries, Thats something to be said. [...] Its lost when it moves from a peaceful protest to what I think can only be described as an organized riot, [...] If you want to have a dialogue in North Dakota, all you have to do is ask.”
Cornel West
“In the end, if you really want Black people to be free, and I do, Black people will never be free under a system of predatory capitalism. We will never be free under a system with imperial tentacles, [we] will never be free with Pentagon elite running amok with militaristic policies and killing people in Latin America and in the Caribbean, and so forth.”
Asa Hutchinson
“The death of George Floyd is such a landmark site in America, and its troubling to anybody who appreciates law enforcement and their role in public safety. To see the death in such a way that George Floyd is crying out, I cant breathe, I cant breathe, you understand the outrage that the American people feel, the outrage that I feel, the disappointment that we have in law enforcement officers who are sworn to uphold the law, and yet, they cross every line and abuse the system. They dont honor the system. They dont honor the rule of law and justice. During this time, its my job as governor to make sure that those who want to express themselves as demonstrators, as protestors that are peaceful that they are protected and that they have the right to exercise the First Amendment.”