Speaker Pelosi on Black Lives Matter

[oberliner]

"I support the recognition that black lives matter, for sure, and I have incorporated that in many of my statements. All lives matter... we really have to redress past grievances in terms of how we addressed the African-American community."

Link to tweet

[Wounded Bear]

1. I thought she was a little soft on that one...

more of a Bernie Sanders type answer. They scanned the audience when that question was asked, and I thought I saw some disappointed looks there.

The rest of the interview was aces, though.

[oberliner]

3. It's generated some interesting back and forth on the MSNBC twitter feed

Curious to know what you mean by a "Bernie Sanders type answer".

[Wounded Bear]

4. Well, I probably can't explain it very well...

but telling a room full of black people that the solution for BLM is to "raise all boats" and promote general poverty programs that help everybody will fall kind of flat.

Frankly, I don't blame black folks for not buying that. They've heard it all before, and when they hear an "all lives matter" response, they tune out.

One thing I will say, though, is that Ms Pelosi's answer doesn't matter that much, given the influx of racial- and gender-varied new House members will hopefully get some things done WRT our current ethnic and gender problems.

Not sure if that answers your question, but that's what I heard.

[oberliner]

5. That makes sense

It does seem like some folks did have that reaction.

On the whole, though, it seems that her town hall was very well received.

[Wounded Bear]

6. I agree...overall it was really good...

she was responsive, intelligent, strong, and human.

She's a great lady and one of the best vote counters in Congress in decades.

[Hekate]

7. AFAIK she helped get that influx elected. I would take that into account, too.

[WeekiWater]

8. Yes.

“we really have to redress past grievances in terms of how we addressed the African-American community."

Love that.

[oberliner]

9. I would add "present-day grievances" as well

[WeekiWater]

10. It's an excellent statement.

I appreciate her going there.

[KayF]

12. she wen there because Shelly Ward took her there

the journalism student that asked her the question.

[Ron Green]

11. Any white person whose response to BLM is "All lives matter"

doesn’t understand Black Lives Matter.

[cwydro]

14. Guess those two men who murdered that little girl in Texas didn't think Black Lives Matter either.

Only conclusion I can draw.

[melman]

13. Wow

How strange that this has been virtually ignored here. Can't imagine why that would be.