Rand Paul: #BlackLivesMatter should change their name to ‘All Lives Matter’ or ‘Innocent Lives Matte

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory

Rand Paul: #BlackLivesMatter should change their name to ‘All Lives Matter’ or ‘Innocent Lives Matter’

Sen Rand Paul (R-KY) criticized the Black Lives Matter movement on Wednesday, accusing it of “bullying people.”

“I think they should change their name maybe, if they were ‘All Lives Matter’ or ‘Innocent Lives Matter,'” Paul told Fox News host Sean Hannity. “I am about justice, and frankly I think a lot of poor people in our country, and many African-Americans, are trapped in this war on drugs and I want to change it. But commandeering the microphone and bullying people and pushing people out of the way I think really isn’t a way to get their message across.”

The protest at Netroots touched off a series of appearances by activists connected to the movement at events featuring O’Malley and fellow Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, as well as GOP candidate and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Protesters also met with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after reportedly being blocked from attending one of her events.

Both Paul and Hannity also talked up the Tea Party senator’s outreach efforts to black communities. “I’ve appeared with many members of the Congressional Black Caucus to talk about criminal justice,” the senator said. “I’ve been to Howard University, I’ve discussed it in Chicago and other cities, and so I’m more than willing to discuss it. But having people take the microphone — they need to go somewhere else and they need to rent their own microphone.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/rand-paul-blacklivesmatter-should-change-their-name-to-all-lives-matter-or-innocent-lives-matter/

[brush]

1. Who asked him?

Him pontificating on BLM is just a way to try to inject some life and attention to his stalled campaign.

It won't work. He's toast sooner than his father ever was.

[oberliner]

2. Sean Hannity

It was during a "Race in America" special on Fox News. He was asked a direct (softball) question about BLM.

[underpants]

7. Hannity interviewing Rand Paul about race huh?

Wonder if Jack Hunter was mentioned. Hunter was Paul media director and co-wrote Paul's 2011 book. Hunter also was once the Chairman of the neo-Confederate League of the South. He has other direct ties to the white supremacist movement. He resigned a year or so ago from Payl's staff.

[leftofcool]

3. Fuck you, Rand Paul!

[still_one]

4. not sure if this is LBN, however, that Rand Paul or his father for that matter do not understand the

double standard of "justice" in this country against African Americans is no surprise.

[lykemike]

5. come to think of it

Fox News IS the source when blacks need to be told how to act & what to do.

[jtuck004]

6. I think this is the single lamest attempt to appear relevant since Palin. The rest of the

country was dealing with this weeks ago, at the very least.

It's as if he fell from the turnip truck and hit his head, and woke up spouting nonsense.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

8. Says the guy who takes money from Stormfront, opposes the Civil Rights Act...

...hires for his staff and co-authors a book with a guy with Confederate flag on his face, and cant bring himself to denounce his racist daddy or his racist birther pal Alex Jones.

Shut the fuck up, Rand.

[Fred Sanders]

9. Will do, Paulie! As soon as the GOP changes their name to National Socialist American Workers Party.

Deal, Herr Rand?

[Kelvin Mace]

10. I think we need a little honesty in hashtags

Rand (and the GOP) should use:

#OnlyRichLivesMatterandIfYouWereActuallyImportantYouWouldBeRich

[CBGLuthier]

11. Rand Paul should change his name to Fuckstick MacDouchebag. Just to be accurate.

[jalan48]

12. I think Rand needs to live in the black community for a few months before he says things like this.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

13. Hear that? It's the drugs!! That's the problem!!

[Feeling the Bern]

14. #FuckoffRP

[blackspade]

15. Rand Paul can fuck the hell off.

Like he gives two shits about Black people in this country.

Sen Rand Paul (R-KY) criticized the Black Lives Matter movement on Wednesday, accusing it of “bullying people.”

Ironic coming from the party of bullies.

[samsingh]

16. but it's far more black people being slaughtered by the police

for simple things like not signalling a lane change.

that's the issue, and should not be clouded by other issues

blacklivesmatter does not imply others don't.

[Jean Genie]

17. Walk in their shoes, Rand

Until Rand Paul and some of the other privileged white guys actually turn black, and can therefore experience the reality of what many of our brothers and sisters of color are experiencing, they ought to just shut the fuck up and stop pontificating!

[navarth]

18. The same Rand Paul that appeared on Rachel's tv show in '08

and said he wouldn't force racial equality laws on business owners.

Yeah we should ask this fuck bag what he thinks about race.

[Blue_Tires]

19. Where are Rand's DU cheerleaders???

They've been really quiet lately

[Taitertots]

20. "Everyone is innocent until proven guilty"

We want peace officers, not Judge Dredd wanna-bes who think they get to murder anyone they accuse of a crime.

[Kennah]

21. Rand Paul is now #DoucheBagPatter