Hillary Clinton has come a long way with the #BlackLivesMatter crowd. She offended many blacks by appearing at a church in Florissant, Mo., in June and declaring in an anecdote that “all lives matter.”
@BlackGirlDanger SHE FUCKING DID NOT. Oh god are you serious?
— Abe “Bastard Keith” Goldfarb (@AbeGoldfarb) June 23, 2015
We are serious. That reaction was typical, and many on Twitter declared that Clinton had lost their vote then and there. She then took the brave step of holding a 15-minute, closed-door meeting with members of the Boston chapter of #BlackLivesMatter who were locked out of a New Hampshire event when the Secret Service declared the site was at capacity.
By the time of the first Democratic debate, Clinton had fully embraced the #BlackLivesMatter movement, and after holding two fundraisers in Chicago today, Clinton met with the mothers of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Tamir Rice.
Grateful to spend time today with mothers who have lost a child to violence and turned their grief into a national call to action. -H
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 3, 2015
.@HillaryClinton the #Bengazi parents? Oh, no. Never mind. It was too good to be true
— Tepid Intrusion (@neurobone) November 3, 2015
@HillaryClinton Please find and jail whoever made the youtube video that led to this
— Lewis P. (@_Sweet_Lew) November 3, 2015
NEW: Hillary Clinton is meeting w/ members of Trayvon Martin's family & others whose kids were killed in shootings https://t.co/ovcc6m2eup
— Dan Merica (@merica) November 2, 2015
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CNN reports, “Hillary Clinton met Monday with a collection of parents whose African-American children have died in shootings at a local Chicago cafe.” Our first piece of advice would be — stay the hell away from that cafe. Our second: don’t ever believe anything Hillary Clinton says.
According to the women, Clinton did not make any explicit promises to them, but did pledge to stay engaged in their causes and work on criminal justice reform. All of them [sic] women described the meeting as productive and said Clinton appeared earnest and trustworthy.
“She is a mother and she is a woman and I felt she understood where we were coming from,” said Samaria Rice, mother of Tamir Rice. “It doesn’t matter what color we are, I felt that she really understand where we are coming from.”
Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin's mother, tells me the meeting with Clinton was "powerful" and "productive." https://t.co/ovcc6m2eup
— Dan Merica (@merica) November 2, 2015
Also attending the Clinton meeting: Mike Brown and Tamir Rice's mothers.
— Dan Merica (@merica) November 2, 2015
Tamir Rice's mother: "I felt she understood where we were coming from." My story from Chicago on Clinton's meeting: https://t.co/ovcc6m2eup
— Dan Merica (@merica) November 3, 2015
Michael Brown's mother on the meeting w Clinton: "She heard us and we listened to her. I look forward to what is underway."
— Dan Merica (@merica) November 2, 2015
First, though, Clinton would have to be elected.
On the same day that President Obama held a speech at Rutgers University to note that the 2.2 million Americans behind bars are disproportionately black and Latino, Clinton declared the criminal justice system to be “out of balance.”
During her meeting, HRC told the mothers that Americans “have allowed our criminal justice system to get out of balance," per an aide.
— Dan Merica (@merica) November 3, 2015
Did we mention the meeting was held in Chicago?
While HRC was meeting with mothers whose sons were killed in shootings, an 8-yr old was shot & killed 10 miles away. https://t.co/QZ2D51dxxM
— Dan Merica (@merica) November 3, 2015
#BlackLivesMatter protest in 3 … 2 … 1 …
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