In an interview with MSNBC’s Joy Ann-Reid, Nancy Pelosi refused to say she supported Black Lives Matter.
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Speaker Pelosi on Black Lives Matter:
“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.” pic.twitter.com/igbCqyceIJ
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 5, 2019
“Do you support the Black Lives Matter movement?” the student asked.
“Well, I support the recognition that Black Lives Matter for sure and I have incorporated that in many of my statements,” Pelosi said. “I think that all lives matter, yes, but it has—we really have to redress past grievances in terms of how we have addressed the African-American community.”
Black Lives Matter activists and many progressives dislike the term “all lives matter” as being dismissive of the racism that blacks experience and the movement overall.
