Pat Buchanan, a notorious purveyor of bigoted rhetoric and friend of hate groups, dedicated a column today to calling Black Lives Matter a hateful undertaking and criticizing President Obama and Hillary Clinton for not opposing the movement.
Buchanan said that lawlessness inspired by Black Lives Matter will propel voters to support his preferred candidate, Donald Trump: “If Black Lives Matter does not clean up its act, Obama and Clinton will have to throw this crowd over the side, or the BLM will take her down.”
“Obama should tell Black Lives Matter to stop the hate,” he said. “But though he has shown no reluctance to lecture white America, he has rarely shown the same stern judgment with black America.”
Obama should tell Black Lives Matter to stop the hate. But though he has shown no reluctance to lecture white America, he has rarely shown the same stern judgment with black America.
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Mistakes are going to be made, and tragedies occur, as with the shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, killed in Cleveland while waving a toy pistol.
But if there is to be a social explosion every time an incident occurs, like the deaths of Trayvon Martin, shot while beating a neighborhood watch coordinator, and Michael Brown, shot in Ferguson after trying to grab a cop’s gun, America is going to be permanently polarized.
And there is no doubt where the majority will come down, and who will be the near-term beneficiary.
Monday, Donald Trump declared himself “the law and order candidate,” and added: “America’s police … are what separates civilization from total chaos and destruction of our country as we know it.”
And Clinton? On Friday, she said, “I’m going to be talking to white people. I think we’re the ones who have to start listening.”
Prediction: If Black Lives Matter does not clean up its act, Obama and Clinton will have to throw this crowd over the side, or the BLM will take her down.
