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JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 07:53 PM Jun 2020

Asked repeatedly to say 'Black lives matter,' Mike Pence says 'all lives matter'

(CNN)Vice President Mike Pence declined to say the words "Black lives matter" during an interview with an ABC affiliate in Pennsylvania on Friday, instead saying that "all lives matter."

"Let me just say that what happened to George Floyd was a tragedy," Pence told 6ABC Action News in Philadelphia when asked directly if he would say that Black lives matter. "And in this nation, especially on Juneteenth, we celebrate the fact that from the founding of this nation we've cherished the ideal that all, all of us are created equal, and endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights. And so all lives matter in a very real sense."

Juneteenth, however, commemorates the end of slavery in America, which happened nearly a century after the nation's founding.

The distinction between saying "Black lives matter" and "all lives matter" has emerged as something of a cultural dividing line amid the nationwide discussion about racial equality that has been touched off in recent weeks. The phrase "Black lives matter" has gained widespread use in recent years as a way to draw attention specifically to deadly encounters between Black Americans and police.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/06/19/politics/mike-pence-black-lives-matter-all-lives-matter/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

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Asked repeatedly to say 'Black lives matter,' Mike Pence says 'all lives matter' (Original Post) JonLP24 Jun 2020 OP
How about a compromise? Get Pence to say "Black Lives Matter Too" Freethinker65 Jun 2020 #1
NO Compromise! handmade34 Jun 2020 #7
it's the supremacists way.....mike has a hood in one of his closets spanone Jun 2020 #2
Should ask, do you believe that black lives are included in all lives Thomas Hurt Jun 2020 #3
"Let me add that grandma is old and should die happily for the economy!" struggle4progress Jun 2020 #4
Thwap Solly Mack Jun 2020 #5
Anderson Cooper is tearing him a new one with Cornel West malaise Jun 2020 #6
"From the founding...all of us are created equal??" WTF mike Docreed2003 Jun 2020 #8
I once challenged a fellow who called me a "sheeple" to say the words "Democratic Party". Midnight Writer Jun 2020 #9
Democrats musclecar6 Jun 2020 #10
I expect nothing else. nt Ferrets are Cool Jun 2020 #11

Freethinker65

(9,934 posts)
1. How about a compromise? Get Pence to say "Black Lives Matter Too"
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 07:56 PM
Jun 2020

Bet Pence still would weasel out of it.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
3. Should ask, do you believe that black lives are included in all lives
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 08:20 PM
Jun 2020

When he says yes, then they should ask why he can't say yes to the black lives matter question.

malaise

(267,823 posts)
6. Anderson Cooper is tearing him a new one with Cornel West
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 08:26 PM
Jun 2020

The Confederacy lost the war - white supremacists won the peace. We will have no more of this.

Docreed2003

(16,817 posts)
8. "From the founding...all of us are created equal??" WTF mike
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 08:49 PM
Jun 2020

All white men, maybe...all of us? Nah, bro and whitewashing are history will not change that fact. The confederates truly believed that they were the legitimate standard bearers of "all men are created equal", because they interpreted that to mean: ALL WHITE MEN. Give me a fucking break with this folksy bullshit spin.

Midnight Writer

(21,548 posts)
9. I once challenged a fellow who called me a "sheeple" to say the words "Democratic Party".
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 08:59 PM
Jun 2020

Instead of his preferred "Democrat Party".

He absolutely refused, seemed very uncomfortable about it, almost panicky. He couldn't break from his hate radio orthodoxy for even one second.

So I called him a "sheeple".

musclecar6

(1,681 posts)
10. Democrats
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 09:27 PM
Jun 2020

Believe all men AND women are created equal. Republicans believe all white men are created equal. All other races and women should walk ten paces behind.
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