Kamala Harris: Black Lives Matter Protests An "Essential Component" To Counter Racist Status Quo
By Ian Schwartz
RealClear Politics
September 25, 2020
Democratic nominee for vice president Sen. Kamala Harris praised the
"brilliance" of Black Lives Matter and said she will always interpret
the ongoing protests "as an essential component of evolution in our
country" at the NAACP convention on Friday.
"Nothing that we have achieved in our country that has been about
progress, and in particular around civil rights has come without a
fight," Harris said.
HARRIS: The brilliance and the impact of Black Lives Matter and their
brilliance in conceiving it, history is going to show was an inflection
point in the ongoing fight for justice, to your point, and to reform the
criminal justice system and America’s criminal justice system. I
actually believe, as a former prosecutor, that Black Lives Matter has
been the most significant agent for change within the criminal justice
system, because it has been a counterforce to the force within the
system that is so grounded in status quo and in its own traditions, many
of which have been harmful and have been discriminatory in the way that
they’ve been enforced. Being there, being at the protest, I mean, I
grew up in protest. My, parents were active in the Civil Rights
Movement, as you know, so it’s nothing new.
I’ve been in marches since I was in a stroller. When I was at Howard
University, I was protesting against apartheid. I mean, it’s nothing new
for me. But, being there, at this point in terms of, honoring the life
of George Floyd and Breonna and Ahmaud Arbery, and we can go down the
list, sadly, a long list. It is about, I think, a community and the
country speaking out, understanding that nothing that we have achieved
that has been about progress in this country has come without a fight.
Nothing that we have achieved in our country that has been about
progress, and in particular around civil rights has come without a
fight.
I always, I’m going to interpret these protests as an essential
component of evolution in our country, as an essential component, a mark
of a real democracy and as necessary, as necessary. The people’s voices
must be heard. It is often the people who must speak to get their
government to do what it is supposed to do, but may not do naturally
unless the people speak loudly, and obviously peacefully, but speak
loudly.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This what we will have to put up with by President Harris if Biden defeats Trump.
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Kamala Harris is branded 'ignorant' for praising BLM protests and calling them 'essential' just three days after two cops were shot during Louisville riots
Daily Mail
September 26, 2020
Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris has come in for criticism after saying that protests against racial injustice, including those by the Black Lives Matter group are 'essential for the evolution of our country' - with some online branding her 'ignorant'.
Senator Harris D-Calif. made the comments during the NAACP's national convention in which she was interviewed for more than one hour and come just three days after two police officers were shot and injured during rioting in Louisville.
The shooting came after a grand jury's decision not to charge the officers who shot and killed Breonna Taylor.
The flack came thick and fast with many seemingly shocked at the vice presidential candidate's take on recent events.
'Unmoved by the violence in our streets and the brutal attacks on our police officers, Kamala Harris says the 'protests' are essential for our 'evolution' as a country,' wrote Arthur Schwarz as he used the senators own words against her.
It was a view shared by Steve Guest, Rapid Response Director of the GOP.
'After months of left-wing violence, Democrat Sen. Kamala Harris says these protests are an essential part of our 'evolution' as a country,' encouraging others to see fault with Harris' words.
Robby Starbuck, a Cuban-American director and producer also attempted to place Harris' quotes into relevant context.
''Nothing we've achieved... has come without a fight and so I'm always going to interpret these protests as an essential component of evolution in our country... and as necessary.' - Kamala Harris Remember this when you see cities on fire & people attacked', Starbuck added.
Another Twitter user, Philip Camp, called the senator 'stupid': 'Kamala Harris praises BLM, says ongoing protests are 'essential' for change in US. Just shows how stupid Kamala Harris is. The country is going to pot with people like her in leadership roles.'
Christian author Daniel Bobinski was also far from impressed by what he had heard.
'I'd like to publicly thank Kamala Harris for telling Americans that the protests (aka riots) need to continue ... and hold her personally responsible for the violence and the medical bills ... and yes, the deaths, too. I lay this at the feet of Congressional Democrats,' he tweeted.
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Up until know I thought the only thing that Kamala slobbered all over was Willie Brown's johnson.
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