What, considering Clinton has a half black son in Mississippi is irrelevant. I thought the blacks gave Slick Willie a pass a long time ago
-Geaux
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t is no secret that one of the core support groups behind Hillary's presidential campaign are black voters. Which is why it came as a surprise when none other than Bill Clinton faced down protesters angry at the impact his 1994 crime reforms have had on black Americans and defended the record of his wife, Hillary Clinton, who is relying on the support of black voters in her quest for the presidency.
As Reuters reports, the former president spent more than 10 minutes confronting the protesters at a campaign rally in Philadelphia for his wife over criticisms that the crime bill he approved while president led to a surge in the imprisonment of black people. Clinton's speech devolved into confusion when several protesters heckled the former president mid-speech and held up signs, including one that read: "CLINTON Crime Bill Destroyed Our Communities."
Bill Clinton's remarks on Thursday drew criticism online. Some saw him as dismissive of the Black Lives Matter movement, a national outgrowth of anger over a string of encounters in which police officers killed unarmed black people. Johnetta Elzie, a civil rights activist, wrote online that Clinton "can't handle being confronted by his own record."
This is like watching a robot malfunction," she wrote. She was referring to Bill, not Hillary.
Ahead of Clinton's speech activists in the Black Lives Matter protest movement circulated video footage of Hillary Clinton defending Bill's reforms in 1994. In the footage, she calls young people in gangs "super-predators" who need to "be brought to heel." Hillary Clinton, 68, who also has faced protesters upset by her remarks, said in February she regretted her language.
To be sure, Bill Clinton defended her 1994 remarks, which protesters say were racially insensitive, and suggested the protesters' anger was misplaced.
Black Activists Heckle, Turn On Clinton; Accuse Him Of "Destroying Their Communities" | Zero Hedge
-Geaux
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t is no secret that one of the core support groups behind Hillary's presidential campaign are black voters. Which is why it came as a surprise when none other than Bill Clinton faced down protesters angry at the impact his 1994 crime reforms have had on black Americans and defended the record of his wife, Hillary Clinton, who is relying on the support of black voters in her quest for the presidency.
As Reuters reports, the former president spent more than 10 minutes confronting the protesters at a campaign rally in Philadelphia for his wife over criticisms that the crime bill he approved while president led to a surge in the imprisonment of black people. Clinton's speech devolved into confusion when several protesters heckled the former president mid-speech and held up signs, including one that read: "CLINTON Crime Bill Destroyed Our Communities."
Bill Clinton's remarks on Thursday drew criticism online. Some saw him as dismissive of the Black Lives Matter movement, a national outgrowth of anger over a string of encounters in which police officers killed unarmed black people. Johnetta Elzie, a civil rights activist, wrote online that Clinton "can't handle being confronted by his own record."
This is like watching a robot malfunction," she wrote. She was referring to Bill, not Hillary.
Ahead of Clinton's speech activists in the Black Lives Matter protest movement circulated video footage of Hillary Clinton defending Bill's reforms in 1994. In the footage, she calls young people in gangs "super-predators" who need to "be brought to heel." Hillary Clinton, 68, who also has faced protesters upset by her remarks, said in February she regretted her language.
To be sure, Bill Clinton defended her 1994 remarks, which protesters say were racially insensitive, and suggested the protesters' anger was misplaced.
Black Activists Heckle, Turn On Clinton; Accuse Him Of "Destroying Their Communities" | Zero Hedge
