If Kamala Harris wins election without public participation in her nomination, she will be labeled an “affirmative action or a DEI move” and her accomplishments will be discredited, Black Lives Matter (BLM) warned Tuesday.
Allowing delegates to anoint Harris as the Democrat presidential nominee without the consent of voters would be make the Democrats “a party of hypocrites” and cloud Harris’ presidency, BLM said in a statement:
“Installing Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee and an unknown vice president without any public voting process would make the modern Democratic Party a party of hypocrites. It would undermine their credibility on issues related to democracy.
“Imagine our first Black woman president not having won some sort of public nomination process. The pundits would immediately label it as affirmative action or a DEI move, and any progress made by a President Harris would be on shaky foundations.”
“If Kamala Harris is to be the nominee, it must be through a process that upholds democratic principles and public participation,” BLM says, demanding that the DNC “immediately host an informal, virtual snap primary across the country prior to the DNC convention in August.”
Democrats are ignoring the voices of Black Americans and taking their votes for granted, BLM says in the statement:
- “This moment calls for decisive action to protect the integrity of our democracy and the voices of Black voters.”
- “The party has taken our votes for granted and prioritized political theatrics over our real needs.”
- “We do not live in a dictatorship. Delegates are not oligarchs.”
- “The Democratic party, which has been the loudest in defending democracy, is now poised to commit some of the most undemocratic maneuvering to avoid listening to the will of the voters.”
- “We have no idea where Kamala Harris stands on the issues.”
“We demand an informal, virtual snap primary now that the incumbent president is no longer in the running,” BLM insists.
In June of 2020, Harris solicited donations to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, a bail fund for Black Lives Matter rioters and criminals – including an alleged murderer and convicted rapist – Fox News recalls:
“Harris — a large opponent of the cash bail system during her previous presidential campaign — promoted the bail fund in June 2020 to help bail Black Lives Matter rioters out of jail, but only a fraction of the more than $41 million actually went to freeing rioters.
“Minneapolis station FOX 9 reported that the fund spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to free an alleged knife murderer and a convicted rapist who was facing charges of sexual assault and kidnapping, among others.”