By Colby Itkowitz and Colby Itkowitz Congress, campaigns, health policy, Pennsylvania politics Email Bio Follow Sean Sullivan Sean Sullivan Reporter covering national politics Email Bio Follow April 4 at 4:43 PM Pete Buttigieg responded to criticism of his past use of the phrase “all lives matter,” telling reporters Thursday that he stopped saying it when he learned that it was being used to diminish the experience of African Americans.
[Pete Buttigieg, the young and openly gay Midwest mayor, finds a voice in crowded Democratic presidential field] Buttigieg said that when he used that phrase, he did not understand it was being used to counter Black Lives Matter.
Dont sweat it PeteButtigieg . Just say “all white men bad...especially straight, Christian white men.” You’ll get a huge bump in the polls. There is nothing the Dem base (currently) hates more than white men. We r the root of all evil. EVERYTHING is our fault.
All lives matter, true. Black life matters is a racist
Big of him.
do people still fall for one line headline?
Because it is racist and demeaning?
Yeah he’s running for president as a Democrat. That’s why.
Ha!
Because he's an ass-kissing DemocRAT who wants to be president?
So far, so good.
I don't understand the Democratic candidates willingness to appear with the charletan Sharpton. He has never been held accountable for the Tawana Brawley sham. He wrecked lives and careers and has never apologized for any of it. First SenKamalaHarris now PeteButtigieg
BETO FOR PRESIDENT .... because 'all lives matter'
Finally! A candidate that apologizes for believing that black lives don't matter! BlackLivesMatter
He learned it's not acceptable among Dem primary voters?
Because white lives don’t matter in his Socialist circles?
The phrase all lives matter is now racist because some GOP goons used it to oppose BLM. If a kid says all lives matter would you correct them or reinforce that's probably a good sentiment for humans to have towards each other.
All lives DONT matter? Huh. Anyhoo, just another reactive liberal groveling before the outrage mob.
For black votes? Duh.
Wow. We have the potential to have a President who admits when he was wrong and corrects his behavior accordingly. I'm not sure I can wrap my Trump-battered mind around that concept. PeteButtigieg PeteForAmerica
Probably cuz he didn’t want to align with low-key racists, some of whom are represented in the comments on this tweet.
he should have known it was racist in the first place. there's nothing I've heard about this guy that would remotely make me vote for him
Because he doesn't mean it?
Soft
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