Posted on 08/04/2016 7:47:41 PM PDT by massmike
If there was any doubt, Gov. Gary Johnson is working harder at winning over former Bernie Sanders supporters than Ron and Rand Paul supporters. For whatever reason, he’s taken on several left-wing positions from bashing religious freedom to now supporting Black Lives Matter.
At the CNN Libertarian Party Town Hall on Wednesday, Johnson praised the efforts of Black Lives Matter and endorsed the organization.
Speaking to a Black Lives Matter protestor and registered Democrat who was shot in the leg during a march, Johnson said, “What it has done for me is that my head has been in the sand on this,” Johnson said. “I think that we’ve all had our heads in the sand and lets wake up. Discrimination does exist, has existed, and for me personally, um, slap, slap, wake up.”
The Libertarian Vice Presidential nominee Bill Weld focused less on the Black Lives Matter movement and more on the stats of black youth unemployment, calling it a national emergency.
“(Young black men) are four times as likely to be incarcerated if they have intersection with law enforcement as white people are, their educational opportunities are not there, we have to get them into education and concentrate the power of the government to make sure there are jobs available for them,” Weld said. “When there’s a national emergency the government has to respond, libertarian or no libertarian.”
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson addresses Black Lives Matter on CNN town hall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9bwi91j99U
That’s it, I’m not voting for Gary Johnson.
... oh wait, was never voting for him anyway.
More black votes away from Hillary.
Johnson Was exposed as being a fraud to his party a long time ago.
Not necessarily stoned, but... beautiful.
Gary just bent over and kissed his ass goodbye.
Apparently, it is anatomically possible!
I knew this guy was a hater.
#blackliesmatter will be feelin’ the Johnson.
“Young black men) are four times as likely to be incarcerated if they have intersection with law enforcement as white people are, their educational opportunities are not there” -————per the idiot,Bill Weld
I’d like him to spend a week or two in an inner city public school and see what he thinks of these kids with no “educational opportuniites”.
It’s like spending time in a madhouse.
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My thought exactly. He may also be a retromingent fool.
Nobody likes a brown noser.
Putting all politics aside, have you ever seen and heard more of a twerp?
Leni
Black Lives Matter is a racist terror organization that promotes the killing of innocent police officers & white people. Associated with the democrat/communist party and funded by former NAZI collaborator George Soros.
Texas Black Lives Matter Protesters Called for Killing of White Cops in 2015
I would not vote for him.
Gary Johnson - mild-mannered, misguided-man, massaging marxist meme. (I saw him speak several years ago in our township hall.)
Has NM ever had anyone good in statewide office? Anyone????
fake Libertarian....real political whore
I guess “Libertarian Principles” are pretty much like all other political “principles” after all: winning the election is the only “principle” that matters.
Vote your conscience and third party , they said....
I watched the Town Hall last night. Holy crap are those two the biggest idiots I have ever seen. I can’t believe anyone would vote for those two over Trump. They are SICK (and no not in a good way).
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