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Viral Conservative YouTube Star Renounces Conservatism
TPM ^ | 11/30/15 | Caitlin Cruz

Posted on 12/01/2015 12:21:08 PM PST by T-Bird45

CJ Pearson, the 13-year-old viral YouTube star made famous for his rants against President Barack Obama, has renounced conservatism, according to a Friday interview with CNN.

Pearson told the network in an email that the GOP's stance on racial and gender disparity compelled him to change.

"I was tired of being a champion of a party that turned a blind eye to racial discrimination," Pearson told CNN. "Tired of being a champion of any cause that denies equal rights to every American. Tired of being a champion of a party that doesn't care about the issues important to young people."

Pearson's made headlines in September after he made a video from his Georgia home questioning why Obama had invited that "Muslim kid" to the White House. He was referring to Ahmed Mohammed, the Dallas-area student who brought a homemade clock to his high school.

Pearson also said he is no longer working with the presidential campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). He previously was the chairman for Teens for Ted.

The video of 17-year-old Lacquan McDonald being shot 16 times by a Chicago police officer changed Pearson's mind. He called the shooting "an issue where conservatives and liberals should come together" in a video published last week.

Pearson said his views will not be dictated by one party.

"I don't want to be the conservative wonder kid that people follow because I make them feel good and like young people are part of their movement. I want to be followed because I'm the voice of a generation that doesn't have a voice at the table," he told CNN.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cjpearson; cruz; election2016; fakeconservative; falseflag; movement; tedcruz; teenager; texas; young
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To: T-Bird45

So he was interviewed by CNN, did they interview him when the was the so called conservative champion, maybe did but I don’t remember it, makes you wonder what some will do to get face time on the news, so his shine began to fade and he is trying to renew it whatever he has to do.


41 posted on 12/01/2015 1:19:17 PM PST by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: T-Bird45

Hormones are kicking in. Emotion is beating the crap out of his reason.


42 posted on 12/01/2015 1:19:25 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: T-Bird45

Somebody put a horse’s head on his pillow.


43 posted on 12/01/2015 1:20:44 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: T-Bird45

Sounds like he just recited a Democrat press release. Too bad he doesn’t know the history of their party and how they presently operate. Then again, maybe they threatened his family. I already woke up to how that party operated by the time I was 12.


44 posted on 12/01/2015 1:21:22 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: T-Bird45
The in-depth WISDOM of a 13 year old mind is a MYTH.

Whatever his position, it has been shaped by outside influences, not his own perspective and intellect.

My suggestion is to forget politics young man and do something fun and entertaining.. "go flip your minnow"

45 posted on 12/01/2015 1:26:34 PM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: Drango
FIRST 13 year old EVER to change his mind.

In other news, Ahmed the Clock Boy, is homesick for Texas.

None of this surprises me...my youngest son will be 14 in February. It's been 8 years since one of my children was a teen, and now I've got 6 more years of it to deal with.

46 posted on 12/01/2015 1:33:48 PM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi! My vote is going to Cruz.)
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To: Obadiah

This kid is blaming conservatives for black men being shot in cities that democrats controlled for the past 30 years. The democrats created the mess these cities are in. They’re probably run by a majority of black democrats.


47 posted on 12/01/2015 1:34:59 PM PST by peeps36 (Save The Tortoise And Kill The People)
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To: peeps36

How many of these incidents happened during Rudy Giuliani’s time as mayor. My guess is few to none.


48 posted on 12/01/2015 1:37:18 PM PST by Obadiah (Jeb! Because America needs more cowbell.)
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To: T-Bird45
It appears the leftist media is doing what they do.

He says that he doesn't want to be anything other than himself, that he's distancing himself from the label 'conservative' because he doesn't want to have others pigeonhole him based on the label.

http://www.bizpacreview.com/2015/11/28/cj-pearson-says-cnn-headlines-false-viral-teen-youtube-star-renounces-conservatism-278835
49 posted on 12/01/2015 1:41:43 PM PST by plsjr (<>< Mankind "knows" by trial and error; Only the CREATOR really knows His creation.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

How true; and, if history is any guide when he does learn it will be the hard way.


50 posted on 12/01/2015 1:43:08 PM PST by Jean2 (ox)
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To: T-Bird45

Sounds like he was never a conservative in the first place. So long, viral loser-kid. Enjoy life on the rat plantation.


51 posted on 12/01/2015 2:03:38 PM PST by Sans-Culotte (''Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small''~ Theodore Dalrymple)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
...to be contrary.

Having been a teen and then raising two of them, I'd agree with you that contrary is their natural state.

52 posted on 12/01/2015 2:04:04 PM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: circlecity

“HE got bought off.”

Or frightened off.


53 posted on 12/01/2015 2:04:26 PM PST by beelzepug (2 Timothy 2:23 Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments...")
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To: IronJack
...whose testes haven’t descended.

Made me LOL, IJ!!

54 posted on 12/01/2015 2:06:58 PM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: T-Bird45

What, who the hell is this @$$h@t? Bigger question, why should I give a cr@p?


55 posted on 12/01/2015 2:07:06 PM PST by nomad
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To: T-Bird45

He’s 13...I’ll give him a pass and check back in with him in about eight or nine years. Maybe 10.


56 posted on 12/01/2015 2:07:52 PM PST by SamAdams76 (It's time we sent a junkyard dog to Washington to run the low life out)
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To: T-Bird45; House Atreides; circlecity; SomeCallMeTim; Fledermaus; ClearCase_guy; Tenacious 1; ...

No, he hasnt renounced conservatism. CNN and talking points memo are both liars. You people ought to know better than to believe anything TPM or CNN says.

Here is what CJ has had to say about it himself on his facebook page:

“I’ve gotten all of your messages, tweets, and posts! No worries guys - CNN just got a bit too....excited with their headline.

I still hold conservative principles but I just stepped away from the label. I wanted to be me, not what others wanted me to be me from any party. The issues facing America aren’t liberal or democrat...they’re real issues that demand solutions. I’m in this game to be an objective voice for my generation and I will do just that!

Thanks for all of your support and not prejudging before getting my explanation.”


57 posted on 12/01/2015 2:09:27 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Thanks. You are right. I should know better.


58 posted on 12/01/2015 2:10:42 PM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: Sans-Culotte; nomad; SamAdams76; beelzepug

No, he hasnt renounced conservatism. CNN and talking points memo are both liars. You people ought to know better than to believe anything TPM or CNN says.

Here is what CJ has had to say about it himself on his facebook page:

“I’ve gotten all of your messages, tweets, and posts! No worries guys - CNN just got a bit too....excited with their headline.

I still hold conservative principles but I just stepped away from the label. I wanted to be me, not what others wanted me to be me from any party. The issues facing America aren’t liberal or democrat...they’re real issues that demand solutions. I’m in this game to be an objective voice for my generation and I will do just that!

Thanks for all of your support and not prejudging before getting my explanation.”


59 posted on 12/01/2015 2:11:00 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: House Atreides

He was never ours to lose.


60 posted on 12/01/2015 2:11:27 PM PST by sport
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