Posted on 03/01/2020 2:11:03 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Congregants of a historically black church in Selma, Alabama, turned their backs on Democrat presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg on Sunday as he addressed them.
The protest, which remained silent and peaceful, took place as Bloomberg was giving a speech on the 55th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” a day when police attacked black citizens during a civil rights march in the town.
Several images shared to social media on Sunday showed both black and white voters standing with their backs turned to Bloomberg in Selma’s Brown Chapel AME Church.
Multiple attendees at #BloodySunday service are turning their backs on @MikeBloomberg as he delivers his remarks and discusses his plans to defend voting rights and address the racial wealth gap. pic.twitter.com/9BzI6n5zSk
— Errin Haines (@emarvelous) March 1, 2020
According to those who attended the event, former Georgia Democrat gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams sat behind Bloomberg during his speech.
Some people are standing in Brown chapel with their back turned on Bloomberg pic.twitter.com/JmqNvkZvMu
— Sam Levine (@srl) March 1, 2020
Bloomberg, a former mayor of New York City, has had a history of questionable comments surrounding America’s black community.
In 2011, during the launch of his multimillion-dollar Young Men’s Initiative, Bloomberg claimed black and Latino men “don’t know how to behave in the workplace.”
During Bloomberg’s tenure as New York City mayor, nearly five million individuals, primarily young men of color, were stop-and-frisked.
Bloomberg’s resurfaced comments on stop-and-frisk came during a 2015 speech to the Aspen Institute, where he pushed the idea of cities taking the initiative on instituting and enforcing the gun bans.
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Ouch!
Mother, you said I could by all the friends I want.
Have a Happy Super Tuesday, Mike...
“Black Voters Turn Their Backs on Mike Bloomberg During Church Service”
that’s just rude ... maybe they don’t like farmers ...
Bloomberg would send ALL of the police into their neighborhoods.
Can’t wait to see the ad.
Probably the media will give more attention to the 55th anniversary of the Selma march than to the 250th anniversary of the Boston Massacre on March 5th.
LET ME KNOW WHEN THEY DROP TROW AND MOON HIM...
He should only talk in front of paid audiences.
Did they have Bone-O blaring his u-2 anfem? Still, take that nannie bloomers.
Warning: do NOT attempt to let a Conservative give even a vaguely political pulpit speech in a ‘historically white’ church.
mini mike Doomberg has the worst advisers/consultants to have this happen and publicized - they are ripping him off, what a dumbass.
Kudos to them; I guess he was expecting the kid-glove treatment from NYC bought-and-paid-for “ministers”...
Doug Schoen is taking his money and sabotaging him so Biden or Crooked can get the nomination...
They either invited him or at least accepted a request from him to speak so this is simply rude.
Maybe he couldn’t see over the podium. He might just be finding out about this.........
According to those who attended the event, former Georgia Democrat gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams sat behind Bloomberg during his speech.
That's failed, not former.
Nah— Nanny would tax their grape drink for it’s sugar content like he did in Old Yuck City.
Looks like Mike nor hissstaff looked very deep into this Methodist churches history......he walked right into it!
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