Posted on 08/13/2015 6:56:45 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Jeb Bush gets the Bernie Sanders treatment and is forced to abandon rally early after activists start chanting 'Black Lives Matter' Former governor of Florida was holding a town hall meeting in Las Vegas After answering the question, an advocate began chanting the slogan He quickly left without making a final statement or meeting the audience
Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush has been forced to abandon a rally early because of a protest from Black Lives Matter.
The former governor of Florida was in Las Vegas for a town hall meeting on Wednesday when he answered a question on racial inequality.
An advocate in the crowd of around 150 then started to chant their slogan, so he quickly ended his speech and left the venue without making a final statement or shaking hands with members of the audience.
The music he plays when he walks off stage is heard in the background of a video as the civil rights group keep shouting the mantra. t comes just four days after Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders suffered the same fate because of the group's actions during an appearance in Seattle.
In the past week members have also turned up to one of Hillary Clinton's events.
Bush was asked about the racial disparities in the criminal justice system that have been exaggerated by black men being killed by white police officers.
He said that 'these problems have gotten worse in the last few years' and that communities 'no longer trust the basic institutions in our society that they need to trust,' according to CNN.
The GOP prospect then said 'perception becomes reality, and there really is racism in America'.
Bush has received criticism from the Black Lives Matter movement.
He backed Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley for telling protesters that 'all lives matter.'
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I still laugh at what he did to code pink.
Left them walking away dazed asking themselves “Did I really apologize and call Ted Cruz a patriot?”.
TRUMP THE EXCAVATOR can’t wait
Jeb how’s that compassionate conservatism working out?
Can I ask a stupid question?
Don’t they have security at these rallies, so that people acting up can be ejected, and then the event continues???
The optics, to use that phrase, are horrible for any candidate who clams up and leaves because of anarchists taking over their event.
Maybe Jeb wasn’t being joyful enough.
Not much like a tortoise.
They’re getting bolder. This is the undercard for when they go up against Trump.
Attendees at Trumps rally won’t put up with that garbage. Those jokers will be quickly called out, shouted down and escorted out like those illegals with their banner at the Phoenix rally.
They really mean “Only black Lives Matter”
The hole keeps getting deeper and he keeps digging.
While Jeb's hurried retreat may be amusing to some; the fact that these chanting bullies are now daring to pull these kinds of stunts--at this political level--should be disturbing. (And that is not lessened by their chanting a slogan that seems to have little relevance to their own ethnicity. It is not their intelligence level that is the point.)
We are in the early stages of a coming Social War.
We are in the early stages of a coming Social War.
We can only hope that it happens the way you describe it. I think that if they go to a Trump rally they will have a lot more provacateurs with them. It could get ugly.
The black lives matter group is very hypocritical group. Would be interesting to know how many blacks have been killed by abortions. My guess is, quite a few. But, they do not matter.
Trump’s gonna need bullhorns, klaxons, and tear gas.
Is that a planned parenthood tee shirt? Notice that most are Hispanic. No doubt a rent a mob operation. Maybe they are illegal aliens doing the jobs Americans won’t do.
It’s all part of the Democrats final solution plan to capture the entire country. It’s never been about rights, it’s been about ultimate power and control. Yes they are using Saul Alinsky’s playbook using every word and phrase. They don’t want any opposition.
Maybe it’s time to trim the tree of liberty after all......... Such words put the Founding Fathers on wanted posters. If we utter the words to remove the democrats we would be on the same lists. The criminals hate any opposition and will use anything to kill/silence us
The era of tribal politics is at hand.
That’s not a stupid question. The very fact that Jeb allowed these thugs to end his rally tells us everything that we need to know about him.
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