During the Democratic debate Tuesday night, candidates were asked the question, “Do black lives matter or do all lives matter?” This mind-numbing question brought out gushing answers of affirmation, “Well of course black lives matter!” from Sanders, Clinton and O’Malley, who all went on to lament that we “need to do more.” Of course that politically correct Q&A was received with gusto from the media elite who took to Twitter to share their enthusiasm:
Actor Mark Ruffalo:
Issues of race. Good that's real. Do #BlackLivesMatter ?? YES! Institutional Racism is real. Tackle that issue. #DebateWithBernie
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) October 14, 2015
CNN's Sally Kohn:
Question from Arthur in Des Moines: Do #BlackLivesMatter or do “all lives matter”? YES! Great question to choose. Direct. #DemDebate
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) October 14, 2015
CNN commentator and activist Van Jones:
Winner of the debate so far: #BLACKLIVESMATTER @CNN #CNN #DemDebate ... Congrats, @aliciagarza !
— Van Jones (@VanJones68) October 14, 2015
Arianna Huffington:
#BlackLivesMatter question is great. Would’ve been great for @CNN to ask it in first debate: http://t.co/mgp8wzO4i9 #DemDebate
— Arianna Huffington (@ariannahuff) October 14, 2015
Columnist for the Sacramento Bee:
Good!! A #BlackLivesMatter question. #DemDebate
— Erika D. Smith (@Erika_D_Smith) October 14, 2015
Sally Kohn liked Bernie Sanders response:
Echoing others here — but Bernie Sanders just showed the value of #BlackLivesMatter protests so many (incl his supporters) complained about
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) October 14, 2015
Though many complained there weren’t more questions on #BlackLivesMatter, like Jamil Smith, Senior Editor of The New Republic.
It appears that we've had our black question for the night. #DemDebate
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) October 14, 2015
Shaun King, columnist at The Daily Kos:
I think we just saw the 3 minute portion of the debate where they would speak specifically about #BlackLivesMatter. #DemDebate
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) October 14, 2015
DeRay Mckesson, prominent Black Lives Matter activist and media commentator:
.@CNN, is there really only going to be one question about race tonight? #DemDebate
— deray mckesson (@deray) October 14, 2015
While the media complained that there wasn’t enough of a focus on #BlackLivesMatter, in the over 2 hour debate, there was not one question about Planned Parenthood. Where was the outrage over that media censorship?
