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riversedge

(70,242 posts)
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:57 PM Aug 2015

Scott Walker: I don’t have time for Black Lives Matter — let’s talk about ‘things that matter’

Source: raw story



Scott Walker: I don’t have time for Black Lives Matter — let’s talk about ‘things that matter’

Tom Boggioni
21 Aug 2015 at 11:58 ET

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) on March 1, 2015. (Fox News)


Campaigning in New Hampshire, ........................


“I’m going to meet with voters. I mean, I’ve said, it’s not just – who knows who that is?” the flustered Walker replied before comparing the grassroots civil rights organization to the Tea Party...............

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During a recent appearance at the Iowa State Fair, Walker ignored questions and comments from Black Lives Matter protesters who were bussed in for his political event.

According to Wisconsin constituent and BLM activist Ciara Fox of Milwaukee, Walker refused to take even one question from a black member of the audience.

While speaking in Iowa, Walker used his unwillingness to meet with concerned but opposing groups as a badge of courage.

“You want someone who’s tested? I’m right here. You can see it. This is what happened in Wisconsin. We will not back down!” he told the crowd.


Listen to audio, published by the Daily Mail, below:

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/scott-walker-i-dont-have-time-for-black-lives-matter-lets-talk-about-things-that-matter/



I really think the man has gone off his rocker




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Scott Walker: I don’t have time for #BlackLivesMatter — let’s talk about ‘things that matter’ http://ow.ly/Rcux4

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Scott Walker: I don’t have time for Black Lives Matter — let’s talk about ‘things that matter’ (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2015 OP
That should be music to the ears of the racist Republican base. totodeinhere Aug 2015 #1
eeks. that might just happen. riversedge Aug 2015 #5
Competing for the Trump fans. hay rick Aug 2015 #12
Absolutely disgusting. smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #2
That about sums it up, now doesn't it? LuckyLib Aug 2015 #3
What's been said cannot be unsaid. silverweb Aug 2015 #4
I didn't think he will try to walk it back. Why should he? totodeinhere Aug 2015 #8
I don't know. silverweb Aug 2015 #22
Look who he's panderign too. They'll vote for the biggest racist. The only thing he's doing is he's trillion Aug 2015 #31
True. silverweb Aug 2015 #33
And I felt a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of voices cried out in anger, Half-Century Man Aug 2015 #6
Scott #Walker support in Presidential polls has plummeted by 2/3 from 15% to 5% riversedge Aug 2015 #7
I agree. If Trump flames out look for Scott to make a comeback. totodeinhere Aug 2015 #9
Divider @ScottWalker intimidated by #BlackLivesMatter. riversedge Aug 2015 #10
Thank you for your interest in the open position, Governor Jack Rabbit Aug 2015 #11
I picture a bunch of white guys sitting around a big desk coming up with that.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2015 #13
That's what I call outreach...to the KKK. corkhead Aug 2015 #14
Now he'll never get the black vote. JohnnyRingo Aug 2015 #15
Who is it that Scott Walker thinks he's going into battle against? NCcoast Aug 2015 #16
Anyone "different" CatholicEdHead Aug 2015 #24
Walker can get black voters. He'll win 6-10% of the black vote. NYCButterfinger Aug 2015 #17
He's practically begging for a protest. Qutzupalotl Aug 2015 #18
I think you're on to something. A big BLM protest at one of his events gets totodeinhere Aug 2015 #26
Lets of responses on twitter after Raw story Tweet about this... riversedge Aug 2015 #19
Things That Matter (indeed, All That Matters) to Scott Walker alterfurz Aug 2015 #20
Thank God for Donald Trump, bringing out GOP racists everywhere ericson00 Aug 2015 #21
When did "Slaughtering American Citizens" become a non-issue? WhiteHat Aug 2015 #23
#KochLivesMatter? Simeon Salus Aug 2015 #25
#KochDollarsMatter Salviati Aug 2015 #28
This a-hole's dismissive statement will make a good campaign ad . . . brush Aug 2015 #27
That figures. potone Aug 2015 #29
If he keeps it up he'll pull ahead of Trump for the Republicans. They are going for the biggest trillion Aug 2015 #30
Scottie is of course a nazi, and now chips are falling, and lines are being drawn. drynberg Aug 2015 #32

totodeinhere

(13,058 posts)
1. That should be music to the ears of the racist Republican base.
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:59 PM
Aug 2015

If Walker can get this word out look for his support in the party to increase.

LuckyLib

(6,819 posts)
3. That about sums it up, now doesn't it?
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 08:02 PM
Aug 2015

Everything you need to know about America's racist, nutty right wing.

silverweb

(16,402 posts)
4. What's been said cannot be unsaid.
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 08:06 PM
Aug 2015

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]It'll be fun to watch this ignorant jackass try, though.

totodeinhere

(13,058 posts)
8. I didn't think he will try to walk it back. Why should he?
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 08:19 PM
Aug 2015

He is just saying what Republican voters want to hear.

silverweb

(16,402 posts)
22. I don't know.
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 10:14 PM
Aug 2015

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]His handlers might push him towards some kind of tempering statement, like "I didn't mean that the way it sounded," just to avoid a total PR meltdown.

I hope he tries, because when reTHUGs try to dig themselves out, they just end up dug in deeper, which I find highly entertaining.

Then again, you could be right. We'll just have to wait and see.

 

trillion

(1,859 posts)
31. Look who he's panderign too. They'll vote for the biggest racist. The only thing he's doing is he's
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 07:09 AM
Aug 2015

showing he may be able to compete with trump.

silverweb

(16,402 posts)
33. True.
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 12:34 PM
Aug 2015

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]They're all scum, anyway, and I just want to see every one them out of positions of power.

That's why it's so critical for all of us to do whatever we can to make sure liberal Democrats win big next year!

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
6. And I felt a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of voices cried out in anger,
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 08:08 PM
Aug 2015

and then grew louder and coalesced into a far greater movement.

A recruiting moment if I ever saw one.




#BlackLivesMatter grows stronger, due to idiots who think otherwise.

On Edit; cleared an ungraceful phrase.

riversedge

(70,242 posts)
7. Scott #Walker support in Presidential polls has plummeted by 2/3 from 15% to 5%
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 08:12 PM
Aug 2015

I think these figures are within the ballpark. Walker is getting frustrated and testy. But he has LOTS of money in his war chest. I do not count him out by a long shot.





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EcoInternet ?@EcoInternet Aug 17

Scott #Walker support in Presidential polls has plummeted by 2/3 from 15% to 5% as witness fall of American demagogue

riversedge

(70,242 posts)
10. Divider @ScottWalker intimidated by #BlackLivesMatter.
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 08:21 PM
Aug 2015



Jim Witkins ?@jimwitkins 3m3 minutes ago

Divider @ScottWalker intimidated by #BlackLivesMatter. http://owl.li/RcLxT #uniteblue #wiunion



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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/21/1414229/-Walker-Black-Lives-Matter-meeting-would-be-ridiculous-not-part-of-things-that-matter

Fri Aug 21, 2015 at 09:58 AM PDT


Walker: Black Lives Matter meeting would be 'ridiculous', not part of 'things that matter'


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Presidential candidate and first American politician to be semi-successfully grown in a petri dish Scott Walker does not want to meet with Black Lives Matter activists, or talk about it, or acknowledge them, and you can't make him so shut up.

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
11. Thank you for your interest in the open position, Governor
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 08:23 PM
Aug 2015

. . . but we don't have time for assholes like you or Dave and Charlie Koch.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
13. I picture a bunch of white guys sitting around a big desk coming up with that....
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 08:26 PM
Aug 2015

And then snickering over how clever it was.

NCcoast

(480 posts)
16. Who is it that Scott Walker thinks he's going into battle against?
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 08:34 PM
Aug 2015

Time and time again he couches those who oppose him as if they were an enemy force. Of all the clowns in the GOP clown car this one scares me the most. He would the most dishonest and divisive president anyone could imagine.

CatholicEdHead

(9,740 posts)
24. Anyone "different"
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 10:38 PM
Aug 2015

Who happens to go against the GOP marketed narrative. Rich, White, Male, Protestant, ultra-conservatives 100% with the platform only need apply. You need to follow the narrative or shut up and sit down.

 

NYCButterfinger

(755 posts)
17. Walker can get black voters. He'll win 6-10% of the black vote.
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 08:37 PM
Aug 2015

They are some swing black voters in Ohio, Florida, New York, etc. who don't want to hear about police brutality because to some, it doesn't affect them. Walker is tone deaf anyway.

totodeinhere

(13,058 posts)
26. I think you're on to something. A big BLM protest at one of his events gets
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 11:11 PM
Aug 2015

him on all of the cable news networks.

riversedge

(70,242 posts)
19. Lets of responses on twitter after Raw story Tweet about this...
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 09:03 PM
Aug 2015




Raw Story
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utliberal ?@utliberal 5h5 hours ago Salt Lake City, UT

@RawStory @chaplinlives Or simply put, black lives don't matter to Scott Walker.
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Not backing down ?@Pie_SocialMedia 6h6 hours ago

.@RawStory #walker16 has shown himself to be #unpresidential & #outoftouch. He's always been a #divider #walkernotfit http://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/3-questions-african-americans-should-ask-scott-walker-n391491
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Br?ndon Ub??d ☪ ?@PissOnBitchez 7h7 hours ago

@RawStory Well, you're not getting my vote.


tellthetruth ?@truthtotweet 2h2 hours ago

@PissOnBitchez @rodeodance Wow Walker says that, Trump and Carson dismissed them outright too - yet not a peep from BLM about this.


Joel Thompson ?@yeahjoel 7h7 hours ago

.@RawStory @ChrisVermilion How incredibly myopic and narrow-minded.
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Chris Vermilion ?@ChrisVermilion 7h7 hours ago

@yeahjoel @RawStory Yep. Not to mention tone-deaf.
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Joel Thompson ?@yeahjoel 7h7 hours ago

@ChrisVermilion @RawStory No doubt. why not be authentic & say "I don't have all the answers but yes we need to have a conversation."
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Randy Winslow ?@pucktothehead 3h3 hours ago Waterloo, Ontario

@yeahjoel @ChrisVermilion @RawStory I think he was being authentic. That's the problem.
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Dwayne Wayne III ?@_92Infinity 49m49 minutes ago Bowie, MD

@RawStory Fuck him

David R. Watson ?@DavidRWatson2 2h2 hours ago

@RawStory @StinaLeicht So black lives don't matter to Mr. Walker? Why am I unsurprised?

Constance Jackson ?@ConstanceJackso 3h3 hours ago Dallas, TX

@RawStory We Don't Have Time 4U, WEASEL. I Certainly Hope This Utterance From WEASEL, Is His SwanSong. He Just Said BLACK LIVES DON'T MATTER




Randy Winslow ?@pucktothehead 3h3 hours ago Waterloo, Ontario

@RawStory just when u think it can't get any worse for the Republican party........



and on and on...

alterfurz

(2,474 posts)
20. Things That Matter (indeed, All That Matters) to Scott Walker
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 09:16 PM
Aug 2015

1. His political ambitions
2. His dark money donors/masters
3. Destruction of government's ability to promote the common good
4. Payback for those on his "enemies list"

 

ericson00

(2,707 posts)
21. Thank God for Donald Trump, bringing out GOP racists everywhere
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 09:48 PM
Aug 2015

and making their lives very hard in 2016

 

WhiteHat

(129 posts)
23. When did "Slaughtering American Citizens" become a non-issue?
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 10:18 PM
Aug 2015

Maybe I don't get out much, but it seems like kind of a big deal to me.

Simeon Salus

(1,144 posts)
25. #KochLivesMatter?
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 11:06 PM
Aug 2015

"If you're an obscenely wealthy pair of lunatic John Birchers that live three states away, I'll take your phone calls and your explicit directions. Live in the town where I played bass drum in the high school band or in the state that pays my pittance of a salary, screw off!"

Extrapolated quote only...

brush

(53,791 posts)
27. This a-hole's dismissive statement will make a good campaign ad . . .
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 12:49 AM
Aug 2015

should he get the repug nomination.

By saying: "I don’t have time for Black Lives Matter — let’s talk about ‘things that matter" he's saying black lives don't matter to him.

Listen up operatives from the Hillary, Sanders and O'Malley campaigns, file this away your 'to be used later' opposition research file.

potone

(1,701 posts)
29. That figures.
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 06:44 AM
Aug 2015

"Things that matter" apparently doesn't include people getting killed by the police. But then, why would it? Everything he has done since he became Governor shows that no one's life, unless that person is wealthy, matters to him. On the up side, this should sink one more nail in the coffin of his ambitions. News to Walker: black people do vote!

 

trillion

(1,859 posts)
30. If he keeps it up he'll pull ahead of Trump for the Republicans. They are going for the biggest
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 07:07 AM
Aug 2015

racist. He can also throw in Sexism and start being crude. They'll consider it "refreshing"

drynberg

(1,648 posts)
32. Scottie is of course a nazi, and now chips are falling, and lines are being drawn.
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 07:26 AM
Aug 2015

Don't forget to defend and back up BLM and of course Bernie.

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