Clinton, Sanders and O’Malley just invoked Black Lives Matter. Bush and Carson didn’t.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Hillary Rodham Clinton and her two top rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination each invoked "Black Lives Matter" in speeches here before a mostly African American crowd on Friday, showing solidarity to a movement that has viewed them with some skepticism in recent months.

Jeb Bush and Ben Carson, two Republican White House hopefuls speaking at the same event, did not.

The contrast at the National Urban League's annual conference highlighted the divergent approaches Republicans and Democrats are generally taking when talking about the raging national debate over race, violence and law enforcement in America.

"Young people have taken to the streets, dignified and determined, urging us to affirm the basic fact that black lives matter," said Clinton, whose campaign kickoff speech left a major Black Lives Matter organizer unimpressed. "And because of people across this country sharing their stories with courage and strength, a growing number of Americans are realizing what many of you have been saying for a long time: we can’t go on like this; we are better than this; things must change."

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