Rising Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg now regrets saying “All Lives Matter” in a 2015 speech addressing two local police controversies in South Bend, Indiana. “And so this statement that seems anodyne and something no one could be against actually wound up being used to devalue what the Black Lives Matter movement was telling us, which is what we needed to hear because unfortunately, it was not obvious to everybody that black lives were being valued the same,” he said. A CNBC report on Wednesday first highlighted Buttigieg’s use of “All Lives Matter” in a 2015 State of the City Address he delivered to his constituents in South Bend referencing two racial controversies surrounding the city’s police officers. “We need to take both those things seriously, for the simple and profound reason that all lives matter.”BUTTIGIEG SEES SURGESome critics of “Black Lives Matter” have used “All Lives Matter” as a counter slogan to the movement. “It should enhance, not diminish, the value of a good police department, when we assert what should go without saying, but in these times must be said clearly and again and again: that black lives matter,” Buttigieg said to applause, as Sharpton sat next to him.

Source: Fox News April 05, 2019 13:18 UTC