Democrats can’t distance themselves from Black Lives Matter because they’re running it

Published February 24, 2022 7:03pm ET



Over at National Review, Rich Lowry wrote a fine piece this week about the embarrassment that is the Black Lives Matter organization and why Democrats would be wise to keep their distance from it. He failed, however, to mention an important fact: Several top Democrats are now literally running BLM.

The Washington Examiner revealed last week that prominent Democratic lawyer Marc Elias and former White House political director Minyon Moore, both longtime Clinton allies, have taken on key leadership roles with BLM. Filings from the organization show Elias represents the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation through Elias Law Group, and Moore, who is also advising President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court confirmation team, is now a member of BLM’s board of directors.

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