Conservative Clergy of Color slams Kamala Harris for praising ‘brilliance’ of BLM founders
Conservative Clergy of Color, a coalition of African-American pastors who say they were called to bring a new perspective to the nation’s conversation on race, slammed Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris on Friday for praising the “brilliance” of the founders of Black Lives Matter.
Speaking during an interview held as part of the NAACP’s national convention, which was held virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic, Harris praised Black Lives Matter co-founders founders Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi for “their brilliance in conceiving it.”
“History is going to show it was an inflection point in the ongoing fight for justice and to reform the criminal justice system,” the California senator told CNN commentator Angela Rye....