AUGUST
31--In a confidential memo to fellow staffers, the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee’s diversity director last year
outlined “best practices” when dealing with the "radical" Black Lives
Matter movement, including the avoidance of phrases like “all lives
matter” and “black on black crime,” which “anger BLM activists” and are
“viewed as red herring attacks.”
The November 2015 memo, authored by Troy Perry, notes that the document
“should not be emailed or handed to anyone outside of the building.
Please only give campaign staff these best practices in meetings or
over the phone.”
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when dealing with the "radical" Black Lives Matter movement, including
the avoidance of phrases like “all lives matter” and “black on black
crime,” which “anger BLM activists” and are “viewed as red herring
attacks.”
The Perry memo was posted late Tuesday evening to the WordPress blog of
“Guccifer 2.0,” the hacker who has taken credit for intrusions into the
DCCC and Democratic National Committee computer systems.
Since writing the BLM memo, Perry (seen above) has left the DCCC for a
job with Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
Noting that presidential candidates “have struggled to respond to
tactics” of BLM, Perry advised that House candidates and campaign staff
“should be prepared.”
To that end, Perry counseled that “If approached by BLM activists,”
staffers should meet with group members and listen to their concerns,
but not “offer support for concrete policy positions.” Perry
recommended that Democrats “Be a Partner & Lead From Behind” since
leary BLM members “don’t want their movement co-opted by the Democratic
Party.”
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