Anonymous ID: a9af35 July 23, 2020, 9:21 a.m. No.10055344   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Awhile back I contacted Mike Braun's office and gave him hell over what he said about BLM. This is the response I got from his office:

 

Dear xxxxxxx,

 

Thank you for contacting my office regarding the national umbrella organization of Black Lives Matter. I appreciate hearing your thoughtful concerns on this important issue.

 

On May 25, 2020, Mr. George Floyd died from asphyxiation while being arrested by Derek Chauvin, an officer with the Minneapolis Police Department. Following Mr. Floyd’s death, demonstrations quickly broke out in Minneapolis and across the country. While many of these demonstrations have indeed been peaceful, portions of protests across the country, including in the Hoosier State, have devolved into violence through the coordinated efforts of certain national umbrella activist organizations.

 

While I respect the right of peaceful citizens to demonstrate in order to seek recognition of the fact that black lives matter, I also believe that the national umbrella organization of Black Lives Matter is an extremist, radical, Marxist organization dedicated to ending the nuclear family and defunding the police. This organization hijacked an important message, and I condemn all acts of violence, rioting, and property destruction done in the name of any social movement. However, I do not think we should consider peaceful citizens that are simply seeking recognition of the fact that black lives matter to be extremists if they are exercising their First Amendment rights.

 

Now, as always, I support the right of all Americans to exercise their First Amendment right to protest peacefully and severe punishment when protesters become rioters and break the law. That is why I am a proud original cosponsor of a resolution introduced by Senator Mike Lee which formally condemns in no uncertain terms the mob violence that is currently plaguing major cities and subjecting innocent law enforcement officers, public officials, and private citizens to the mob’s violent scorn.

 

Thank you for contacting me. It is an honor to serve as your U.S. Senator from Indiana. Please keep in touch with me on issues of concern to you. You can also follow me on Twitter or Facebook for real-time updates on my activities in the U.S. Senate. If I ever may be of service, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Sincerely,

 

Mike Braun

U.S. Senator

 

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