{"id":1662568,"date":"2022-09-28T13:38:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T17:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1662568"},"modified":"2022-09-28T13:39:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T17:39:22","slug":"john-fetterman-scrubs-black-lives-matter-section-from-campaign-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-fetterman-scrubs-black-lives-matter-section-from-campaign-site\/","title":{"rendered":"John Fetterman Scrubs &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; Section From Campaign Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjohn-fetterman-scrubs-black-lives-matter-section-from-campaign-site%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1662568&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pennsylvania-showdowns-fetterman-topping-oz-shapiro-leading-mastriano-new-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate candidate John Fetterman, D-Pa.,<\/a> has removed mentions of Black Lives Matter from his campaign website in the last month, a review of archived webpages showed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The &#8220;issues&#8221; page on Fetterman&#8217;s website currently includes sections on inflation ,criminal justice reform, legalizing cannabis, renewable energy, immigration and several other topics, but doesn&#8217;t include any section devoted to Black Lives Matter. Archived copies of the page, though, show that as recently as Aug. 22, the same page highlighted Fetterman&#8217;s commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/black-lives-matter-black-america-worse-off-police-murders-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Lives Matter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;John served as mayor of a city that\u2019s more than 80% Black, and has championed the idea that Black lives matter since long before it became a hashtag,&#8221; the previous version of the campaign website stated under a section titled &#8220;Black Lives Matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The same line appears to have been on Fetterman&#8217;s website since February 2021, the month he announced he would run for Senate. Fetterman secured the Democratic nomination for the seat in May, setting up a showdown against Republican nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz in November.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fetterman-said-2016-held-black-lives-matter-worldview-considered-viewpoints-common-sense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FETTERMAN SAID IN 2016 HE HELD A BLACK LIVES MATTER &#8216;WORLDVIEW,&#8217; CONSIDERED VIEWPOINTS TO BE &#8216;COMMON SENSE&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Democratic Pennsylvania Senate nominee John Fetterman acknowledges supporters during a rally.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Mark Makela\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fetterman spokesperson Joe Calvello said it was &#8220;false&#8221; to suggest the campaign has removed all Black Lives Matter references. He explained that Fetterman references Black Lives Matter in a &#8220;personalized video&#8221; on the site addressing gun violence. In the video, which was published in April, Fetterman states that, in the past, he never saw the media or general public caring about &#8220;Black lives mattering.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The one section you seem to be referencing was removed when we updated and greatly expanded our issues page weeks ago,&#8221; Calvello told Fox News Digital in a statement. &#8220;Voters deserve to know where we stand, and we&#8217;re proud that we spell out our platform clearly on our website.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Fetterman \u2014 who is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/fetterman-politicians-need-full-disclosure-releasing-medical-info-voters-new-york-times-guest-essay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennsylvania&#8217;s current lieutenant governor<\/a> and the former mayor of Braddock, an eastern suburb of Pittsburgh \u2014 has been criticized for a 2013 incident in which he pulled a gun on a Black jogger. He reportedly followed the man, who he suspected of committing a crime, in a pickup truck with a shotgun and detained him until police arrived. The jogger was eventually found innocent and released.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was a white man with a gun chasing a Black man,&#8221; Fawn Walker-Montgomery, a former city council member of a jurisdiction near Braddock, told NBC News in April. &#8220;I used to be on the council in McKeesport, and if I chased after a person with a gun, I would still be in jail. He\u2019s showing he\u2019s not aware of his white privilege.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dem-senate-candidate-john-fetterman-addresses-2013-incident-in-which-he-pulled-gun-on-unarmed-black-jogger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DEM SENATE CANDIDATE JOHN FETTERMAN DEFENDS PULLING GUN ON UNARMED BLACK JOGGER IN 2013<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rev. Mark Kelly Tyler, a Democratic organizer in Philadelphia, added that anybody who thinks the incident won&#8217;t have an impact on Black voters&#8217; decision is &#8220;living in fantasy land.&#8221; Michael Nutter, the last Black mayor of Philadelphia, told NBC News that Fetterman should &#8220;just \u2018fess up&#8221; and apologize.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/John-Fetterman-Joe-Biden-West-Mifflin-PA-Labor-Day-event-Sept.-5-2022.jpg\" alt=\"President Biden watches as Fetterman takes the stage at a rally in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 5.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      President Biden watches as Fetterman takes the stage at a rally in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 5.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He has also received criticism for his positions on crime and criminal justice reform. Fetterman&#8217;s campaign recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fetterman-campaign-walks-back-apparent-call-free-every-convicted-second-degree-murderer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">walked back comments<\/a> he made that appeared to advocate for the release of individuals convicted of second-degree murder.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman has previously signaled his support for the Black Lives Matter movement. In June, he expressed support for the movement in a tweet saying Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, should have been made a federal holiday a &#8220;long time ago.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today we celebrate emancipation + reflect on the long shadow of systemic racism in America,&#8221; he tweeted. &#8220;PA always stands by the unshakeable truth that Black families matter + Black lives matter.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post is his most recent tweet with the phrase &#8220;Black Lives Matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/fetterman-torched-saying-poorer-people-minorities-less-likely-have-id-vote-completely-racist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FETTERMAN TORCHED FOR SAYING \u2018POORER\u2019 PEOPLE, \u2018MINORIOTIES\u2019 LESS LIKELY TO HAVE ID TO VOTE: \u2018COMPLETELY RACIST\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2016, amid his first run for Senate, he stated that he had a &#8220;Black Lives Matter kind of worldview.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/d2eba1c2-Untitled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fetterman is set to face Pennsylvania GOP nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz in the upcoming midterm election.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Fetterman is set to face Pennsylvania GOP nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz in the upcoming midterm election.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Mark Makela, Hannah Beier\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I never positioned myself as anti-establishment. In fact, I was the only elected official in my race, I point out,&#8221; he said at the time. &#8220;Katie McGinty never held elected office and [Joe] Sestak\u2019s only elected office was a term, I believe, in Congress before he started running.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So this idea that I was anti-establishment \u2013 I just ran on what I felt were important, common sense issues whether that was a living wage, marijuana legalization, a Black Lives Matter kind of worldview, but also a community policing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/john-fetterman-signed-pledge-ban-fracking-supports-tens-thousands-pa-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>JOHN FETTERMAN ONCE SIGNED PLEDGE TO BAN FRACKING, WHICH SUPPORTS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PA JOBS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He added that it was &#8220;common sense&#8221; that cities that rejected the Black Lives Matter movement would have higher crime rates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fetterman also authored a blog post on Medium that year titled &#8220;Black. Lives. Matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Black Lives Matter movement has brought to the national conversation many of the inequalities I\u2019ve worked to confront here in Braddock,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;I\u2019m so grateful it has because we need to realize that as far as the way America treats African-Americans, black lives don\u2019t matter in this country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman concluded the post saying the nation needs to recognize how inequality is &#8220;deeply embedded&#8221; in the country.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News Digital reporter Kyle Morris contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer at Fox News Digital<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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