{"id":546951,"date":"2021-05-31T12:06:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T16:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=546951"},"modified":"2021-05-31T12:06:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T16:06:37","slug":"new-york-times-blames-gop-elites-for-blms-decline-in-popularity-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-blames-gop-elites-for-blms-decline-in-popularity-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times Blames \u2018GOP Elites\u2019 For BLM\u2019s Decline In Popularity Nationwide"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fnew-york-times-blames-gop-elites-for-blms-decline-in-popularity-nationwide%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=546951&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1218413526.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The left-wing organization Black Lives Matter saw its popularity fall from unprecedented heights over the last year, not because Americans learned of its stated marxist agenda or corruption, but because of \u201cincreased politicization by elites\u201d in the Republican Party, according to an in-depth profile from the legacy media.<\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/22\/opinion\/blm-movement-protests-support.html\">article<\/a> in a series the New York Times published on the first anniversary of George Floyd\u2019s death on May 25, complained that \u201csupport among white Americans\u201d for BLM as an organization \u201chas proved both fickle and volatile,\u201d which \u201ccontradicts the idea that the country underwent a racial reckoning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While \u201cthere has been a net increase in favorability toward Black Lives Matter since 2018,\u201d it \u201cpeaked in the immediate aftermath of George Floyd\u2019s death and then swiftly declined,\u201d especially \u201camong Republicans and white Americans, two large and often overlapping groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Times later admitted positive views of the BLM organization \u201cdid not last long\u201d and \u201cswiftly declined\u201d across every \u201cracial group.\u201d Rather than blame this universal decline on the BLM organization, the Times blamed the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe precipitous decline in support \u2026 mirrors the increased politicization of the issue by elites,\u201d the article, by Jennifer Chudy and Hakeem Jefferson, continued. \u201cIn the days and weeks following Floyd\u2019s death, Republican politicians quickly turned attention away from the actions of a murderous police officer to those individuals protesting the injustice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Did Republicans \u201cpounce\u201d on BLM, or did the organization \u2014 and the demonstrators protesting on its behalf \u2014 show their true colors?<\/p>\n<p>BLM rioters injured police officers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdrb.com\/news\/national\/police-chief-association-releases-number-of-officers-injured-nationwide-during-violent-protests\/article_db673920-34ab-11eb-9431-a3e24704f86a.html\">in 72%<\/a> of cities that held BLM protests across the U.S. and Canada, according to the Major Cities Chiefs Association. Looting, arson, and vandalism consumed whole neighborhoods in Minneapolis, Kenosha, Atlanta, and dozens of cities around the world. The property damage cost up to $2 billion and destroyed private churches and businesses. Worst of all, the riots <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/oct\/31\/americans-killed-protests-political-unrest-acled\">left<\/a>&nbsp;at least 25 people dead, including retired policeman David Dorn.<\/p>\n<p>Support may have plummeted, too, as BLM\u2019s agenda came to be known. Its \u201cWhat We Believe\u201d page, which has since been scrubbed, initially claimed that BLM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/black-lives-matter-what-we-believe-page-disrupt-the-western-prescribed-nuclear-family-dismantle-cisgender-privilege\">exists<\/a> to \u201cdisrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet in the Times\u2019 telling, this is just part of America\u2019s growing indifference to Black Lives Matter.<\/p>\n<p>The NYT\u2019s article closed by urging leaders to see to it that \u201csupport for Black Lives Matter ultimately translates into policy\u201d at the national level, \u201crather than the changing of hearts and minds\u201d of American voters. It added helpfully that \u201cprotests\u201d like the ones mentioned above \u201ccan pressure elites to pursue tangible legislative action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To that end, \u201ccoalition-building\u201d between BLM and \u201cLatinx activists\u201d will \u201cprove essential in counteracting the backlash toward B.L.M. observed among some whites and Republicans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The article is one of a series of statements in the left-wing media seeking to change the narrative about BLM\u2019s riots and the resulting property damage this summer. Earlier in the week, New York Times deputy opinion editor Patrick Healy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/msnbc-people-only-think-blm-riots-were-violent-because-of-fox-news-newsmax-oan-bubble\">protested<\/a> on \u201cMorning Joe\u201d that Republican voters only believe \u201cfalse claims\u201d \u2014 like the idea that Black Lives Matter is \u201cMarxist\u201d or that this summer\u2019s protests were violent \u2014 because they \u201clive in a Fox News\/Newsmax\/OAN bubble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their well-coordinated rehabilitation efforts proved poorly timed, as they came just two days before BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-blm-co-founder-patrisse-cullors-resigns-amid-controversy\">stepped down<\/a> from the organization.<\/p>\n<p>Cullors, who admitted BLM\u2019s leaders are \u201ctrained Marxists,\u201d had been caught spending more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/local-blm-chapters-accuse-national-foundation-of-hiding-untold-millions-of-dollars-in-donations-from-grassroots-activists\">$3.2 million<\/a> on lavish homes. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/blm-co-founder-patrisse-cullors-rails-against-white-supremacist-housing-market-weeks-after-splashing-out-millions-on-real-estate\">claimed<\/a> she selflessly scarfed up prime real estate, because \u201chomeownership has always been a way to disrupt white supremacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the BLM national office admitted to raking in around <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/black-lives-matter-90-million-finances-8a80cad199f54c0c4b9e74283d27366f\">$90 million<\/a> last summer, while local affiliates openly complained that few of the funds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/local-blm-chapters-accuse-national-foundation-of-hiding-untold-millions-of-dollars-in-donations-from-grassroots-activists\">trickled down<\/a> to them.<\/p>\n<p>The legacy media tried to downplay the BLM violence engulfing American cities, insisting the protests were \u201cmostly peaceful.\u201d But since the inauguration of the Biden-Harris administration, the media have increasingly tried to justify the violence itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, this fighting for democracy and against fascism thing has always been a messy business. And, yes, people get hurt, property gets damaged, and things get confusing,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-host-praises-antifa-violence-yes-people-get-hurt\">said<\/a> W. Kamau Bell in a segment glorifying Antifa on CNN\u2019s \u201cUnited Shades of America.\u201d The New York Times\u2019 article is just another part of this process.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The left-wing organization Black Lives Matter saw its popularity fall from unprecedented heights over the last year, not because Americans learned of its stated marxist agenda or corruption, but because &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313593,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1218413526.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"New York Times Blames \u2018GOP Elites\u2019 For BLM\u2019s Decline In Popularity Nationwide","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-546951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1218413526.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"New York Times Blames \u2018GOP Elites\u2019 For BLM\u2019s Decline In Popularity Nationwide","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}