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Why do you suppose Martin O'Malley was booed for saying "All lives matter"?

Asked by josie (30934points) July 22nd, 2015

At a recent conference, a group of mostly black demonstrators began chanting “Black lives matter” while O’Malley occupied the stage.

O’Malley, a pretty solid Democrat, presidential candidate, former Maryland governor and champion of gay rights and gun control, responded that…“all lives matter.”

He was roundly booed. In fact he apparently was so intimidated by the booing that he later apologized for imagining and saying that all lives matter.

Why do you suppose he was booed?

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