The chairwoman for the Democratic National Committee’s Black Caucus touted her days as a member of the Black Panther Party and urged Democrats to use their tactics to win 2018 midterm elections.
“I’m a former Black Panther,” Virgie Rollins said at a town hall in Detroit on Saturday.
“When we talk about the movement , as a former Black Panther with Angela Davis and Kathleen Cleaver, it was important … to make people understand it was about the movement for us,” said Rollins. “Educating us. We got out and we taught kids, we fed the hungry, and we clothed the naked.”
“We’ve got to be out here in masses this time in the midterms,” Rollins said. “It’s all about changing the Congress now.”
“They cannot win without black folks and women, so it’s up to us,” she continued in the video that was secretly recorded and posted online by the GOP War Room,
Virgie Rollins, a former Black Panther and the DNC’s black caucus chairwoman, talked at a Saturday DNC town hall in Detroit about emulating their “revolutionary” grassroots strategies heading into the 2018 elections. (spotted: Keith Ellison) https://t.co/l2QvmC3Lhw pic.twitter.com/GxtDaY8Ssg
— Christian Datoc (@TocRadio) April 2, 2018
DNC vice chair Keith Ellison was also at the event, and tweeted out that he would be speaking.
#DemsTour: Watch my address to the Detroit Town Hall Meeting where I’m joined by @thedemocrats Black Caucus Chair Virgie Rollins and @MichiganDems https://t.co/cNk7u3Q5cq
— Rep. Keith Ellison (@keithellison) March 31, 2018
Happening now in Detroit, Michigan: .@TheDemocrats Deputy Chair @keithellison hosts From Memphis to Midterms : Honoring Women Civil Rights Leaders featuring DNC Black Caucus Chair #VirgieRollins pic.twitter.com/3MVkMuzVB2
— Waikinya Clanton (@WJSClanton) March 31, 2018
#DemsTour: Watch my address to the Detroit Town Hall Meeting where I’m joined by @thedemocrats Black Caucus Chair Vi https://t.co/H4CvR5nAU7
— Rep. Keith Ellison (@keithellison) March 31, 2018
According to The Daily Caller:
Just over halfway through the video, obtained by the Republican National Committee, DNC vice chair Keith Ellison appears to take notice of the videographer before whispering something to a companion on the dais.
He appears to make eye contact with the videographer several times until the clips conclusion.
“We’re going to do grassroots organizing in this election,” Rollins concluded. “That is so important.”
“We’ve got to turn back to the revolution now, because it’s important. They depend on us,” she said.
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