August 31st, 2016 saw the release of emails by the hacker Guccifer 2.0 regarding the Democratic Party's stance on Black Lives Matter. Suffice to say that it dosen't bode well for the Democratic Party. Why? Because the leaks exposed all to clear the notion that despite rhetoric condemning Trump's racism and the alt-right, Black Lives don't matter for the Democrats.
These documents were supposedly uncovered from Nancy Pelosi's files. It stated Black Lives Matter was a "radical movement" and that while Democrat party leaders should meet with them and avoid snubbing them with racist terminology such as "all lives matter", they should not support the platform the BLM.
The Democratic party has tried to shrug off the implications of these leaks. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee(DCCC) has stated that BLM has evolved into a political force with a significant impact on the nation as a whole, and that they welcome dialogue and cooperation with BLM. They sidelined the contents of the leak by stating that "they will not allow for" the contents of the leaks to negatively affect their relations with the BLM activists.
BLM leaders and activists however, were unconvinced. Their facebook page offered the statement that the DCCC response was simply used to obfuscate the implications of the issue and silencing black communities. They state that regardless of party lines, that elected officials in a democratic society have to make legislation reflecting the needs of their constituents. BLM activists such as Shaun King have stated that the democrats have chosen to not focus on transformative policies to address racism and policy brutality, but instead just chose to "act polite and supportive without giving any real support".
