New York Post

BLM is peeved at Biden

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Black Lives Matter is putting the incoming Biden-Harris administra­tion on notice for failing to respond to a meeting request from the group.

The activists say they were also excluded from a Tuesday meeting that included the president-elect and vice president-elect, Louisiana Rep. Cedric Richmond and several civil rights groups.

“On the night of the Biden Harris victory, BLM sent a letter requesting a meeting,” the movement wrote Wednesday on its Instagram.

The post includes a graphic stating “It has been . . . 32 days since we’ve requested a meeting with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. We’ve heard no response.”

“Black life cannot wait,” the group said. “Creating thriving conditions for black communitie­s in the 21st century cannot be put on pause.”

The post continued, “As the organizati­on leading the largest global social justice movement, we demand a seat at the table. To ignore us — and the 64,000 of you who have signed our petition — is to ignore our generation’s most pressing demands for transforma­tive justice. @joebiden @kamalaharr­is we are waiting.”

BLM called on its 4 million Instagram followers to let the Biden-Harris team “know you’re waiting, too.”

At the meeting Tuesday, President-elect Joe Biden promised leaders of prominent civil-rights groups that his administra­tion would prioritize racial justice and form a diverse Cabinet that can tackle those issues.

The two-hour virtual meeting, which was closed to press, included Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and Richmond, who will join the Biden administra­tion as a senior adviser.

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