Vance Claims Amazon Funded Black Lives Matter So Rioters Would “Destroy Small Main Street Businesses”

The Christian Science Monitor reports:

In 2021, J.D. Vance gave a speech to a conservative think tank on “woke capital” – and accused Amazon of funding Black Lives Matter in order to burn down the competition.

“Who benefits most when small businesses on Main Street are destroyed? Who wants to see their competitors unable to deliver goods and services to people, so that you get it delivered in your brown Amazon box? Jeff Bezos,” Mr. Vance said, referencing the riots that broke out in the summer of 2020, amid a wave of racial justice protests.

“The people who are invested in destroying America via our corporate class are also getting rich from it. This is an important piece of the puzzle to understand.” Mr. Vance has described big business as an enemy of conservative values, accusing many corporations of directly undermining America.

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JD Vance has claimed @amazon founder @JeffBezos secretly funded #BlackLivesMatter in order to have rioters pillage local retailers so people would spend more money at Amazon. The head-shaking stupid of those who swallow such nonsense is incalculable. https://t.co/Qgg18XoVo6

— Ed Berliner (@BerlinerSpeaks) August 15, 2024