Another One Possibly Bites the Dust
It appears that C.J. Pearson, the one time pre-teen/teen Conservative wonder kid, has rejected Conservativism. CNN is reporting that Pearson has left the Conservative movement in part due to the Laquan McDonald shooting video. Pearson also said that he left Conservativism because he became tired of defending a group that did not oppose racial and gender inequality. Apparently, Pearson, who was once the chairman of Teens for Cruz, has broken ties with the Cruz campaign because Cruz did not discuss issues important to kids enough.
Maybe this young man actually changed his views, but it is also possible that he is leaving the Conservative movement because they did not back him in his lie against President Obama. I hope this is a true change of heart and not a situation in which a kid is just a spoiled brat and is lashing out because he did not get what he wanted from Conservatives.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/27/politics/cj-pearson-conservative-teen-renounces-republicans/index.html
The 13-year-old Internet phenom who gained national attention criticizing President Barack Obama and briefly was a part of the Ted Cruz campaign is renouncing conservatism, saying he's looking to be a voice unbound by party ideology.
CJ Pearson told CNN on Friday that concerns about the Republican Party's viewpoints on racial and gender disparity as well as youth issues convinced him he could no longer be a mouthpiece for conservatism.
"I was tired of being a champion of a party that turned a blind eye to racial discrimination. Tired of being a champion of any cause that denies equal rights to every American. Tired of being a champion of a party that doesn't care about the issues important to young people," Pearson wrote in an email.
The 13-year-old, African-American YouTube star from Georgia said in an interview that he began considering the change after a conversation with another teen friend, who asked why he doesn't speak out on racial discrimination -- to which he replied he was concerned his followers wouldn't be pleased.
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