Martin O'Malley

They are acting like he is apologizing for saying "All Lives Matter" like he doesn't think all lives matter. He is apologizing for not understanding that saying "All Lives Matter" in a discussion about black deaths involving police is condescending and insulting. From his subsequent interviews, he clearly got that and that was what he apologized for.

I have to give him immense credit for sticking around NN and doing two interviews post-demonstration mess. He did that great interview with This Week in Blackness and one with Goldie Taylor. He also only left the stage at NN because DNC rules forbid two candidates to be on the same stage at the same time due to the new debate rules.

He listens and engages with people and I really think it is unfair that all the media is covering is his apology and not the great interviews that followed.