Harris-backed Democrat scrubs BLM-era posts as House campaign heats up

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Dan Koh, a candidate for Congress in Massachusetts’s 6th Congressional District, deleted a handful of Black Lives Matter (BLM) posts from then-Twitter, according to the Wayback internet archives tool. Koh’s resurfaced posts, which come as he wages a campaign to become the next representative for Massachusetts’s 6th Congressional District, suggest efforts to distance himself from BLM even as Koh highlights other elements of "racial justice." "JusticeForGeorgeFloyd," Koh wrote on May 29, 2020. "Pretty sure centuries of systemic racism exemplified by the murder of George Floyd has something to do with the ‘situation,’" Koh said in one of the posts, reacting to a press briefing about the riots that had broken out in Minnesota in 2020 shortly after Floyd’s death at the hands of a law enforcement officer. The posts, which originally went up on May 29 and May 30 in 2020, have since been deleted. TLAIB-BACKED SENATE CANDIDATE IN THE HOT SEAT AFTER DELETING 'DEFUND THE POLICE' SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS In another post published on April 20, 2021, Koh wrote simply, "JusticeForGeorgeFloyd." Notably, Koh has not shied away from making racial equity an element of his campaign and displays it as a part of his platform on his website. "President Trump is using the power of the federal government to target people of color at every turn. We must confront every action that systemically erodes justice and equality in American life, from attacks on fair housing and labor protections to efforts that undermine public education, environmental justice and civil rights enforcement," the website reads. MAYOR OF SANCTUARY CITY ADVANCES TO NOVEMBER ELECTION AMID ICE CRACKDOWN RESISTANCE In the past, BLM has acted as a lightning rod issue, pitting criticisms of racial prejudice in law enforcement against support for police. It would later feed into sentiments like calls to "defund the police." Koh’s campaign did not say why he deleted the posts or whether he sees them as at odds with his current posi…