During last night’s DNC Chair Candidates Forum moderated by MSNBC’s Joy Reid, one of the candidates vying for the Democratic leadership position delivered some eye-opening comments while talking about what she’d do as chair.

Sally Boynton Brown, Executive Director of the Idaho Democratic Party, noted that “black lives matter” and that it made her sad that “white leaders in our party have failed.”

Mentioning that she is a “white woman,” Brown stated that her job “is to listen to the issues.” She then went on to say what else her job would be.

“My job is to listen and be a voice and shut other white people down when they want to interrupt,” she exclaimed. “My job is to shut other white people down when they want to say, ‘Oh, no, I’m not prejudiced. I’m a Democrat. I’m accepting.'”

She would later add that “this is not just rhetoric” but instead it is “life or death.”

Watch the clip above, via CSPAN 3.

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