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Sunday, May 17, 2026

Rick Barker | Candidate's False Claims - Santa Clarita Valley Signal

Twice-defeated congressional candidate Christy Smith has on several occasions voiced her support for Black Lives Matter and has also falsely claimed that she never supported defunding the police. On the first, Ms. Smith has marched and sign-waved at BLM events on several occasions and has tweeted pictures of her proudly doing so on her Twitter page and has also proudly claimed her support for the group in her online fundraising efforts.

Relevant to her support for BLM is the most recent shutdown of BLM’s online fundraising in two of the most left-wing liberal states in the country, Washington and our own California, where both states’ equally ultra-left-wing liberal attorneys general required BLM to cease their online fundraising due to their continued refusal to submit the proper documents required by the states. BLM is also under HUGE scrutiny over the spending habits of their founder and several local branch heads who seem to be using BLM donation money as their own personal bank accounts and in one case buying numerous expensive homes around the country.

Also very relevant here in Santa Clarita is the documented case of a BLM violent demonstrator who physically assaulted a senior citizen who was supporting local law enforcement at an event near the mall. She was cited by the Sheriff’s Department and was placed on probation, ordered to do community service and also had to pay to replace the gentleman’s phone that she broke when she punched him in the face.

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