Bernie Sanders Says VP Pick Will Be a Woman...Hours After Saying People Shouldn't Consider Gender

[DonViejo]

by Tommy Christopher | Feb 20th, 2019, 3:45 pm

Independent Vermont Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says he’d like to select a woman who is younger than he is as his running mate, just hours after he said voters should not consider race, age, or gender in a presidential candidate.

Sanders sat for a lengthy interview with The Young Turks‘ Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian on Tuesday, hours after announcing his candidacy for president. The subject of what Sanders often refers to as “identity politics” came up in a few surprising ways.

Kasparian told Sanders that “what concerns me is some of what we saw during the 2016 election,” and asked “were their specific lessons that you learned during that election that you’re going to really look out for moving forward, and what are those lessons?”

“Yes, yes, we have been criticized, correctly so, for running a campaign that was too white and too male-oriented, and that is going to change,” Sanders said. “We are going to have a very very diverse campaign staff, and we’re going to do a better job of reaching out to every community in this country.”

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[ehrnst]

1. ....

[thesquanderer]

23. "People shouldn't consider gender" and "people do consider gender" are not contradictory.

And an awareness of that fact would mean that a candidate may want to consider it as well.

[George II]

56. ....

[thesquanderer]

61. What confuses you? The logic?

In case that's it, here's another example that might make the logic clearer.

"People shouldn't drink and drive" and "people do drink and drive" are not contradictory. (They're obviously both true.)

And an awareness of that fact would mean that sobriety check points could still be a good idea, even though they are addressing a situation that "shouldn't" exist.

Does that clear it up?

[Politicub]

68. ....

[thesquanderer]

70. At this point I need more than an emoticon to figure out where the confusion is. (n/t)

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

76. What's the problem... sounds good to me!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!

[in2herbs]

2. I wonder who his female VP candidate will be. All the qualified women are democrats and have

already announced their candidacy. Jill Stein maybe?????

[PTWB]

8. HRC, then he steps down and she takes the reigns

MAGAt heads explode across the country.

[George II]

57. I'd vote for that!

[MrsCoffee]

9. Who else but Tulsi.

I can't think of a more unpalatable ticket though.

Yeah, I know she is running, but she is gonna be out super early.

[George II]

62. I saw her on the View trying to defend her attitude/policy toward Syria and Assad....

When Meghan McCain gets the best of you your candidacy is in trouble. She looked unprepared for her appearance on the show, almost like she was expecting soft balls. I felt sorry for her.

[disillusioned73]

90. If you think Meghan got the best of her..

I don't know what your watching.. she shut her down & made her look ill informed reading off a script (probably fed to her by a NeoCon).. Since when do Dems support Trump on foreign policy??

[disillusioned73]

92. Gabbard has a message for ya...

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[namahage]

21. Not old enough to become President; thus ineligible for VP.

[NurseJackie]

24. ...

Not likely.

[lapucelle]

32. Rosario Dawson or Cardi B.

[comradebillyboy]

42. Isn't Rosario Dawson Corey Bookers girl friend?

I'd hope she supports Booker.

[lapucelle]

44. Didn't she vote for Stein?

Gosh, if she is, it's disappointing.

[comradebillyboy]

46. I saw a mention about it in an article on Booker. I don't know any details

and yes I do believe she did vote for Stein.

[lapucelle]

47. It was in the New York Post.

They were seen at the movies together.

[George II]

59. Yes, and.....get this, the NY Post said they were seen HOLDING HANDS!!!

They've only gone out together a few times, and it's only been "going on" for a month or so.

[MrsCoffee]

55. Or Susan Sarandon.

Oh I see you got her downthread, lol!

[lapucelle]

58. I wonder what pithy tag someone like her might attach to male candidates

who choose running mates based on the criterion that they "are not of the same gender" as he is.

[samnsara]

26. maybe in a few years...

[LongtimeAZDem]

27. Not qualified

[lapucelle]

31. Constitutionally ineligible.

You're welcome.

[forklift]

35. Nina Turner

An excellent, articulate African American woman with passion and a proven record.

[trueblue2007]

39. Right on. You took the words right out of my mouth !!! Lol lol

[George II]

51. I missed it.

[lapucelle]

45. ....

[sheshe2]

49. No.

Legal requirements for presidential candidates have remained the same since the year Washington accepted the presidency. As directed by the Constitution, a presidential candidate must be a natural born citizen of the United States, a resident for 14 years, and 35 years of age or older.
Requirements for the President of the United States - Elections ...
https://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/.../requirements-for-president.html

[thesquanderer]

16. All those qualified women who have announced their candidacy...

...will be available to choose for the VP slot at the convention, unless they, themselves, won the nomination, in which case Bernie's preference is moot.

[Tiggeroshii]

30. warren or bust

imho


he probably has her decided actually

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

79. Absolutely... as it should be!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!

[ecstatic]

60. Yep. Jill Stein.

SMH

[MontanaMama]

3. Is it me or is this exhausting already?

[mac56]

4. Yeah.

I was hoping this forum would be above this sort of thing.

[NastyRiffraff]

5. He won't get to pick a VP

Obviously, only the nominee does this, and it won't be Sanders.

[sheshe2]

50. Yep.

[lapucelle]

53. Not just a woman...a woman who is YOUNGER than him...

I hope RBG isn't disappointed.

Funny how BS said one thing to the locals via Vermont Public Radio:

We have got to look at candidates, you know, not by the color of their skin, not by their sexual orientation or their gender and not by their age

and the exact opposite to the "progressive" audience that Republican multi-millionaire Buddy Roemer's business partner (aka Cenk) draws on Youtube:

I think we would look for somebody who is maybe not of the same gender that I am, and maybe somebody might be a couple of years younger than me

Is that what they mean by micro-targeting?

[R B Garr]

67. Wow! That is a great catch. Proof that "progressive"

Republicans have questionable motives and agendas. What are the odds that an ex-Republican goes from anti-Democrat Republican to a liberal “progressive”. Just look at that manipulative message.

This is a big catch, lapucelle. Thanks.

[lapucelle]

69. ...

Which soundbite accurately reflects the truth? I remember when he told Chuck Todd

I am an Independent. I've always been a Democrat.

https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-september-17-2017-n802121

That just didn't quite sound right or make much sense. (It's probably just me.) I've read that short term memory loss can be a real problem. That's why I keep bookmarks.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029606501#post87

[R B Garr]

75. Excellent bookmarks! Especially at this time with more

confusion on his status. That is a lot of double speak there, some of it seems to be intentionally so. I wonder if he will be confronted on these gross contradictions....

Great posts, lapucelle!

[lapucelle]

81. And they're full of linky goodness, including transcripts.

Check out page 9, article VI....it will come in handy.

https://www.demrulz.org/wp-content/files/2020_Call_for_the_Convention_12.21.18_w-attachments.pdf

[R B Garr]

82. Love it! How is he going to reconcile so many conflicting

statements now? That is a great addition to the requirements. I am proud of my party and don’t appreciate this divisiveness over it.

These are great bookmarks. 👍

[lapucelle]

83. The actual DNC rule book is better than a screenshot from Randi Weingarten's phone.

She's the one who deserves a hat tip.



Never mess with a teacher...especially one who is also an attorney and a union president.

[honest.abe]

6. Age related memory issues perhaps??

[WeekiWater]

7. I wonder if the woman who wins the primary contest....

will consider Sanders for VP?

[chwaliszewski]

11. Ah, let the scrutinizing begin!

Link to tweet

[NewJeffCT]

12. So, he's hinting at Tulsi Gabbard

I would imagine?

[honest.abe]

13. Yeah that sounds about right.

[Cha]

17. Ooops.. that was my first

thought!

[lapucelle]

36. I have a hard time seeing any serious, qualified woman running on a ticket with him

unless and until he takes and satisfactorily answers questions concerning the allegations of sexual harassment and violence, an untenable and dangerous dynamic, and a pervasive, predatory culture within his campaign the last time around.

[Cha]

37. Yeah, that's why I

thought of Gabbard.

[lapucelle]

41. Or Rosario Dawson...Senator Nina...Susan Sarandon

But something tells me that between the signed affirmation, the allegation of sexual violence, and the mysterious missing taxes, he won't be long in the running.

Mahalo!

[Cha]

43. Aloha and

Mahalo to you, lapucelle!

[TeapotInATempest]

14. Booker also said he'd be looking at women for VP

I'm annoyed at both of them now, honestly, although I like them both in general. I really hate to feel pandered to, you know? Feels condescending.

[GlennRuss]

28. Agreed

Agree 100%

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

77. Hopefully, Elizabeth Warren won't mind...

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!

[Trumpocalypse]

15. Sanders said he was going to join the Democratic party.

Then he didn't. He said he was going to release his tax returns. Then he didn't.

I don't understand why anyone would believe anything he says at this point.

[Trumpocalypse]

19. Fairly self-explanatory.

[Trumpocalypse]

22. Yes it is

BTW since you just joined yesterday, welcome to Democratic Underground.

And since you are so new you really should review https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=termsofservice

Happy posting!

[Jose Garcia]

25. Hillary is a woman younger than Senator Sanders

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

78. Would not be a wise move... it's gotta be Elizabeth Warren!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!

[Mike Nelson]

29. I would rather say it as...

… I will be looking to balance the ticket. We have a lot of diversity in the party, so why put two of the same thing on the ticket?

[dogman]

66. You are probably correct.

Balancing the ticket is nothing new. We see it with race, religion, region, why not gender?

[SidDithers]

33. Pandering...

Bet he’ll pick Nina Turner.

Sid

[dogman]

84. Oh come on, politicians don't pander.

Everyone knows that.

[fascisthunter]

34. Lol... and?

Politics

[comradebillyboy]

40. Will it be Gabbard, Nina Turner or Susan Sarandon?

[NurseJackie]

63. Fuck Susan Sarandon!

[comradebillyboy]

64. I'll pass thank you.

[NurseJackie]

65. Heh-heh!

[EarthFirst]

48. I see this forum is going to be a blast! nt

[disillusioned73]

91. Yes it will..

I am looking forward to it..

[IluvPitties]

52. Bernie... why don't you endorse the candidate that represents your ideas best?

We have a new generation of DEMOCRATS ready to kick Trump's ass, you know...

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

80. Good idea!! This one...

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!

[TCJ70]

54. "Not considering gender" and "wouldn't pick a woman"...

...are two entirely different things.

[pressbox69]

71. Just maybe

he expects us to listen to his heart but ignore his voice.

[Blue_Tires]

72. Nice to know St. Bern is perfectly okay with "identity politics"

when it suits him

[radius777]

73. Seems like a cynical move

when he has railed many times against "identity politics".. at least stick to your principles.. seems he wants it both ways.

It should be noted that Sanders movement is identity politics also, just from the white side.

And there's nothing I've seen sofar (on social media, IRL, etc) that seems to be different in tone from his most vocal supporters, who are often vicious in their critique of Dems, and appear to be going after Kamala (who is the early favorite in this field) in a similar way they went after Hillary.

[enid602]

74. Jane

i've heard Jane is available. I think she's tired of academia.

[bhikkhu]

85. Just have to say, if the headline says "Sanders says", and there's no quote

where he actually says that, the writer and the poster are on my shit list. Or at least my "I'm disappointed in you" list. Same goes for any article about any candidate...I was as fed up as I could get over that shit years ago.

If an article says someone said something and then it's not really what was said, that's just the kind of trash journalism that does us no good. Coming back with "well that's what he must have meant" or "it's implied by a certain reading of the words" doesn't cut it.

[betsuni]

86. "I think we would look for somebody who is maybe not of the same gender that I am."

That's what he said when asked what attributes he would look for in a Vice President.

[bhikkhu]

87. Which leaves all option open

As opposed to the headline, which reads more like a promise to choose a woman.

[NurseJackie]

88. Nina Turner?

[disillusioned73]

89. Oh man..

I know who I would want.. & it sounds like it may happen..