Sanders appealing to African American voters at mainly white crowd in Flint

[ehrnst]

Link to tweet

I don't think that this will be discussed:
Sanders voted against Flint water crisis funding in 2016

[Thekaspervote]

1. Oookay

[Sloumeau]

2. ehrnst, thanks for posting this. :)

[sheshe2]

3. ...

https://www.michiganadvance.com/2020/03/06/new-sanders-voted-against-flint-water-crisis-funding-in-2016/

[ehrnst]

6. I don't think that Bernie will appreciate that being brought up at the rallly...

It would be considered an "attack."

[sheshe2]

4. oh boy.

[NYMinute]

5. lol

[showblue22]

7. I recall someone else doing that last election cycle.

[jimlup]

8. Just calm down

What are you so afraid of? That Bernie will tell that Bernie marched with MLK back before it was mainstream?

Yeah, I know, followed by mainstream pill on about how naive and stupid I am. You might want to look elsewhere actually. And maybe you should stop taking us for granted. Our day may come. Especially if Biden is the nominee and Orange clown still wins. Then you will wonder what happened and not know. That is the sad part.

[ehrnst]

10. Facts got you upset?

Just calm down, Hon. If a candidate is strong, then discussing his voting record shouldn't be so anxiety inducing.

[jimlup]

13. I'm not impressed

I know the landscape. You should be aware the the hard part is still to come. And don't take the left for granted as you always do.

[ehrnst]

15. Just calm down...

Again, if the candidate is strong, then discussing their voting record shouldn't get you upset. Neither should video of one of his rallies showing the demographic of said rally.

You should be aware that 'the left' isn't defined by walking lockstep behind Sanders, nor what you are 'impressed" by.

[brush]

12. Get real. It's stunningly naive to think America will elect a socialist.

Not a chance.

[ehrnst]

14. His vote against funding the Flint water crisis was way more recent than the

MLK march. Shortly thereafter that vaunted act, he moved nearly as far away from where the civil rights movement was happening as possible: lily white rural Vermont. Where he remained for the rest of his life.

Also - Charlton Heston marched with MLK, too, so you may want to find some other example to bestow current progressive bona fides...

[Blue_true]

17. Someone said the a young Mitch McConnell was also at the March. nt

[ehrnst]

18. In fact McConnell encouraged others to go to the MLK March as well...

McConnell’s interest in race issues was inspired by his upbringing in Kentucky by parents who opposed segregation. It was fermented on the campus of the University of Louisville, where he encouraged students to march with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article44609607.html

[Demsrule86]

19. And he voted to essentially kill the autos...voted with the GOP after

Obama was sworn in to stop the release of Tarp funds which included...a lifesaving amount of money to see them through bankruptcy and later a loan after Bankruptcy...which was paid back with interest.

[ehrnst]

20. Mitch McConnell was encouraging people in Louisville to join him at the MLK march

McConnell’s interest in race issues was inspired by his upbringing in Kentucky by parents who opposed segregation. It was fermented on the campus of the University of Louisville, where he encouraged students to march with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article44609607.html

So "marching with MLK before it was popular" is not necessarily proof of any current progressive bona fides.

[getagrip_already]

9. It's a rally, he won't take questions or acknowledge signs....

He will just give one of his attack speeches. Another opportunity to catch a virus.

But he will be speaking to his base. Which isn't growing and who would rather attend a rally than vote. So there's that.

[ehrnst]

11. Of course. That would involve listening to someone that didn't simply

validate his talking points.

[Blue_true]

16. I see two Black people. nt

[Skid Rogue]

21. Thanks so much for the post. In a nutshell, this is why Biden is winning.

I'm not dissing Bernie supporters, I understand their POV, but "the revolution" is going to have to deal with this problem, this inability to appeal to the most oppressed people in our nation, or there will never be a revolution. That's obvious. Their aims are noble, but Bernie is just not the right guy.

[mcar]

22. Ummm