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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "Bernie is losing black support that was already flimsy" [View all]Cha
(299,512 posts)23. That's a Badge of Honor for me!
Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley Failed Their #BlackLivesMatter Test
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"Sanders did even worse. Instead of expressing solidarity with the protesters, he talked about his pet issueeconomics. He wasnt in the room, and didnt alter his pitch based on what was happening. What Sanders should have done, when they said Sandra Bland, you say Sandra Bland! said political analyst and Blue Nation Review contributor Goldie Taylor, claiming that a simple show of empathy would have disarmed the protest. "He would have shut down the shutdown!"
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122329/bernie-sanders-and-martin-omalley-failed-their-blacklivesmatter-test
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Regardless of which version is true, what can't be disputed is that Sanders was incredibly dismissive and cranky towards the protesters. He didn't answer any questions, instead relying on his stump speech about income inequality and leaning on the fact that he marched with Martin Luther King in 1963. At one point he threatened to leave when his boilerplate answers didn't seem to sway the crowd.
The Aftermath
Sanders and O'Malley were both caught flat footed and their campaign teams let them down at Netroots but the reaction to yesterday's events is still unfolding. O'Malley apologized for his "White Lives Matter" comment within minutes of leaving the forum, and then went on to do interviews with prominent black news outlets to clarify his comments.
Bernie Sanders cancelled all of his remaining meetings that afternoon including one that had been promised specifically with Black Lives Matter activists. By Sunday the #BernieSoBlack hashtag started trending on Twitter, with people both chiding Sanders for his claims of black solidarity and crediting him for his work compared to Hillary Clinton."
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/reporters-notebook-sanders-slips-omalley-misses-blacklivesmatter-wins-n394746
#BlackLivesMatter
snip//
"Sanders did even worse. Instead of expressing solidarity with the protesters, he talked about his pet issueeconomics. He wasnt in the room, and didnt alter his pitch based on what was happening. What Sanders should have done, when they said Sandra Bland, you say Sandra Bland! said political analyst and Blue Nation Review contributor Goldie Taylor, claiming that a simple show of empathy would have disarmed the protest. "He would have shut down the shutdown!"
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122329/bernie-sanders-and-martin-omalley-failed-their-blacklivesmatter-test
snip//
Regardless of which version is true, what can't be disputed is that Sanders was incredibly dismissive and cranky towards the protesters. He didn't answer any questions, instead relying on his stump speech about income inequality and leaning on the fact that he marched with Martin Luther King in 1963. At one point he threatened to leave when his boilerplate answers didn't seem to sway the crowd.
The Aftermath
Sanders and O'Malley were both caught flat footed and their campaign teams let them down at Netroots but the reaction to yesterday's events is still unfolding. O'Malley apologized for his "White Lives Matter" comment within minutes of leaving the forum, and then went on to do interviews with prominent black news outlets to clarify his comments.
Bernie Sanders cancelled all of his remaining meetings that afternoon including one that had been promised specifically with Black Lives Matter activists. By Sunday the #BernieSoBlack hashtag started trending on Twitter, with people both chiding Sanders for his claims of black solidarity and crediting him for his work compared to Hillary Clinton."
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/reporters-notebook-sanders-slips-omalley-misses-blacklivesmatter-wins-n394746
#BlackLivesMatter
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The author is a Bernie supporter and is reaching out to Bernie and offering advice
Cali_Democrat
Jul 2015
#7
They don't hear you because they simply cannot come to terms with race.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2015
#9
"You sit on Twitter learning from Black activists and from women of color all day. Pay them."
seveneyes
Jul 2015
#85
That is a fact, as a Bernie supporter I welcome anything that will get his team
randys1
Jul 2015
#52
The author of this piece appears to be a Bernie supporter, I just looked on her facebook page.
m-lekktor
Jul 2015
#6
Again...I will check with you before posting so I know what I'm allowed to post
Cali_Democrat
Jul 2015
#18
The endless gloating will stop as soon as the whining and trolling of black people stops. Tomorrow.
bravenak
Jul 2015
#53
You're not the one trying to fool anyone.. however, when someone comes along and accuses
Cha
Jul 2015
#19
Congrats on being the first person in this thread to bring up Hillary Clinton.
Cali_Democrat
Jul 2015
#22
It doesn't sound "harsh" at all.. It's a fact that has been mentioned by our Black Community
Cha
Jul 2015
#89
"It's not about candidates and to reduce it to that is insulting and cheap"
Cali_Democrat
Jul 2015
#40
Not only do black issues not matter, black people who try to discuss them are being "divisive"
Number23
Jul 2015
#68
Is it any effin' wonder?! And, his online fans who are dissing the Black Community are doing
Cha
Jul 2015
#17
I know it's not all.. we have some on DU who are on the side of the Protesters..and then we have
Cha
Jul 2015
#32
I must say that when the campaign started, I didn't seem "Sanders is a racist" coming
Doctor_J
Jul 2015
#25
Thanks for re-posting, though it will do no good. Facts aren't at issue here. Only the narrative.
arcane1
Jul 2015
#103
And black people in this country think that another of the candidates would be better for them?
FiveGoodMen
Jul 2015
#42
I don't think it was normal. I saw it as "People love me. Why are they giving me grief?"
SleeplessinSoCal
Jul 2015
#113
That's because it was at the White House. Obama deals with hecklers & protesters.
SleeplessinSoCal
Jul 2015
#112
I never said anything when we went and spoke to La Raza because it's obvious that his supporters
Number23
Jul 2015
#67
"White supremacy is real and should be called out, not swept under the rug of progressive economic
Number23
Jul 2015
#74
I do agree. He still has a way to go but I have been genuinely encouraged by the steps he's made
Number23
Jul 2015
#101
"he sounds like an old white man who was current on race 50 years ago but..."
seveneyes
Jul 2015
#81
the news that Hillary is accepting money from private prison corporations...
grasswire
Jul 2015
#108
AA folks want what every marginalized group wants. THey want to be listened to and not talked at or
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#116