Bernie Sanders: 'We have a president who is a racist'

[Hassin Bin Sober]

He ain’t lyin’

Bernie Sanders: 'We have a president who is a racist'


https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/416743-bernie-sanders-we-have-a-president-who-is-a-racist

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday lashed out at President Trump in a speech, calling the president "racist" and "bigoted," echoing language he used during campaign events earlier this year.

Speaking to the National Action Network, a nonprofit group founded by Rev. Al Sharpton, the Vermont progressive received applause from the group's members for his condemnation of the president.

"But we must be honest and straight-forward and say that we have a president who is a racist," Sanders, who is thought to be a likely 2020 presidential contender, said. "A president who is a sexist. A president who is a homophobe. A president who is a xenophobe and a president who is a religious bigot. And it gives me no joy to tell you that. But that is the simple truth and we've got to confront that truth."

The senator went on to link Trump's remarks to historic racial and misogynistic discrimination, while not referring to any of the specific remarks made by the president.

"I don't have to tell anybody in this room, least of all in this room, the history of discrimination that this country has experienced going way, way back before slavery," Sanders says. "When the settlers came and did terrible things to the Native Americans and the discrimination against women — 100 years ago women did not have the right to vote."

[Small-Axe]

1. Bernie Sanders: Deflecting from his outrageous comments on racism this week?

[Eric J in MN]

3. Bernie Sanders described Trump in a similar way in late October.

Campaign staffers "are working to make sure that the agenda of the most racist, sexist, homophobic, bigoted president in history will go nowhere because Democrats will control the House and the Senate," Sanders said of campaigns across the country.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/campaign/414133-bernie-sanders-calls-trump-most-racist-sexist-homophobic-bigoted-president%3famp

[Small-Axe]

4. Hardly earth-shattering news.

Who doubts Trump is a racist?

What about white folks who are "uncomfortable" about voting for African Americans?

[Eric J in MN]

7. He misphrased that.

However, he endorsed black candidates this year, including Ben Jealous, Stacey Abrams, Andrew Gillum, Keith Ellison, and Jovanka Beckles.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

11. CHECK OUT THE SMALL AX REPLY COMING NEXT; it's 12:11 AM, in New Mexico

Opps, I had to edit "Small Ax self-deleted...

[dalton99a]

2. Yeah. Racist, liar, thief, rapist, traitor, coward

He's all that and more

[pnwmom]

6. Bernie: "I think you know there are a lot of white folks out there who are not necessarily racist

who felt uncomfortable for the first time in their lives about whether or not they wanted to vote for an African-American."

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-andrew-gillum-stacey-abrams_us_5be48626e4b0769d24cadd68

Right, Bernie. They weren't racists. They were just uncomfortable, in 2018, deciding "for the first time in their lives about whether or not they wanted to vote for an African-American."

Nothing racist about that.

[Cha]

14. ".. feel uncomfortable.. " Unreal. yeah right.. tell us all

about it, BS.

[sharedvalues]

8. We have a party that is racist

A party that is full of racists— media owners and politicians that court racists, and the base that they are courting.

[SixString]

9. Mahalo, Bernie!

Tell it !!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

10. K&R a 5th rec at 12:09 AM MTZ

[question everything]

12. That's all? We have a president who is like a child; enjoys throwing temper tantrum

is readily offended so he takes his ball and goes home. Can dish it but cannot take it; has no perception of reality and spouts the first thing that comes to his mind. Sometimes, like a child who uses "naughty" word to see how the adults will react, he does the same.

And, of course, as stated at a recent WSJ editorial - lacks an empathy gene.

And the list goes on..

[Garrett78]

13. We must also be honest and straightforward by recognizing that racism and sexism...

...are what drives support for Trump and Republicans in general. And not 'white economic anxiety'.

[OnDoutside]

15. I, for one, am shocked. Never knew it, all this time.

[LexVegas]

16. Sanders is leading the way on identifying Trump as a racist. Bravo. nt

[Vinca]

17. He's pretty much put that in neon lights with his attacks on April Ryan and other

female journalists who aren't Faux News blondes.