Sanders' women and minority supporters say it's a false narrative that he only appeals to white,

[melman]

male voters.

--

full headline: Bernie Sanders' women and minority supporters say it's a false narrative that he only appeals to white, male voters
__


But at Sanders’ kick off event in Brooklyn, a number of minority and female attendees rejected the notion that the presidential hopeful doesn’t have broad appeal.



David Shannon, 50, of the Bronx, said he supports Sanders because he sees the senator as a “true progressive” who’s been consistent in his views for years. Sanders is the “only person that’s running right now” in 2020 that’s “always been the same.”

Shannon added that he disagrees with critics who claim Sanders won’t appeal to black or minority voters. “If you look at him for the last 20 years, he’s been fighting for minorities,” Shannon said, contending that the “incumbents and elites” are wrong about Sanders. He pointed to Sanders’ dedication to getting money out of politics and pledge to end “proxy wars” as two of the biggest reasons he’s behind the senator.




Jessie Rodriguez, 30, originally from Bogota, Colombia, also dismissed the perception that Sanders hasn’t reached out enough to women or people of colour and doesn’t appeal to these demographics.

“I’m a minority and a woman, and he reached out to me,” Rodriguez told INSIDER.

Rodriguez said she became a US citizen in September 2015 and her support for Sanders was central to this.

“I actually became a citizen so I could vote for Bernie,” Rodriguez said. “I believe in him more than anyone else.”


https://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Bernie-Sanders-women-and-minority-supporters-say-13659856.php

[rusty quoin]

1. Bernie is cool. He has been for more years than most of us.

[earthshine]

2. I agree. The only place I get sh*t for liking him is DU.

My wife is a POC. She loves him! (And me, too.)

[rusty quoin]

3. Me too, and I will not get into the fights that happen here. At least I hope.

[earthshine]

4. Frankly, I'm more interested in platform and policy over person and personality.

That's why I support Bernie.

As president, he's not going to be able to implement all that he proposes, but we have to try!

[Demsrule86]

51. I am interested in winning which is why I do not support Sen. Sanders in the primary.

I would vote for any nominee in the general.

[Sherman A1]

21. Yes,

That does seem to be the case. Even a Trump supporting acquaintance on Facebook told me in the last election that if he was a Democrat he would support Sanders as while he didn’t agree with him on policy, he felt the guy to be genuine.

Sanders is my second choice this round as I currently support Andrew Yang who I believe takes the discussion father with regard to rethinking the economy and the company avalanche of AI job displacement.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

76. Me too!! But, that's ok... knowing Bernie keeps growing in popularity and will clean tRump's clock

is satisfaction enough for me.


Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[earthshine]

81. Did you see this one?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/128712629

I don't even know where to begin arguing with these people. Strawmen and imaginary slippery slopes.

They can't justify hating Bernie as he is, so they make sh*t up.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

82. Yeah... just sad.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[Raine]

5. He's absolutely cool!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

78. The coolest... there's a reason Bernie had a historic, record campaign rollout.

People recognize Bernie is the real deal with long-held beliefs in a truly progressive agenda and that he clearly has the best shot of defeating the Nazi-in-Chief.


Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[TexasTowelie]

6. This statement doesn't jive with me:

Rodriguez said she became a US citizen in September 2015 and her support for Sanders was central to this.

Bernie announced that he was running for president on April 30, 2015. So did Jessie Rodriguez decide in April 2015 to get naturalized in time to vote for Bernie? It usually takes years to become a naturalized citizen, but she miraculously accomplished this feat only five months later.

Ms. Rodriguez has the right to vote for whomever she wants, but her statement is dubious. Perhaps she had a crystal ball or some tarot cards?

[oasis]

9. O ye of little faith

[TexasTowelie]

14. It's not a matter of faith, but reasonable cynicism.

I was already giving her credit for meeting minimum residency requirements whether she came to the country on a green card (5 years) or she was married to a U.S. citizen (2 years).

She apparently anticipated and supplied all of the supporting documentation without any errors when she filed for citizenship, passed the citizenship test, passed the interview process, and attended the naturalization ceremony while minimizing the waiting process between each step. Maybe it was a miracle?

[pnwmom]

10. What? How dare you be so logical! We're supposed to take this all on faith! n/t

[TexasTowelie]

15. Counting is fundamental. nt

[betsuni]

16. No no no. If you want something bad enough and with passion, it happens.

Saying things makes it true!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

36. Bullshit-It can be done in around six months if you have a green card and meet residency requirement

And it’s “jibe”

[TexasTowelie]

38. I used the information from this site:

Last edited Mon Mar 4, 2019, 01:17 PM - Edit history (1)

https://www.daytranslations.com/blog/2016/03/how-long-does-it-take-to-become-a-u-s-citizen-7225/

The first step is to file Form N-400 and pay the corresponding fees. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will process your application. This first step of your journey to becoming a U.S. citizen can take between 6 months to 1 year or more. A slight mistake in your application equates to delays in processing, so make sure that this important first step is error-free. You can get help from an immigration lawyer and ensure that a certified translator translates all your personal documents not written in English.

Once the USCIS has reviewed and approved your application, you will receive notice from the agency. You'll be informed of your schedule of immigration test and interview. The waiting time for the interview schedule will likewise depend on where you are, as longer waiting lists exist in some areas.

When you pass the exam and the interview, you may still need to wait for a day, 180 days or about 2 years before you can take the oath of citizenship, which is the final step to becoming a U.S. citizen. Your location and the number of people waiting for citizenship approval affect the waiting time for the oath-taking ceremony, where you will receive your certificate of naturalization.

I don't know if Ms. Rodriguez already met the residency requirements, but with the first step taking between six months and one year, it would be very fortunate for someone to get the rest of the process completed so quickly (providing additional documentation, passing the exam, passing the interview and getting the oath administered). The timeline that Ms. Rodriguez experienced would almost definitely be the exception rather than the rule.

However, now that I provided the link supporting my statement and since you are calling my response "bullshit" why don't you provide some links that will support your claim that it only takes about six months?

BTW, the "b" and "v" keys are next to each other on the keyboard since you are so concerned about my spelling/word usage.

[George II]

49. Exactly. It's not like getting a driver's license.

[lunamagica]

77. This is absurd. Please educate yourself

[Hassin Bin Sober]

85. Maybe you should take your own advice

None of the internet sleuths have any idea how far along this young lady was. But call her a liar anyway. Because reasons...

From getting a green card to taking the U.S. citizenship test and interview, it can take quite a long time to become a U.S. citizen. Currently, it takes about 6 months to a year to get U.S. Citizenship from the time you apply. The citizenship process actually starts when you first get your US green card. This video and the article below outlines the requirements for U.S. citizenship and the time frames for each one.

https://www.fileright.com/blog/how-long-does-the-u-s-citizenship-process-take/

[lunamagica]

118. That's in THEORY. The reality is much different. It is ovious you are not familiar with people who

struggle with is.

Those of us who belong or are close to the immigrant community know better

[Hassin Bin Sober]

122. Yeah, except for the immigrant who is being called a liar. She doesn't count?

[TexasTowelie]

124. Mrs. Rodriguez created her own credbility problems with her own statements.

Even if we give her every benefit to shorten the timeline and it only took six months to become a citizen after she applied, then she would have still filed the N-400 application before Bernie announced his candidacy. Therefore, how was his candidacy central to why she applied? Furthermore, did she take an oath of allegiance to the U.S. or was she taking an oath of allegiance to Bernie if that was the factor that motivated her to apply for citizenship?

Instead of knocking and calling bullshit on DUers who have reasonable questions about what was being reported, perhaps you should wonder about the inconsistencies in Mrs. Rodriguez's statements? Her statements simply don't add up if the content of the article was reported accurately. If I noticed the inconsistencies, then I'm certain that others will also.

[Cha]

108. Ha.. as IF!

[lunamagica]

119. Seriousy...As if looking at things online was the same as living the reality. Please

[George II]

44. I noticed that myself. It takes six months or more to become a citizen. April to September is...

...five months, even less since the announcement was on April 30.

As the son of a naturalized citizen, it took my mother about a year, and she had been living in the US for 30+ years before she applied AND had an "inside track" by being married to an American for ~25 years.

A little "poetic license" perhaps?

[Autumn]

75. Did she say she became a US citizen in September 2015 so she could vote for Bernie in 2016?

She may be married to an American and decided the time was right and was already working on becoming a citizen, you don't really know. Unless you have a crystal ball yourself.

“I actually became a citizen so I could vote for Bernie,” Rodriguez said. “I believe in him more than anyone else.”

[TexasTowelie]

123. The article stated this:

Rodriguez said she became a US citizen in September 2015 and her support for Sanders was central to this.

I don't know about Mrs. Rodriguez's personal circumstances, but even if she had been in the most favorable circumstance (married to a U.S. citizen and meeting the residency requirements) and it took only six months from the date she applied to taking the oath with all of the steps along the pathway aligned perfectly with minimal delays, then it still would have meant that she filed the application in March 2015. That means that Bernie's candidacy was not central to her filing the application because Bernie had not announced his intentions and that there were other factors that influenced her to apply for citizenship as you mentioned.

However, in the statement that I highlighted Rodriguez is conflating her citizenship with her support for Bernie. In that case someone might ask did she swear a oath of allegiance to the U.S. or did she swear an oath of allegiance to Bernie? Considering that she was previously from Bolivia which is run by a socialist president, does it mean that she supports the current political, social, and economic status of the U.S. or does she want to change the U.S. so that it is more like Bolivia?

Rodriguez's own statement provides the ammunition for people to question her loyalty:

“I actually became a citizen so I could vote for Bernie,” Rodriguez said. “I believe in him more than anyone else.”

If I picked up on the inconsistencies in what was reported in the article as a lifelong Democrat, then imagine how that statement would get twisted and amplified by right-wing zealots in their anti-immigrant fervor. Mrs. Rodriguez created a credibility problem with her statements and she may have created a legal problem for herself if she lied when taking the oath of allegiance to the United States.

If Mrs. Rodriguez stated that she was a naturalized citizen and that she supported Bernie Sanders, then there wouldn't be an issue--she has the right to vote for whomever she chooses. However, when she links her decision to apply for citizenship based upon a candidacy that Bernie hadn't announced yet, then it raises questions--no crystal ball required.

[Mariana]

125. It takes years of residency to be eligible for naturalization

Once one is eligible, it does not take years to process and approve one's application unless there is some kind of discrepancy or a problem that has to be resolved. My husband's application was approved and he was naturalized within a few months time. His brother's application took much longer to process because he has a criminal record.

[TexasTowelie]

126. Without knowing more about Rodriguez's situation it isn't possible to offer many more comments.

In my comments, I gave credit to Rodriguez for already meeting the residency requirements. The starting point of the timeline I was examining begins with the filing of the N-400 form, then proceeds though the exam, interview and concludes with taking the oath. Even the most optimistic view (see HSB's link in this thread) takes 6 months to one year. Most of the links from other legal firms indicated longer periods of time depending on whether the applicant was married to a citizen, the numbers of applicants in an area which could delay the interview process, and how frequently the naturalization ceremonies occur within that area.

In the case of Rodriguez, she indicated that Bernie was the central reason why she applied. Bernie entered the race on April 30, 2015 and she became a citizen in September. The time elapsed between the two events is between 4 to 5 months. While it might be possible to complete the process that quickly, that would appear to be very expedited compared to what most people and attorneys say it takes.

I find it disconcerting to read that someone decided to become a citizen to vote for a particular candidate. That could be interpreted as an oath of allegiance to a politician rather than to the country. It also fuels the narrative that Democrats are lax on immigration because we are trying to increase the pool of voters for Democratic candidates.

Congratulations to your husband and his brother for completing the naturalization process.

[melman]

7. I think it's disgusting the way these people get erased

all for the sake of taking cheap shots at a candidate.

A trashbag twitter troll like Tom Watson feels entitled to erase them. It's foul.

[betsuni]

22. Disgusting! Erased! Cheap shots! Entitled! Foul!

[George II]

46. Bazinga!

[melman]

56. How charming

[Mr. Smith]

8. It's a false narrative that a bunch of people here like to push, too.

It's really sad and silly.

[pnwmom]

11. WA Post, Feb 2019: "Bernie struggled to win black voters. It could be even worse in 2020."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/19/bernie-sanders-struggled-win-black-voters-it-could-be-even-more-difficult/?utm_term=.59d417e98cc1

According to The Washington Post, the Sanders campaign will advocate for a Medicare-for-all health-care system, a Green New Deal in response to growing concerns about climate change and a $15-an-hour minimum wage for all Americans.

SNIP

All of those issues are of interest to voters of color, but Sanders struggled to convince the majority of them in 2016 that he had better policy solutions to these concerns than did Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. In the South Carolina primary, Sanders won 14 percent of the African American vote, according to exit polls. Clinton, the eventual Democratic nominee, took 86 percent of the vote.

Winning the majority vote of African Americans — and Latinos, Asian Americans and other voters of color — could be even more challenging as more voters seem excited to get behind candidates they feel better represent them in terms of race, gender and sexual orientation. Sanders appears to be calling on Americans to look beyond identity in determining their choice for the next president.

SNIP

In a New York Times article published Sunday, nearly two dozen of Sanders’s current and former advisers and staff members spoke about the 2016 campaign’s inability to connect consistently with African American voters. The lawmaker’s initial leadership team was all white and focused heavily on states with white majorities, such as Iowa and New Hampshire, giving the impression to voters of color that Sanders’s message did not include them.

John Solomon told the Times he was originally hired as an organizer for the Sanders campaign before aides assigned him to driving people in a truck around Iowa. “It’s almost like they didn’t need us for anything,” Solomon said. “It was kind of like, you have black staff just to say you have black staff.”

SNIP

[workinclasszero]

50. Oh look Jeff Bezos newspaper is writing BS about Bernie Sanders

Why I just can't figure out why the worlds richest man, who treats his workers like shit, would want to write lies about the only candidate who promises to raise his damm taxes from ZERO to a fair share????

[BannonsLiver]

58. Oh look, there's someone blaming the messenger for their candidate's shortcomings.

Isn’t that quaint.

[workinclasszero]

63. Did your candidate promise to raise taxes on billionaires?

I bet not.

[pnwmom]

69. Oh, right. It's the WA Post's fault that Bernie alienates black people by saying stuff

like this:

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/415705-bernie-sanders-on-close-contests-of-gillum-and-abrams-many-white-voters

“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,” Sanders told the Daily Beast. “I think next time around, by the way, it would be much easier for them to do that.”

Not necessarily racist. Just not comfortable voting for an African American. Bullshit.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

79. ZIIIIIIINNNNGG!!!! Nail meet hammer!!

You get the Golden Hammer Award!!




Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[workinclasszero]

127. Go Bernie!!

Bernie smoked the crap out of the also rans in the KOS poll yesterday!

[lapucelle]

116. What does Jeff Bezos have to do with what Eugene Scott writes in his WaPo column?

Eugene Scott
Washington, D.C.

Reporter covering identity politics for The Fix

Education: Harvard University, MPA; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BA

Eugene Scott writes about identity politics for The Fix. He was recently a fellow at the Georgetown University Institute of Politics.

And prior to joining the Post, he was a breaking news reporter at CNN Politics.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/eugene-scott/?utm_term=.bd2eb382210d

[Garrett78]

12. Nobody is saying he doesn't have *any* POC or non-millennial women supporting him.

But, in the 2016 primary, the reason we knew the race was over after Super Tuesday was because of how poorly Sanders was doing among POC and non-millennial women. Black voters chose Clinton over him by something like a 50-point margin. Not 5. Not 15. 50!

[melman]

13. They sure as hell are trying to say that

Tom Watson.

Link to tweet

"A lot of people think Hillary is the most hated Democrat up in Burlington, but that's wrong. It's Obama. This rally is about that."


You don't need to be a genius to figure out what he's getting at there.

[Garrett78]

17. I don't see this Watson guy or anyone else saying that Sanders has zero support...

...among POC and non-millennial women.

The point has always been that he got crushed by Clinton among POC and non-millennial women; not that he has zero support.

As for Watson, I don't know who he is, but I suggest ignoring him.

[TexasTowelie]

18. Who is this "they" that you are referring to?

Tom Watson is an individual.

Meanwhile, you are the individual posting Tom Watson's tweet in this thread.

[betsuni]

20. Democrats!

[melman]

59. There was another thread based solely on this tweet

It seems to have been removed now but it was here when I posted that. But surely Watson's tweet isn't the first time you've seen this particular meme pushed.

It's pushed constantly on twitter and elsewhere. And has been for years. There is simply no way you could have missed it.


So why are you asking this question? I can't know the answer to that but I do know I don't have to play along. So sorry.

[lapucelle]

84. Do you have a link...for context?

[sheshe2]

92. I bet not.

[melman]

94. Do you?

Do you bet not? That's terrific.

[lapucelle]

100. I don't link to or support Jill Stein acolytes like Tim Black and Anthony Zenkus or their admirers.

[melman]

101. That's nice

Irrelevant but very nice.

[lapucelle]

103. Correct on one count, but

I won't run around in circles explaining why it's wrong on the other.

[melman]

105. Okay

Sounds great.

[stranger81]

136. Says the author of the infamous (and odious) Not good enough, Bernie!!" thread??

The mind boggles.

[melman]

93. lol

lol

[TexasTowelie]

97. LOL.

What tweet? I'm not on Twitter.

[melman]

99. lol indeed

this one here

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=12320


previously referenced by you in this post here

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=12328


and now I'm to believe you forgot about its existence? lol indeed.

[TexasTowelie]

102. There are literally thousands of tweets posted on DU.

How am I supposed to discern that the tweet that you are complaining about is the one that you posted, especially after you said it was removed?

[melman]

104. lol

How indeed.

[Autumn]

121. You posted in the thread commenting on the tweet before the troll was banned and

his post with the tweet removed. He returned this morning but he's gone. Again.

[Autumn]

28. Oh yes they are saying that POC and women don't support him. The *any* you

added is all you, no one said he didn't have *any*. There is post after post saying POC and women don't and won't support him and "his audiences so so white". One returning troll was just flagged after posting a tweet of a doctored photo claiming only white people are at his events, the photo with faces blurred out in the audience. As a WOC I will support Bernie till the end and beyond. I know he has my back.

This is not 2016 and Hillary is not a factor on this race.

[Garrett78]

31. Actually, the OP I replied to claims that people are saying Sanders only appeals to white people.

So, again, I haven't seen anyone say that. Just that his support comes predominantly from white folks and millennials.

If anyone is claiming he "only" appeals to white people, ignore them.

[George II]

53. Look at the subject line of the OP, it says "only". That is equivalent to "any".

[Autumn]

62. Yet, speaking from experience you will take a person to task for using a word that's different

or isn't the same. I must all depend on the person George. Have a great day. See you tomorrow.

[George II]

65. Not my experience. Yours?

[Autumn]

66. Yeah mine George. How quickly we forget

[melman]

60. Yeah

Unbelievable that so many people would deny what has been a constant theme here for years

It's predictable I guess given the way things go here, but still. It's just unbelievable.

[Autumn]

61. A smart man had this to say about some of the attitudes we see about Bernie

"When you don't like someone, or even worse, if you hate them, you see everything that person
does, even the genuinely good stuff, through the filter of your hate."

The hatred some hold for him has a flavor. You can taste it through their words. One nasty troll got banned yesterday, he was back today same posts, same taste.

[melman]

67. Back already?

I hadn't noticed the return but that one is relentless.

[Autumn]

68. Yep, back this morning. It's almost like a full time job for some.

[Garrett78]

70. Find 1 post that claims Sanders doesn't have any supporters of color.

You're attacking a strawman of your own creation.

Obviously Sanders has some POC and non-millennial women supporting him. But the percentage was so low that we knew after Super Tuesday in 2016 that Clinton had the nomination.

[melman]

71. No

it's not a strawman and I'm not hunting down posts for you. So very sorry.

[Garrett78]

72. That's what I thought. There are so many, yet you can't find a single 1.

Because you have completely misconstrued what people have been saying.

[Cha]

107. Exactly.. he's Not fooling anyone.

[ehrnst]

132. Bingo. (nt)

[Cha]

111. Yes, it Most Certainly IS a "Strawman".

[sheshe2]

95. Hm.

As a WOC I will support Bernie till the end and beyond. I know he has my back.

Then why are you 'undecided"

[Autumn]

98. Why am I undecided? I'm waiting to hear more from Inslee, who was great on the View this

morning and put Megan in her place a few times and then there is Pete Buttigeig. Talk about an embarrassment of riches. Those three are out there talking about issues that are important to me. How can I chose between them yet? Toss Marianne Williamson in the mix and that makes four I'm very interested in. Since there is only one choice I'll go with undecided.

If Bernie dropped out of the race tomorrow I will still support Bernie, till the end and beyond. I know who has my back. Bernie does.

[George II]

45. As I noted elsewhere, there's Susan Sarandon, Nina Turner, Cornell West, and Killer Mike!!!

[progressoid]

139. And yet they didn't show up on election day to support Clinton.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/study-black-voters-2016-election-trump-hillary-wisconsin

[George II]

141. What's your point? That 1-1/2 year old "study" was published long before Mueller concluded....

....the the Russians interfered with the election.

PLUS, that study notwithstanding turnout of Blacks in the 2016 election was much higher than any previous non-Obama Democratic candidate. You do know, of course, who Barack Obama is, don't you?

[progressoid]

143. Now I'm confused.

I thought the DU narrative was that the Russians had targeted Bernie Bros, not P O C. Granted, I don't have the time to spend 12 hours a day monitoring DU's latest finger pointing. Has that narrative changed?

[chwaliszewski]

19. Feel the Bern!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

80. You know it!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[ehrnst]

23. From C-SPAN:

[Me.]

24. I Saw Women In That Shot

All ten of them, unless I'm being tricked by guys wearing pink hats

[NurseJackie]

25. I saw ZERO women in that shot...

... but my eyes aren't what they used to be. I saw lots and lots of white men though... that part was unmistakable... and not at all unexpected.

[betsuni]

26. FALSE NARRATIVE!!!!!

Huff huff puff puff and blow the house down.

[Me.]

37. That's What I Mean About The Pink Hats

[NurseJackie]

39. I was almost fooled.

It just goes to show how important it is to examine things closely instead of accepting everything without question.

[Me.]

41. Right?

[George II]

30. Brooklyn is 49.5% white, 35.8% black. That crowd doesn't represent the demographics of Brooklyn.

[Nanjeanne]

43. . Here's someone who was there.

Link to tweet

I don't think CSpan showed the Chicago rally

[lapucelle]

86. I think C-SPAN was still covering the Jubilee Sunday events in Selma last night. N/T

[lapucelle]

114. Here's C-SPAN's schedule fot Sunday evening.

https://www.c-span.org/schedule/?date=2019-03-03

[IronLionZion]

27. I'm a dark skinned POC and I supported Sanders in 2016

I don't agree with our party purging candidates this early in the process. Let voters decide who to support. A lot of working class people of all demographics support him in states that Trump won. I've seen it.

The only candidates we should be against at this time are the ones with an R next to their name or if they have pledged to run against our party's nominee in the general election. For example, it was right to nip Howard Shulz in the bud so he wouldn't be a spoiler. Sanders won't run against the Dem nominee.

[NurseJackie]

29. Nobody is doing that.

I don't agree with our party purging candidates this early in the process.

Nobody is doing that.

[MrsCoffee]

32. It's gonna be a long victim season.

I mean vetting season.

[NurseJackie]

33. You're right about that! I'm very much looking forward to it...

... and I'll just leave it at that, for obvious reasons.

[peggysue2]

131. LOL!!

Ain't that the truth!

[ehrnst]

34. No one is purging anyone.

[Autumn]

40. Yeah we will see. Nice to see you. nt

[lapucelle]

74. Who was that?

I missed it.

[George II]

42. No one that I know of says that he "only" appeals to white male votes...

We all know that he appeals to Susan Sarandon, Nina Turner, Cornell West, Killer Mike, and others.

[Demsrule86]

47. No disputes that some women and POC support Sen. Sanders but is it enough? I don't think so.

It will be over after South Carolina. And it is not about last time...consider some of what he has said of late about identity politics .

[Demsrule86]

48. That was great...haha

[melman]

57. What a lovely post

Bazinga amirite?

[Cha]

113. Oh, you disagree.. that BS "appeals" to Sarandon, Killer Mike,

Nina Turner, Jill Stein, etc etc..?

[melman]

120. What?

Did I say that?

[lapucelle]

115. You forgot Tim Black. Some have even called him a "prominent supporter".

[honest.abe]

52. That narrative is supported by the votes in 2016.

MRS. CLINTON WON AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS

Mr. Sanders fought Mrs. Clinton to a draw among white voters, exit polls showed. But he was trounced among nonwhites, who cast four in 10 votes. The decisive edge for Mrs. Clinton: She won African-Americans by more than 50 percentage points.

http://graphics.wsj.com/elections/2016/how-clinton-won/

[Gothmog]

55. That is what happened in Texas

[radius777]

83. Exactly, his rural populism is unappealing

to most PoC and metro area voters, who are the base of the modern Dem party, and who tend to be more center-left (Clinton/Obama) style Dems who embrace trade and business, while seeking a balance.. iow more liberal capitalism than democratic socialism.

As high profile as AOC is, most NY'ers (including most PoC) supported the Amazon deal, and are upset it fell apart.

[MrsCoffee]

54. No one said only. But that's his base, like it or not.

[Gothmog]

64. Sanders had a really bad interview on this issue

Link to tweet

[comradebillyboy]

73. Those clenched fists and that body language speak volumes.

Bernie doesn't like to be questioned.

[NurseJackie]

88. It's always easier to recite the same old stump speech... I imagine.

Bernie doesn't like to be questioned.

I think he needs to be question more often, and more intensely. People deserve honest and straightforward answers to legitimate questions. People deserve to see a candidate's full tax returns too.

[forklift]

96. Bernie got a pass the last time

He needs to be very thoroughly vetted this time.

Beyond the stump (and the only) speech he has.

[EffieBlack]

110. He often does badly in these kinds of interviews.

He clearly doesn't like being questioned - prefers to just be taken at his word and told how awesome he is. Probably why he prefers rallies to interviews.

[NurseJackie]

117. We need a leader who can think on his or her feet.

Bernie is not that person!

[Gothmog]

106. That radio program is very important show for African American voters

sanders really did a bad job in this interview

[Adrahil]

129. No he does not!

How dare anyone question Betnie! He knows all!

[Cha]

112. BS looks Uncomfortable.

[Gothmog]

133. Sanders did poorly in this interview

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Cha]

134. omg..

Mahalo, Goth

[Gothmog]

135. Good luck winning the support of non-bernie bro voters with that interview

[rzemanfl]

137. Bookmarking. n/t

[sheshe2]

140. OMG.

[ehrnst]

142. That will be brought up again during the campaign. (nt)

[d_b]

87. of course it is

it was also bullshit in 2016

[Uncle Joe]

89. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread melman.

[forklift]

90. Interesting

Trump's African American supporters say the same thing about Trump!

And then there are "Women for Trump"

[comradebillyboy]

91. Good point.

[roody]

128. Woman here- planning to donate,

Knock on doors, and do whatever I can to get Bernie elected.

[brooklynite]

130. Maybe Jill Stein doesn't need "Killer Mike" for the Primary season?