Bernie bails on Mississippi

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Despite getting drubbed on Super Tuesday in states with a high black Democratic voter turnout, Sen. Bernie Sanders was supposed to speak in Jackson, Miss. on Friday.

That trip has been cancelled, the New York Times reports.

After holding a rally in Phoenix on Thursday night, Mr. Sanders had been scheduled to travel to Jackson on Friday for a rally focused on racial justice.

The change in plans suggests that Mr. Sanders will not challenge Mr. Biden for the support of black voters in the South — a vital base in the Democratic Party — and is instead going all-in on the Midwest as he tries to compete with Mr. Biden for working-class voters there. Black voters in the South have overwhelmingly backed Mr. Biden to this point, and on Super Tuesday their support lifted him in states like Alabama, North Carolina and Virginia.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/5/1924712/-Bernie-bails-on-Mississippi?detail=emaildkre

[msongs]

1. the good news is he has plenty of time to go on FOX NEWS nt

[dalton99a]

5. Because the Trump cult will vote for him

[totodeinhere]

2. Candidates are constantly evaluating their schedule and making changes to their schedule.

This is noting unusual at all.

[zackymilly]

3. Guess it was too close to Selma, Alabama. n/t

[George II]

7. Not with this short notice. He was going to hold a town hall or forum on racial injustice...

...blew that one off, too.

[totodeinhere]

12. Just like Joe made a last minute decision to leave New Hampshire early?

As I said, things like this happen. And there is nobody better on the issue of racial injustice than Bernie. I think we should let the Sanders campaign make its own decisions on how best to conduct the campaign going forward.

[George II]

15. He spent most of that day in New Hampshire at events, and was scheduled to leave either late....

....that night or early the next morning. The voting was just about over, the event that night was not a voter rally or public forum, it was primarily for his campaign workers.

Two ENTIRELY different situations. To equate them is unbelievable.

[NCProgressive]

4. There are black voters in Michigan as well and they will see this as a spurn

Not very smart Bernie

[Act_of_Reparation]

6. Remember that time Joe Biden bailed on New Hampshire?

Jesus Christ, guys.

[George II]

8. He was already IN New Hampshire, he just left early. He didn't skip NH altogether.

[NurseJackie]

9. I don't remember that. Tell me more.

[McCamy Taylor]

10. WTF!

So southern Democrats do not count?

[Gothmog]

11. Sanders appears to be giving up on African American voters

Link to tweet

[NurseJackie]

13. His campaign is soon to be in its death throes...

... it won't be long now. Very soon we'll see that it will be mathematically impossible for Bernie to become our party's nominee. He knows it. Nina knows it. Brianna knows it. Sirota knows it. Even Jane knows it.

I hope he's able to find it within himself to demonstrate that he's a man of integrity and that he'll go ahead and concede/withdraw as soon as it's clear that he has no path to victory. The sooner he does that, and the sooner he give a full-throated endorsement of Biden... the sooner his supporters can get over their hurt and disappointment. THIS time he needs to guide them and redirect their disappointment into action against Trump rather than remaining silent and letting his supporters stew in their own resentment and disappointment until it becomes anger and a desire for revenge.

Isn't it sad that I must merely "hope" for such things instead of automatically expecting them.

[Baclava]

14. Turning your back on southern blacks? Not a great 50 state strategy, others will notice